Dorna have rejected KTM’s wish to have a fifth bike in the 2024 grid but suggested they use a rider🦄 as a reserve, but with additional wild card opportunities.

Miller called that role “shitty” and n𓆉ow his team boss has expressed doubt, too.

• KTM reject stunning claim that J🥃ack Miller was offere🌱d big-money test rider role

"It is not possible to rotat♔e five riders wi🌞th four bikes,” Guidotti told . 

“We ෴will see in Misano what is announced. This deﷺcision is far above me."

KTM🧔 have five riders contracted for next se🐬ason - factory pair Miller and Brad Binder, Tech3 GASGAS’s Pol Espargaro and Augusto Fernandez, and Moto2 talent Pedro Acosta who has been promised a step-up.

“At KTM they want to continue figh▨ting to get that fifth motorcycle and, although it is difficult, they [may 🍷be able].

“KTM ♛maintains that it has not yet made any real proposal to Miller to accept the role of tester and make wild cards. The♕y say that Jack is going to be a father shortly and only if he decides would he consider that option, thus respecting the contract.

“So, if there is no other solution and although nobo♑dy confirms it, everything indicates that Augusto could be the rider who is replaced by Acosta, even if it is temporarily since KTM is clear that in 2025 they will grow in number of seats, either with KTM or MV Agusta.

“A whole soap opera with an uncertain ending that is taking place with several riders involved and, in my opinion, with a rather daring strategy thatℱ has led them to this situation. I just hope that the ending is good and accepted by all parties involved.”

KTM’s bold plans to expand involve ꧂possibly buying an existing satellite team in 2025, to have two extra bikes.

Marc Mar🐬quez could even reportedly be tempted onto an MV Agusta by the manufacturer.