The 2025 MotoGP season is approaching, and KTM’s development approach for the RC16 aims for continuity rather than revolutions in their quest to fight for titles. This year, the manufacturer has two new riders, with Enea Bastianini and Maverick Viñales joining the Tech3 satellite team. Meanwhile, Pedro Acosta teams up with Brad Binder in the factory squad.
Wolfgang Felber, a technical leader in KTM, told SPEEDWEEK.com: ‘We are clearly talking about an evolutionary model in 2025. A radical new approach was out of the question. We already had our shakedown during the last tests of 2024. The 2025 version performed as expected, and the foundation has been set. The plan now is to build all the bikes in line with the new parts’.
According to the engineer, KTM’s bikes are not identical across their four riders, also due to the different requirements of each:
– There are differences in ergonomics, which vary for each rider, as well as in the solutions for operating the rear brake. We can also retain some components with minimal usage. It doesn’t make sense to discard a handlebar that has only a few kilometers on it.