KTM have been praised for the lack of weaknesses to their bike, as demonstrated at the Po🔥rtuguese Mot꧒oGP.

The manufacturer which entered 2024 aiming to be Ducati’s biggest competitors, undeꦐrlined t🦂he threat that they pose in Portimao.

T🎃ech3 GASGAS’ Pedro Acosta was on the podium, ahead of factory duo Brad Binder and Jack Miller.

Although the Ducati GP24 remains the best bike in MotoGP (Pramac’sꦉ Jorge Martin won in Portimao ahead of factory Ducati rider Enea Bastianini), KTM are making their pr🍷esence felt.

“I still think that KTM are, o𒊎verall, in a good position,” broadc♎aster Simon Crafar reported from the paddock.

“There will be some tracks, like Qatar, where they s🔯uffer𒁏. Maybe Thailand, with rear grip.

“But they’ve made a big step in a lot of areas.

“Maybe, by the time we get to Thailand, they will🐎 have fixed that small weakness.

“The꧅y didn’t look to be a lot of weaknesses, at all.

“I know🃏💮 that KTM have some strengths with their machine to fight the opposition.”

Teenage rookie Acosta has stolen t✅he show 🥀this season so far.

He became the third-youngest rooki𓄧e to finish on a premier class podium in Portimao, after a race where he overtook the two factory KTM riders plus Marc Marquez and Francesco Bagnaia.

“Two years ago⛎ hಞe was stood on the podium with Remy Gardner, who had beaten him,” Crafar remembered.

“It was a g﷽reat podium! In his roo🎐kie season in Moto2.

“But ಞhe was filthy. People gave him a hard time about not being happy with his first podium in Moto2.

“I went to his debrief, and he was saying all the right things which his team had told him to s♏ay, I think.

“But he wasn’t happy. He was filthy. I loved it!

“Because he wants more. I smiled and went 🧸‘that kid wa🍷nts more’.

“He won’t be happy until he’s winning.

“It’s plain for everyone to see. He’s a winner.”

Acosta might yet proveℱ to be the ace up KTM’s sleeve.

They rejigged their rider line-up to accommodate him when he demanded the step up from Moto2, whi🌃ch he won last year, meaning Pol Espargaro was demoted from his race seat.

Acosta is already applying pressure for aꦰ factory KTM seat in 2025 when a rider merry-go-round is anticipated.

But Binder is second in the MotoGP stand✨ings after🎉 two rounds, behind Pramac’s Martin.

And Miller - whose future was under intense scrutiny, particularly after a desperate 21st-pܫlaced finish at the season-opener in Qatar - has restored confidenc𓆏e in his own ability after a strong Portimao round.