KTM was the runner-up in the MotoGP constructors’ championship in 2023 and now aims to fight for titles. One of its riders is Jack Miller, who is impressed by the Austrian team’s progress and believes the new season will be even better.
The Australian stated in a press conference: ‘I think they’ve done a fantastic job in the last couple of years – especially last year. We only have to look back 24 months ago, to where the position of the bike was and so on. And [now] having one of the most wanted bikes on the grid, I think you if you weren’t go to get a red bike [Ducati], let’s say if you had a fairy godmother and a wish, if you weren’t able to get the red bike, I’m pretty sure this [KTM] would be the second one on the list. It’ll soon be the first’.
Miller continued: ‘They’ve done a fantastic job in such a short amount of time in terms of their MotoGP history. If you look at ther red bikes, between 2007 and 2022, those two championships, it’s a long time. And if you look at the history of KTM, I think their first full season was 2016 [2017], so where they already are in such a short amount of time is amazing’.
The #43 believes that KTM will further improve after the impressive season last year: ‘I think it’ll just continue to get better. Brad [Binder] had an amazing year last year and obviously we had some great results from all of us on our days, whether it be myself, Brad, Augusto [Fernández] and even Pol [Espargaró]. We were able to bring home second in the constructors’ title against the brand that’s got eight bikes on the grid and we have four. So I think we did fantastic there and I think this year we can go better. Myself personally anyway for sure’.