Francesco Guidotti has laid bare exactly where KTM w🐈ent wrong this season.

Tipped to be Ducati’s ಞmain challengers at the start of the season, KTM were unable to win a race all year.

Brad Bind💯er (fifth) and Pedro Acosta (sixth) did finish as the top👍 non-Ducati riders in the MotoGP standings, but their manufacturer could not equip them with a race-winning bike.

Aprilia, by contrast, enabled Aleix ﷽Espargaro and Maveric꧅k Vinales to both win sprint races. Vinales also won the grand prix at COTA.

But despite Acosta’s🌄 early brilliance, the𒐪 prediction that he would win a race never came to fruition.

“We started veryﷺ well with some podiums from different riders. The expectation was high,” outgoing team boss Guidotti said.

“We started ♏wit✤h a big target. We were pretty good until mid-season.

“From mid-season, we struggled a bit. We had a direc♊tion which wasn’t the best one꧟ for us.

“The main contenders made a little imp💙rovement whi🍌ch made the gap even bigger.

“We had a moment in mid-season which was strange.

“It was where 🐽w🍰e lost the chance to stay near the top.

“The riders’ beha🅘viour was the right one, they never gave up. The technicians never gave up. But realis෴tically we were not in the fight.”

Acosta’s P2 in Texas brought great pro🥂mise but he then went eight painful rounds without a podium.

Jack Miller and August♉o Fernandez lagged behind their teammates consistently.

“We had to rewind the movie and start again,” Guidotti ꦚsaid.

“Iꦉn the very last part of the season, obviously we saw KTM on top. There were some crashes, and some incidents.

“Ov💞erall, not bad. It’s not what we want. But it’s what we𓃲 have, for the moment.

“W🐓e missed too many chances at ꦯthe start of the year, then you lose the game.”

Guidotti will🔯 relinquish his position, and Aki Ajo will be KTM’s new team boss in 2025.

“It has to be. There are🅘🔴 a lot of changes,” Guidotti said.

“Normally, changes give extra motivation.

“During these chanꦛges, we also lose experience and a connection.

“But I am sure that Aki will lead the team🏅 how he kn✤ows.”

The rider line-up also looks sig🐎nificantly stronger.

Acostaꦏ has been promoted into the factory team alongsid💮e Binder.

The🥀 new Tech3 KT🦄M team will be Enea Bastianini and Vinales.

Tꦜhe worry for KTM may be the𝔉ir financial issues, away from MotoGP.

The reported €3 billion debut means the manufacturer has gone into self-admi🤪nistration💫.

Theyܫ insist their 2025 MotoGꦑP plans are unaffected, and tests are planned to kickstart their development to start next year with a bang.