BOLASPORT.COM – KTM’s Director of Motorsports, Pit Beirer reflected on the historic victory of the Austrian factory team through his racer, Brad Binder at the Czech Republic MotoGP at the Brno Circuit, Sunday (9/8/2020).
Racer rookie, Brad Binder made history for KTM with a stunning debut win, from seventh on grid the Czech Republic MotoGP race.
This means that for the first time since Loris Capirossi won for Ducati in Catalunya in 2003, a new manufacturer has joined the list of premier class race winners.
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Meanwhile, Ducati recorded its debut victories with a steel frame, the Italian manufacturer has long switched to aluminum, as used by rivals Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki and Aprilia.
KTM, which entered MotoGP in 2017, believes not only in steel frame technology, but also in its own internal suspension.
Many say KTM couldn’t win without using the same main chassis components as its competitors. However, this was proven wrong.
“This victory is very emotional because it was won through a long battle. At the start of the project, we started from scratch. A blank sheet of paper. When you decide to go to MotoGP, you want to see the bike, but in the beginning, there was nothing,” he said. Beirer.
“When you have a bike that you drive for the first time, race for the first time, you get a bad hit on the track by the competitors,” I Beirer told BolaSport.com from Crash.
“We are now in a position to say that we have won our first MotoGP race. Certainly it is an extraordinary moment,” said Beirer.
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