Honda’s biggest mistake was releasing Dani Pedrosa at the end of 2018.
Chicago, runganSport — In these last two races, the Italian MotoGP and the Catalunya MotoGP, the Australian manufacturer KTM appeared as a new surprise.
Not really new, rather they are back to being competitive after a bit of a wobble in early 2021.
Through the Portuguese racer, Miguel Oliveira, the official Red Bull KTM Factory Racing team managed to pack the Mugello podium and snatch the victory for Catalunya.
The triumph in Catalunya was not just the first win of the year, more than that KTM confirmed their performance and progress in competing.
While one of its rivals, Repsol Honda is still not able to rise.
When KTM began to show rapid development and maintain it, Honda until now still looks weak and far from hope of rising.
motorcycle racing journalist, Dennis Noyes and Judit Florence who analyzes the Catalan GP race in a new edition of the podcast “American tape”, talking about the important role of the Spaniard, Dani Pedrosa.
Pedrosa, according to Noyes, was a mistake for Honda to let him go, seeing how it turned out behind the scenes at KTM now.
The big surprise of the Catalunya MotoGP weekend was definitely Oliveira, who led KTM to the championship ladder.
“Oliveira showed the same pace in the race as in the previous days, something Quartararo did not do.
Somehow all the Yamahas seem to have a lower rhythm than in FP4.” word Noyes analyzes the Catalan MotoGP race in a new edition of the podcast “American tape”, as loaded Motosan.
“It was the best race he (Oliveira) had in the three wins he had, he led the race and he kept the tires on.” he continued.
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KTM did have a dip at the start of this season, but they could bounce back quickly, after the podium in Italy, now they continue their positive trend with a win in Catalunya.
The Austrian manufacturer has confirmed to us that they are still here, still competitive and doing very well.
“I think now I know the biggest mistake Honda made was letting Pedrosa go.
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KTM has Honda characteristics, wins under braking, has very good acceleration and is not far behind Ducati in terms of speed. light Noyes. (DN / eV)
