Enea Bastianini provides rare positivity amid KTM money woes

Incoming Tech3 rider admits “tough winter” amid KTꦰM uncertainty

Enea Bastianini, Tech3 KTM, 2024 Barcelona MotoGP test
Enea Bastianini, Tech3 KTM, 2024 Barcelona MotoGP test
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Enea Bastianini says he’s faced “a tough winter” due to th𒆙e ongoing uncertainty over KTM’s MotoGP project but revealed “things are stabilising”.

The seven-time MotoGP race♊ w♉inner signed for KTM last year to join the Tech3 squad on a factory deal from 2025.

But a financial crisis has plunged the future of the Austrian firm’s racing programmes into uncertaint🍒y, with a pre-Christmas creditors hearing revealing KTM’s exit from MotoGP is “planned” as part of cost-saving measures.

KTM hasꦺ already confirmed it will race on in 2025, but not beyond, so far.

Bastianini is on a multi-year deal with KTM, with 𒈔the ongoing situation making his MotoGP future unclear.

In a recen✤t Sky Sports Italy interview, Bastianini offered an update.

“It's been a tough wi🍸nter, but I've been train﷽ing and trying to keep a clear head,” he said.

“I've been𓄧 trying to do💧 my best every day, to try and be ready for the championship.

“Now, things are stabilising a bit, so ther▨e's definitely a bit mor🅺e serenity.

“But I'm giving 100% and you won't find me🧸 unprepared.”

Bastianini was cautious in layin𒈔g out any targets for himself for 2025 having only completed one test day on the KTM last November so far.

“Setting a 🌃target at the mo﷽ment is not realistic,” he added.

“I've only done 50 laps with the KTM, so it's♚ not easy to think about what the target might be.

“I think it's a bike that has potential, but I may not be able to exploi💟t it 100% from the first r💜aces.

“But I'm sure that race after race we'll ach🍨ieve it.”

Bastianini took part in Valentino Rossi’s 100Km of Champions event in Tavullia last week, partnering with ༒Matteo Casadei.

The pair finished 15th in the race, which was won by Diogo Moreira and Thomas Char❀eyre.

Last week Bastianini also announced 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:he had split with long-time manager Carlo Pernat, signi▨ng a new deal with London-based agency MSඣM.

Pernat said in a GPOne interview tha🧔t the reason for the split was due to his poor health, which has stopped him from being able to travel to races.

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