The manufa💦cturer’s attempts to incr🐲ease their presence on the grid has so far failed, and will not change next year.

B🌜ut in 2025, the opportunity exists tꦫo expand, and KTM know they must be ready to pounce.

“We want to make a final dec🧔ision in the first three months of the new year as to whether we are even aiming for a th🍒ird MotoGP team,” motorsport director Pit Beirer told . 

“🧔If you ask me ﷽today, I'll answer: 'Yes, I would like a third team.' 

“Because t💯here are simply advantages with six riders instead of four. 

“You have more track time at the Grand Prix, you can compare more data,💝 you have more scope for starti𝐆ng places next to the four top riders when a young, new, up-and-coming talent is doing well again. 

“You the🐽n have the opportunity to react and keep the talent in the KTMཧ family. 

“Two additional MotoGP places would be extremely helpful for our p💧roject. 

“We will therefore be hold🅠ing discussions for 2025 with all custome𝓡r teams whose contracts with the [manufacturers] are expiring.

“I'm going to go hypothetical now and s🌄ay it could be that we get a third MotoGP team for 20🔯25. Then we need two more riders and we can stick with all four we have now. 

“That’s actually my dream scenario…”

However, it doesn’t look easy for KTM to acquire 𒆙a second satel🐼lite team in addition to their Tech3 GASGAS squad.

T𒀰he newest team, Trackhouse Racing, expect to be alongside Aprilia for longer than just one year.

VR46’s contract will expire next year but their choice is seemingly to stay at Dღucati or go to Yamaha.

Gresini Racing are also tied to Ducati for 2025.

LCR Honda’s contract will expire at the end of next ye𓃲ar.

KTM’s eagerness to expanꦑd has resulted in Pol Espargaro’s demotion from a full-time racer to a test and reserꦅve rider.

Pedro Acosta’s demand 🌃for a premier class seat, and KTM’s desire to keep him under their umbrella, meant he was guaranteed a MotoGP bike.

After weeks of considerin𓂃g where to place Acosta and at whose expense, it was decided that Espargaro would miss out, rather than Augusto Fernandez.