Francesco Guidotti has laid bare exactly where KTM went wrong this seaso🐲n.

Tipped to be Ducati’s main challengers at the start of the season, KTM were unable to win🐎 a race all year.

Brad Binder (fifth) and Pedro Acosta (sixth) did finish as th🦄e top non-Ducati riders in the MotoGP standings, but their manufacturer could not equip them with a race-winning bike.

Aprilia, by contrast, enabled Aleix Espargaro and Maverick Vinales to🌠 both win sprint races. Vinales al꧑so won the grand prix at COTA.

But despite Acosta’s early brilliance, the prediction that he would win a race never came🎃 to fruition.

“We started very well with some podiums from different 💞riders. The expectation was high,” outgoing team boss Guidotti said.

“We sꦜtarted with a big target. We were pretty good until mid-season.

“From mid-season, we struggꦰled a bit. We had a direction which wasn’t the best one ♏for us.

“The main contenders made a little improvement which made the gap even 🥂bigger.

“We had a moment in mid-season which was strange.

“It was where 🅘we lost the chance to stay near the☂ top.

“The riders’ behaviour was the right one, they never gave up. The technicians never gave up. But realistically we were not in t𝔍he fight.”

Acosta’s P2 in Texas brought great promဣise but he then went eight painful ꦑrounds without a podium.

Jack Miller and Augusto Fernandez lagged behind t♉heir teammates cons𒉰istently.

“We had to rewind the movie and start ൲again,” Guidotti said.

“In the very last part of the season, obviously we saw KTM on top.🐬 There were some crashes, and some incidents.

“Overall, not bad. It’s not what we want. But it’s what we h♛ave, forꦛ the moment.

“We missed too many chances at the start of the year, then you lose 🌃the game.”

Guidotti will relinquish his position, and A𝓡ki Ajo will be KTM’s ne🍒w team boss in 2025.

“It has🌄 to be. There are a lot of changes♒,” Guidotti said.

“Normally, changes give extra motivation.

“During these chang🌼es, we also lose experience and a connection.

“But I am sure that Aki wℱill lead the team how he knows.”

The ▨rider line-up also looks significantly stronger.

Acosta has been promoted into the factory team alongside Bi﷽nder.

The new Tech3 KTM team will💮 be Enea Bastianꦕini and Vinales.

The worry for KTM may be the🥂ir financial issues, away from MotoGP.

The reported €3 billion debut🦋 means the manufacturer has gone into self-administration.

They insist their 2025 MotoGP plans are unaffected, and tests are planned to kickstart their deve💧lopment to start next year with a bang.