The manufacturer were reportedly trying to bring the LCR satellite team 🎃into their group, creating two spaces for Marquez and Pedro Acosta.

Bu🍷t now Stefan P💫ierer, CEO of the Pierer Group which owns KTM, has explained their plan.

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About recruiting Marquez, Pierer told 🦄: "I'm not saying it's out of the question. But that doesn't suit us.

ဣ"How many times do you think he𒅌’s been offered to us in the last few months?

"This is a stuck situation- he is not entirely innocent. His riding style꧂ now doesn't really suit these aerodynamically defaced bikes. That's why he falls so often.

"We w𓃲ant to be world champions one day. B🌺ut signing a Marquez is not our way. We build the riders ourselves, from Moto3 to Moto2.

"I also🌺 believe in Brad Binder and Jack Miller, who fought fo✱r the Moto3 World Championship title with us in 2014 and has now returned."

Bind☂er and Miller are contracted for next season already, and so is Tech3 GASGAS rider Pol Espargaro.

However, Espargaro has missed the whole season so far due to injuries sustained on the first Friday le♎ading to speculation about his future🍷.

Augusto Fernandez was contraꦫcted until the end of t𓆉his season so, despite his impressive performances, he is clearly at-risk of Acosta who will step up from Moto2 to MotoGP within the KTM group.

Pierer has insisted that he will somehow find space for Esp♉argaro, Fernandez and Acosta on KTM machinery in the premier class next s🐭eason.

He revealed that Fernandez has been given a new deal: "That's why we've already extended his contract. He ဣalready has a contract.&nbsﷺp;

"And Pedro Acostꦬa has one too. And we guarantee that he will be on 🅠a MotoGP KTM in 2024.

"It will all work out. First of all, we♓ have to give Pol another chance to show how well he's recovered. He wasn't there for half a year. 

"The fact that he will be a test rider is 🦋currently not an issue. It depends on Pol how he is doing.

"If h𓆏e performs as expected, he will dri🦄ve a full season next year. We have a contract with him.

"The fact is that Pedro Acosta willﷺ be riding a MotoGP-KTM in 2024. Wherever that will be.

"ꦰAnd if I need an extra place, everything will be arranged."

Pierer admitted that he ♊is still try𝓀ing to acquire one of the existing satellite teams.

"Basical💃ly, the Gresini team was not an option for me," he said.

"🅘The current economic situation♔ will not make things any easier for the private MotoGP teams. 

"I hear the second Aprilia team is alrea🥀dy having finaཧncial difficulties; it must be supported by Aprilia.

"One or the other, a place will surely fall down. I b꧒et 🔥you!"

Pierer said KTM will try to buy any satellite team that is available: “Certainly, if something comes up, we will adopt꧙ it. 

"I'm assuming that one or 🍒the other MotoGP spots will become available and that we will compete with all fi💃ve riders.”

He added: "I'm very concerned tha꧟t Honda will also drop out after Suzuki."