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Category: People

Apr192019April 19, 2019April 19, 20190Commentby Tina Torelli

Luciano Benavides’ jumpy ride to the world cross-country rallies podium: “I said to myself I could do it, for myself, and the team”

Posted in People, Racing

It was 11am, April 4, when Luciano Benavides, still a junior, rode into the Red Bull KTM Factory Racings Rally Team’s paddock at Yas Marina Circuit as runner-up of the 29th Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge. A big smile appeared on his face when he took off his helmet. It was the take off the 23-year old Argentinian had been waiting impatiently for quite some time. “In this race I discovered the new me,” he said. The magic can’t be truly explained, but we can at least try.


Apr122019April 12, 2019April 17, 20190Commentby Adam Wheeler

The New Gem: discovering KTM’s new motocross starlet

Posted in People, Racing

Tom Vialle almost came out of nowhere to announce himself as KTM’s new fizzing star at FIM Motocross World Championship level. How did an eighteen-year-old rookie shock Grand Prix? We asked …


Apr102019April 10, 2019April 14, 20194Commentsby Adam Wheeler

Getting into MotoGP™

Posted in People, Racing

Breaking into the high profile but highly-occupying MotoGP paddock is understandably tough (it’s the peak of motorcycle sport after all) so we decided to ask John Eyre, one of our Red Bull KTM technicians, about making it as a mechanic.


Apr032019April 3, 2019April 5, 20191Commentby Adam Wheeler

Master of the road: Talking KTM in MotoGP™

Posted in Bikes, People, Racing

Numbering well over 120 people and fabricating up to 70 race bikes to tackle classes from the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup to the peak of MotoGP, the road racing division of KTM’s motorsport department has expanded and developed at a rate of speed akin to the motorcycles themselves. Pit Beirer is at the helm of any operation involving an orange two-wheeler going for a chequered flag but responsibility for MotoGP in particular falls to Jens Hainbach.


Mar292019March 29, 2019April 3, 20190Commentby Tina Torelli

Marc Coma is back in the saddle (in his natural habitat)

Posted in Bikes, People, Racing

With the first KTM Ultimate Race just around the corner, we had a chat with Marc Coma, the great warrior of the African and South American Dakars. We discussed about the mysteries of the rally raid and the irresistible attraction of the Dakar.


Mar272019March 27, 2019March 29, 20191Commentby Adam Wheeler

Interview of the Month: Sweet RC16 – Talking the MotoGP™ motorcycle with the man behind the data

Posted in People, Racing

A conversation with MotoGP Technical Director Sebastian Risse at the 2019 Qatar Grand Prix about ‘hidden’ winter work, changing the KTM RC16, and how the factory have tried to catch up in just two years of Grand Prix racing.


Mar082019March 8, 2019March 8, 20190Commentby Tina Torelli

The team behind the (Dakar) team or five short stories of love and passion – Part 2

Posted in Lifestyle, People, Racing

The Dakar Rally is a massive operation, therefore it requires more working hands and ingenious minds than any other cross-country rally of the season. This year, the team backing up the Red Bull KTM Factory Riders included 33 members, achieving a historical result under the command of new team leader, Jordi Viladoms. We talked to five of those who joined the orange family only for Dakar.


Mar062019March 6, 2019March 6, 20190Commentby Adam Wheeler

The mind of a champion? Talking head-games with Johann Zarco

Posted in People, Racing

At 28 years of age Red Bull KTM’s new factory MotoGP rider Johann Zarco is already a double world champion, holder of podium finishes in all classes of Grand Prix, a winner in two categories and the most successful Frenchman in the history of the sport.


Feb272019February 27, 2019February 27, 20192Commentsby Leo Keller

#inthisyear2009: Marvin Musquin becomes the MX2 world champion – today he is one of KTM’s best prospects in the AMA Supercross World Championship

Posted in History, People, Racing

Back when Marvin Musquin won his first world championship race in early 2009, the Frenchman was still largely an unknown quantity. But that would change very quickly. Never before has anyone left their mark on a season in the way Musquin did back then at just 19-years old. Blessed with immense talent, he impressed the world of motocross, securing his first MX2 world championship title at the end of the season on the KTM 250 SX-F.


Feb222019February 22, 2019February 22, 20191Commentby Tina Torelli

The team behind the (Dakar) team or five short stories of love and passion – Part 1

Posted in Lifestyle, People, Racing

The Dakar Rally is a massive operation, therefore it requires more working hands and ingenious minds than any other cross-country rally of the season. This year, the team backing up the Red Bull KTM Factory Riders included 33 members, achieving a historical result under the command of new team leader, Jordi Viladoms. We talked to five of those who joined the orange family only for Dakar.