In this article we’ll see two stories – one that’s more pleasant even if we would’ve wanted it in a different way, and one that’s not that pleasant.

The first is the MV Agusta MotoGP project, of which we’ve talked about in Misterhelmet, will be brought forward, but on top of that there’s other little bitter choices, on KTM’s part, linked to the financial roadblocks which we touched on a few weeks ago. There’s two heavy cuts that go very against the tide of KTM’s delusions of grandeur of recent times. However, they are, perhaps, understandable in regards to the financial situation we talked about.
Do you want to see what will happen, not in 2027 but much earlier, as early as next season?

There’s a bunch of things to say about all of the moves KTM is doing in its industrial and sporting plans. There’s a lot that’s not going very well, and other things going much worse, and KTM, in the last couple of years, has done an exaggerated expansion that we can almost call a delusion of grandeur, on the one hand we are about to make some adjustments, on the other we are about to make a sensational change of direction.
Meanwhile, you know that KTM had started to get inside MV Agusta at the end of 2022 – this news was brought to you by Misterhelmet, who, step by step, followed all the details. This went so well that MV Agusta told Misterhelmet to pull the brakes and had to get the lawyers writing cease and desist letters. I didn’t stop and things went exactly as I wrote. So you can trust me. Find all the articles here (also in English).

Regarding this acquisition, at the time, we immediately started talking about MV Agusta in MotoGP. I even made mockups but then nothing came of it. Evidently, KTM would’ve liked to better manage both the industrial and marketing situations for MV – they probably would’ve liked to first strengthen MV’s image, make a real bike, organise a bike that’s really from MV in MotoGP, as we mentioned about in the Boscoscuro video.

But on an sport and on an industrial level they are not going well and certain convenient choices in terms of methods and times can evidently no longer be made. There’s a need to cut costs and speed up things.

What am I talking about? You can take a look at another article in which I take over the shareholder reports from KTM and Pierer Mobility in which Pierer explains all the difficulties, one by one. There’s a good explanation here about how KTM is not doing well on an industrial level, some brands are not performing and for others, the sporting commitment, and the sporting division in itself that has to make ends meet, has brought neither results on the track nor visibility with sales.

You want some examples?

GASGAS has a minus sign on sales results despite the forcing at the sales network level and despite the media hype, in short, they’re present in MotoGP with Tech3, Acosta and Fernandez, and in Moto3 with Tech3, again, Holgado e Roulstone, but it brought no sporting results, apart from Acosta, and it brought no image results. GASGAS is not credible as a brand in regards to road motorcycling.

We said it was forceful, but evidently, KTM wanted to give it a go nevertheless thinking it could work regardless, knowing that it eluded us enthusiasts. But in fact no one would buy a road-going GAGAS since they struggle to buy even KTMs. Check out what I said back in June 17 2022.

I said that it was a façade and marketing operation and that GASGAS has no credibility at track level. This thing wasn’t discovered by me – everyone thinks like this, except that most of those who should write it go to eat in hospitality so they must have paid press invitations, dinner, hotel, trips, etc., even to the motorbike presentations and therefore certain things cannot be said.

Pierer Mobility also noticed it and for this reason it seems that GASGAS is destined to disappear from racing both in MotoGP and in the minor categories. It never existed, the motorbikes weren’t GASGAS, thus it also disappears as a brand.

Same thing for Husqvarna which also has a minus sign. Husqvarna in Moto2 races with Kalex entrusted to the Intact team which fields Agius and Darryn Binder while in Moto3, Intact, again, fields Suzuki and Veijer on KTMs. So Husqvarna is also a sham and like GASGAS, even worse, no one believes that it has any sense in competing in these championships. But even here no one has ever dreamed of saying it.

How should it end? Do you remember that the news came out that KTM would make 4 identical bikes branded with Red Bull?

I had talked about it here.

And explained it here.

It was all waiting to be decided that in 2026, or perhaps even earlier, that Tech3 GASGAS would become MV Agusta in MotoGP, with KTM bikes, and the riders should therefore be Bastianini and Vinales who are on an MV, however, nothing changes compared to the signature they put. Instead of having a KTM like Acosta’s that said GASGAS or like those from next year that should have had Red Bull written on it, they have a KTM that says MV Agusta. This is how it should go, but, beware that KTM often changes their minds about projects, things, riders and engineers.

Be careful, this is an old KTM idea, here.

In Moto2 and Moto3 GASGAS and Husqvarna should disappear within two years if not immediately. I don’t know if KTM will keep the teams, brand the Kalex and Tech3 as KTM, and I don’t know what it will do with the 4 Husqvarnas entrusted to Intact.

As for CFMOTO, however, which are still the same thing, it is a different operation, because these people pay, and should remain although it would not surprise me if we saw some effects there too.

I repeat: this thing of GASGAS becoming MV and the other cuts should happen immediately or, at the latest, starting from 2026.

This type of change of program, of sporting, organisational and industrial program, but from the point of view of the sporting part, is perhaps different from what was proposed by Fabiano Sterlacchini who left, in my opinion, slamming the door even if KTM launches declarations of love and from the friendly press he alludes to the fact that they almost kicked him out because he hadn’t done anything.

About Fabiano Sterlacchini we talked in Italian and also in English here.

What do you think? I would like to be shorter but I like to explain and justify news and rumours to you. Otherwise it becomes a random firing. Then one day we wake up and things have happened. And this way at least we know more or less why.

Team VR46 Pertamina punta tutto su Di Giannantonio che avrà una GP25 e rinuncia ad Aldeguer per dare una sella a Morbidelli, salvato da Valentino Rossi in persona. Tutti i dettagli con ingaggi, retroscena e scenario tecnico!

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Non Gonzalez, né Toprak e nemmeno Miller ma il primo pilota ad avere un contratto Ducati garantito nel 2024,dopo la sua firma di inizio anno. Lo spagnolo avrà una GP24 e sarà compagno di squadra di Alex Marquez che ha appena rinnovato con un biennale.

Questo vuol dire che Valentino in persona potrebbe aver compiuto un’operazione di salvataggio nei confronti di Franco Morbidelli, rinunciando ad Aldeguer (che pur voleva) per salvare Franco, altrimenti senza moto per il 2025!
La decisione sarebbe stata presa venerdì quindi non ha nulla a che fare né con la vittoria al Sachsenring di Aldeguer, né con la prestazione positiva di Morbidelli che però potrebbe essere stato informato e potrebbe aver avuto una bella iniezione di fiducia e ottimismo!

Fermín Aldeguer Mengual,classe 2005 ha firmato con Ducati ancora prima dell’inizio della stagione 2024, dopo aver vinto le ultime 4 gare della stagione 2023 in Moto2 in sella ad una Boscoscuro, moto che ancora guida e con cui si trova al quarto posto della classifica geerale con 39 punti di ritardo alle spalle di Garcia, Ogura e Roberts a causa di un inizio abbastanza tormentato con una sola vittoria e due podi (prima di quella in Germania) ma anche due ritiri e una prestazione senza punti.
Qualche critica di “firma prematura” nei confronti dello spagnolo che ha però risposto con due prestazioni importanti nelle ultime due gare e adesso va in vacanza sapendo già che colori indosserà nel 2025.
Una curiosità: Aldeguer ha fatto la sua prima esperienza mondiale in MotoE, ed è quindi un caso abbastanza anomalo.

Altra curiosità: Misterhelmet è stato il primo ad annunciare la firma di Aldeguer il 13 gennaio e per questo ha ricevuto in regalo un orologio dallo stesso Aldeguer!

Not Gonzalez, nor Toprak nor Miller but the first rider to have a Ducati contract guaranteed in 2024, after his signature at the beginning of the year. The Spaniard will have a GP24 and will be a teammate of Alex Marquez who has just renewed with a two-year contract.

This means that Valentino himself could have carried out a rescue operation for Franco Morbidelli giving up Aldeguer to save Franco otherwise without a bike for 2025.
The decision would have been made on Friday so it has nothing to do with Aldeguer’s victory at the Sachsenring, nor with the positive performance of Morbidelli who, however, could have been informed and could have had a nice injection of confidence and optimism!
Fermín Aldeguer Mengual, born in 2005, signed with Ducati even before the start of the 2024 season, after having won the last 4 races of the 2023 season in Moto2 astride a Boscoscuro, a bike he still rides and with which he is in fourth place in the general classification with 39 points behind Garcia, Ogura and Roberts due to a rather troubled start with only one victory and two podiums (before the one in Germany) but also two retirements and a performance without points.
Some criticism of “premature signing” towards the Spaniard who however responded with two important performances in the last two races and now goes on holiday already knowing what colors he will wear in 2025.
A curiosity: Aldeguer had his first world experience in MotoE, and is therefore a fairly anomalous case.

Another curiosity: Misterhelmet was the first to announce Aldeguer’s signing on January 13th and for this he received a watch as a gift from Aldeguer himself!

Una gara per niente noiosa chiude il week end e regala a Pecco Bagnaia la leadership del mondiale (+10 su un Martin autolesionista) e a Ducati un Marquez che l’anno prossimo su una moto aggiornata potrà finalmente sfruttare il suo talento e ripagarsi l’ingaggio. Ottimo anche Alex Marquez, appena riconfermato e discreto persino Morbidelli, finalmente vicino alle posizioni che ci si aspettano da lui. Il resto è tutto più o meno secondo le attese.

Bagnaia, Marc Marquez, Alex Marquez, Bastianini, Morbidelli, Oliveira, Acosta, Bezzecchi, Binder, Fernandez a chiudere i 10.
Gara per niente noiosa e giocata su una leadership fragile, quella di Martin, che si conclude nella ghiaia per lo spagnolo.
Bagnaia ci crede sempre e, stronzate della pressione psicologica a parte, è lì ed è pronto ad approfittarne. Per Martin uno di quegli errori che a volte fa, a volte no.
Alle sue spalle c’è da preoccuparsi. Li batte chiaramente, i due fratelli Marquez, ma entrambi hanno la 2023 e l’anno prossimo il film potrebbe cambiare. Alex è sempre solido e sta lì per tutta la gara. Marc invece, dolorante e “antidolorificato”, partendo dalle 13ma casella dà veramente lezioni di guida. Il film pornografico che guarderanno in Ducati questa sera, è il cronologico di Marc con sotto la sua telemetria, perché il miracolo è questo. Non vanno male nemmeno Bastianini (che ‘stavolta è troppo lontano per fare il bodyguard a Bagnaia) e Morbidelli di cui tutti attendono lo sgonfiaggio, ma che invece tiene a differenza della gomma di Di Giannantonio che  porta a casa una foraura. Le Aprilia funzionano solo in bianco con Oliveira e Fernandez mentre Bezzecchi migliora ma non abbastanza perché le arie pre campionato erano un po’ diverse.
Ritrovate anche le KTM di Acosta, soprattutto, e Binder ma l’incompiutezza austriaca fa pensare all’ultimo addio eccellente. Se lo possono permettere, a Mattighofen?  Su Honda e Yamaha, solo una buona parola per Quartararo, a ridosso della top ten.
Il resto è roba che arriva veramente con calma. Marini prende 25 secondi, non va a punti e non è nemmeno la miglior Honda.
Non è chiaro l’entusiasmo costruttivo che tutte le settimane sentiamo da lui. Almeno gli altri fanno fatica ma se ne lamentano.

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Il contratto di Sterlacchini, Head of Technology MotoGP KTM non è stato rinnovato. L’italiano sarà sostituito da Wolfgang Felber che diventerà VP Technology Road Racing.
KTM tramite il suo responsabile Pit Beirer, fa intendere che la separazione sia consensuale, amichevole e lancia dichiarazioni affettuose attribuendo la causa alla nostalgia di casa del tecnico italiano, pur insinuando di non aver voluto rinnovare la sua fiducia a causa di divergenze inconciliabili. Allo stesso tempo però, emergono tante allusioni da parte della solita stampa amica di KTM che, come sappiamo, non ama essere lasciata.
C’è invece una versione della storia che dice che Fabiano Sterlacchini sia andato via sbattendo la porta. Ecco i dettagli!

The contract of Sterlacchini, Head of Technology MotoGP KTM has not been renewed. The Italian will be replaced by Wolfgang Felber who will become VP Technology Road Racing.
KTM, through its manager Pit Beirer, suggests that the separation is consensual, amicable and makes affectionate declarations attributing the cause to the Italian technician’s homesickness, while insinuating that KTM did not want to renew its trust due to irreconcilable differences. At the same time, however, many allusions emerge by the usual KTM-friendly press which, as we know, doesn’t like to be left.
Instead, there is a version of the story that says that Fabiano Sterlacchini left by slamming the door. Here are the details!

Boscoscuro non nasconde il sogno della MotoGP e Liberty Media sta per aprire la griglia a nuove factory in stile F1. Ecco tutti i dettagli di una storia che potrebbe realizzarsi con il nuovo regolamento ma che è già iniziata e potrebbe coinvolgere importanti realtà italiane, inclusa MV Agusta che potrebbe avere finalmente il rango di factory!

Boscoscuro does not hide the dream of MotoGP and Liberty Media is about to open the grid to new F1-style factories. Here are all the details of a story that could come true with the new regulation but which has already begun and could involve important Italian companies, including MV Agusta which could finally have factory status!

Intervista a sorpresa a Maria Herrera, impegnata con Forward in MotoE (insieme a Mantovani) e nel Mondiale Femminile in cui ha dominato nel primo round di Misano, e Ramon Forcada, uno dei tecnici più titolati della MotoGP, adesso impegnato in MotoE,  mai timoroso di dire cose anche dirette e importanti! Maria Herrera, stregata dopo un test in Moto2, ne vuole una e ci spiega perché, mentre Ramon Forcada, carico a pallettoni affronta il tema della MotoE, del nuovo regolamento MotoGP, e della supremazia Ducati come solo un veterano senza paura può fare. E in più scopriamo che va in moto più di Jorge Lorenzo (parole sue). 20 minuti in scioltezza ma nemmeno tanto e tanti temi trattati, direttamente dall’hospitality Forward Klint di Assen MotoGP!