Alarms are ringing at the Motorcycle World Championship. A consulting report Boston Consulting Group (BCG) in KTM concludes that the manufacturer, based in Mattighofen (Austria), “From the 2026 season, KTM also wants to withdraw from the competition. Specifically, the road racing series MotoGP, Moto3 and Moto2“.
Pilot contracts are limited to two years and, as management of KTM is expecting big PR damage if finished early, They don’t want to leave until 2026. The annual savings will be 46 million eurosadded the review exclusively published by the newspaper ‘derStandard’.
In addition to this drastic measure, in the long run a drastic reduction in costs and a renegotiation with suppliers allowing savings between 61 and 77 million euros. Currently, according to the figures included in the report, KTM’s investment in motorsport in 2023 is 95 million euros: “For a company the size of KTM, this Costs are ‘too high’ even relative to the competition”.
Source: La Verdad
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