Logically, of the 4 KTM racers next year (Binder, Acosta, Bastianini & Vinales), Brad Binder will be the Captain or Ace Rider of the KTM Squad. . Ace Rider is usually the one who will be quite dominant in determining the direction of development of the motorbike throughout the season. However, it turns out that for 2025, especially at the start of the season, Pierer Mobility decided that there was no Ace Rider (Captain) among these 4 KTM racers.
These four racers currently in the inaugural 2024 7 Series are in a fairly homogeneous group picture map, without anyone being too significant in a significant way that would clearly force KTM to appoint the leader of this KTM herd. Therefore, Pit Beirer, director of KTM Motorsports, refuses to appoint anyone as a reference for next season: Let the track decide what Pit says
“We have spoken with the four riders about how we will work in the future. “We will supply four identical motorbikes,” said Pit Beirer. “It starts with the initial phase: we will try to match each rider with the people they want around them, and then we will give them a suitable bike to start the season.”
“We don’t want to announce the team leader at this time. We’ve told them that performance [on the track] will determine that. They will all get our full support. It is not our plan to provide new parts for just one rider. On the other hand, it may be that there are new parts, which represent improvements, and we can only do so. produce it for one rider, then the person who occupies the best position in the classification will receive it.”
“Our group leader will be first in the classification, then there will be number two, then number three. This is not a classic organization, with a garage for the factory team and another for the satellites, where my factory team would have the materials first, then the satellites. Getting new material depends on the racer.”
From what Pit said, it is possible that Vinales or Bastianini will be the leader of the KTM pack next year even though he is racing on the Tech3 team. And it could be that KTM will make special parts for Vinales or Bastianini if he proves to be the best among the KTM herd and needs something more to be able to compete with other manufacturers.
