KTM’s MotoGP project is currently in uncertainty over the Austrian company’s financial woes, but it still end✨ed the 2024 season as ജrunner-up in the championship’s constructors’ standings.

Only Ducati, which won all but one of the Grands Prix held in 2024, had a ღbetter season, on paper, than KTM.

However, the Mattighofen manufacturer was also unable to win a Grand Prixﷺ for the third season in succession, and its winless run, including Sprints, stretches back to the Spanish Sprint in 2023.

“I have to be honest, our expectations have been a bit higher, especially for Brad [Binder] and Jack [Miller],” KTM motorsport director Pit Beirer told MotoGP.com, “but we’ve had our ups and downs. We had a really d♛ifficult summer, but at least we managed to stabilize the situation and get some decent results.

“Looking back now, we’ve had six [Sprint] podiums on Saturday and six [Grand Prix podiums] on Sunday. We’re the se🍌cond-best manufacturer, so that’s great.

“But, of course, we thought we’d be closer to the Ducati guys, who have done another fantastic job this year. We have to congratulate them for what they’re doing out there, but we still keep fighting, charging𒁏, and learning.

“We feel we’re getting closer again and have received some really good feedback from Brad and Pedro [📖Acosta] lately. We now need to secure fifth and sixth positions and second place as a manufacturer – that’s the target for the finꦰal round.

“But I still want to look at the glass 𝓡as half full, not half empty, and I feel we’re in a good position from a sporting perspective looking towards next season, with the new riders on boar𝄹d. We’ve learned a lot more about our bike in the past few weeks, and that’s important.”