KTM respond to paddock rumour about Pedro Acosta-Jack Miller swap this season

KTM comment on suggestions that Pedro Acosta coul🍎d be moved into factory team in-season

Jack Miller
Jack Miller

KTM are contractually able to swap their ride💞rs mid-season between their teams - but do not plan to do so.

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Pedro Acosta’s stunning start to his MotoGP career for their Tech3 GASGAS project has crea♏ted speculation that he could be moved onto a factory bike.

But 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jack Miller, who lagged behind teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Brad Binder last season andܫ is yet to find significantꦅ form in 2024, has been handed a reprieve.

KTM motorsport director Pit Beirer told  abou𝔉t the potential for an in-sea⛎son swap: “Pedro's achievements are an absolute highlight. But no, that is not an option for us.”

However, he made it clear that KTM are contractually able to swap✤ their riders if they choose.

“All four of our riders in MotoGP have factory c🌜ontracts,” he said.

“So you are not tied to a specific team.

“We always plan and think🐷 with these four places in MotoGP.

“From a contractu🌊al poi🦋nt of view, there is no hurdle to changing anything.

“It is still completely absurd to think about such 🌊changes during the season.”

Pedro Acosta, MotoGP, Grand Prix of the Americas, 14 April
Pedro Acosta, MotoGP, Grand Prix of the Americas, 14 April

Pedro Acosta "helps Brad Binder massively"

Teenager Acosta, 19, became the third-youngest♐ podium finisher in MotoGP at Portimao, then led his first premier class race at the Circuit of the Americas.

Finishes of third in Portimao then second in COTA have established Acosta as KTM’s most in-form rider, but it is his brave and stylish riding style which has ꧅blown away onlookers.

It has shone a light on how KTM’sౠ factory duo are performing.

“We are not satisfied with that,” Beirer said about Binder (sixth in the stan♉dings after three rounds) and Miller (10th).

“Jack was a bit out of sorts at times, but he trained dil🅷igently over the winter and is physically in better shape than ever before.

“He's just trying to work his way🥃 back 🅠up. I like it very much.

“Bra♔d came here to Austin with a broken toe which of course isn't any help on this extremel✅y difficult track.

“But the season is still long and we have to fight for every point because Brad is still in a strong position in the🍨 cha♏mpionship.

“It is now important for us to get Brad back to❀ his normal form 𒐪as quickly as possible.”

The KTM boss in🔜sists that Binder can benefit from Acosta’s emergence.

“That helps Brad massively,” Beirer said.

“He was often 🧸our [only in-form rider] and 🐲it was not clear to him, us or anyone else to what extent this was due to the rider or the motorcycle.

“Now we have a second rider who is performing well. Then it is much easier to analyse where the weak points are and where we need to impro𓂃ve.

“So that will definitely🍰 make us a lot stronger. We will continue to 🃏gain momentum!”

The next round of t🔯he MotoGPಞ season is at Jerez, where Jorge Lorenzo has predicted that Acosta will win.

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