KTM were very strong during the Sepang MotoGP test before Aprilia s🦂eemed to jump ahead of the Austrian🍰 brand.

Duca🌟ti are the clear favourites to repeat as champions in 2024,𒁏 as was highlighted by Francesco Bagnaia setting new lap records en route to topping both tests. 

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Ducati riders dominated the ☂top ten positions but KTM in the hands of Brad Binder and Pedro Acosta especially, showed potential.

Clearly much improved compared to the 2023 pre-season Guidotti told MotoGP.𝔍com: “We’re pretty happy about the improvements of our bike in general. The riders comments; they haven’t complained about all areas where we changed something. 

“Comp🤡ared to the last race and the last winter test we are clearly a step ahead. But we are not sure if it is enough. 

“Looking at the lap times everywhere we have been, it has bee♍n a second faster. Let’s see where we are at the first race. 

“This is one of the circuits where it’s not one of🐼 the strongest for us. But the first race is here and we need to ke🦂ep pushing.”

KT♈M are expecting to challenge Du൩cati more consistently throughout the 2024 campaign, with Brad Binder likely to be their main title threat.

But Guidotti remains unsure how competitive they can be: “Difficult to see. With all the riders at thꦐis level and the bikes improving it is difficult to make a prediction. 

“We hav⭕e to take it race-by-race and the first one will be difficult to make any prediction. It is different to have eight hours of riding time and 45 minutes to fix and set-up the bike. 

“We know that race weekends are different and riders can make a di꧋fference.

We have to analyse a little biᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚt better because in these da▨ys we focused on our job.

“But we have to look at the contenders and we have some time to understand eve♊rything a bit better and to be ready.”