The 2023 MotoGP World Championship wasn’t without its moments of controversy, particularly in the closing stages of an intense eight GPs in ten weeks that completed the season.
BMW are poised to become a force in 2024 WorldSBK season as financial investment, the addition of Toprak Razgatlioglu and a new test team are changes that have all been made.
Following some close passes at the end of opening MotoGP practice in Qatar, Marco Bezzecchi and Pol Espargaro continued to carve each other up on the slowdown lap after the chequered flag.
Although flattered by Repsol Honda’s interest, Pol Espargaro has explained why he intends to stick with his KTM/GASGAS test and wild-card deal for MotoGP 2024.
Pol Espargaro admitted it took a ‘long talk’ with KTM before being convinced to step back from full-time MotoGP racing to test and wild-card duties in 2024.
Aleix Espargaro says brother Pol is ‘happy’ with a revised MotoGP role at KTM next season, which will see him switch from race rider to test and wild-card duties.
Augusto Fernandez says a return to Moto2 was never discussed after being confirmed at the GASGAS Tech 3 KTM team for a second consecutive MotoGP campaign.
‘It was KTM's issue and KTM solved it’. That was Jack Miller’s assessment of the Austrian factory’s announcement that rookie Pedro Acosta will replace Pol Espargaro in MotoGP next season.