What a race. After 44.5 hours of the toughest off-road race in the world, it came down to just 43 seconds. FORTY-THREE SECONDS! The closest finish in the recent history of the Dakar, and as KTM celebrates 30 years of competing at the event, a magical 1-2 from Kevin Benavides and Toby Price is a fitting tribute as they have brought the trophy back to the orange squad for the first time in four years.
The first big motorsport event of the year is yet again throwing curveballs and creating drama as the world watches on with intrigue. As many conclude their holiday season, the 2023 Dakar Rally is winding its way across Saudi Arabia, and the scenery is as beautiful as it is brutal. While the Red Bull KTM Factory Racing team is preparing for the second half of the race, we have taken a look at the stats and the pictures from the last week of competition.
It’s somewhere between 40 and 50 degrees Celsius. You’re in the middle of nowhere with nothing but endless desert ahead, lost. The minutes are ticking by. With just a roadbook to keep you on the right route, hoping you hit your waypoints, you’re forced to back-track and figure out your mistake…
Was 2022 MotoGP a success or a strive against adversity? Or both? After its sixth season on track, we asked long-term Red Bull KTM Factory Racing Technical Manager Sebastian Risse to summarize the journey of the company’s most advanced motorcycle.
The exclusive video series with multiple AMA Motocross and Supercross champion Ryan Dungey concludes with the American talking about rough tracks and the phase of a race when a winner really makes the difference. Ryan also tells us about his toughest circuit and whether he prefers Supercross or Motocross…
Red Bull KTM Ajo are fighting for the Moto2™ world championship with their sixth different rider from the last six years and Augusto Fernandez has already won promotion to MotoGP™ for 2023 regardless of how the season plays out. We asked how he got into the groove…
Story moments, highlights, and other markers of KTM’s first FIM World Championship from 2022 and how Tom Vialle faced adversity for a memorable motocross success.
The revealing short video series with the AMA Supercross legend continues. In this instalment Ryan Dungey talks about the mental drain and demand of elite level racing.
Throwing a KTM 890 ADVENTURE R around the Red Bull Erzbergrodeo Prologue? Surely not! Greg Gordinne made it happen and here’s the story…
First laps and the beginning of race strategy: the third episode in the exclusive KTM ‘Get Serious with Dungey’ video series asks former (and current!) motocross Hall-of-Famer Ryan Dungey for more tips and memories of a remarkable career.
