“Expectation was too high” - KTM’s blunt truth about Jack Miller’s bike in Sepang
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jack Miller finished 16th, 19th and 16th-fastest at the preseason test, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Brad Binder was 21st, 10th and 14th.
Motorsport director Pit Beirer had claimed “we need results” from the 2023 MotoGP season, yet K🐼TM lef🤡t Sepang with plenty of thinking to do.
“The expectatiไon was quite high,” Guidotti𒀰 said about the first preseason test.
“We missed something, to be complet♚ely honest and f𒀰air.
“In the next weeks we have to work to get the best potential from wh𝓀at we tested.”
Asked what KTM had missed, he said: “Some tenths! We did very short runs. The amount of tyres available was enough to develop the bik🉐e.
“But weꦰ missed something. Also, the weatꦕher wasn’t helpful.
⛄“But I’m not trying to find excuses. We are working hard to give our riders the best possible [bike].
“The expectation was a little bit too h𝕴igh, maybe. I don’t know.”
Guidotti was asked how KTM could extract more performance and replied: “It would be nice to know! The aero package was helpful. T൩he engine? Question marks. We have data, ෴we can work on it.
“As alwa🥂ys, it is a compromise. Also, we are trying to adju🍎st the riding style.
“We are pretty conꦯfident, pretty satisfied. A test is a tes🍸t.”
MotoGP teams have one final preseason test༺ in Portimao before the season begins in the same lꦅocation on March 24-26.
KTM are hoping for an ♎improvement on Binder’s sixth-place in the MotoGP standings, and Miguel Oliveira in 10th.
Oliveira won two races last season, both in the wet, where KTM’s bike 🌳famously excels, but now with🃏 Miller on board the challenge is to develop strengths in more areas.
“We did a massive amount of work 𓆉- the riders, technicians, mechanics, an incredible effort,” Guidotti said. “It is now time to collect the informatꦰion to prepare for Portimao.
“Different circඣumstances, it won’t be hot [like in Sepang]. It will be preparation for the race a few da💮ys later.
“The first day we will try to fix everything, the second day w𓄧ill be preparation for the race.”
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering ever▨ything from American sports, to 𝓀football, to F1.
