The MotoGP™ enabler
How do you get to be a Grand Prix Crew Chief and how complex is the job anyway? Brad Binder’s closest collaborator, Andrés Madrid, tells us the story…
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5 things you might not have known about Pedro Acosta’s double title-winning rocket to MotoGP™
There is the ability and there is the weight of numbers. In both ways new Moto2 World Champion Pedro Acosta can sit peacefully with the billing of a ‘generational talent’. For those who have already seen the spectacular style in which the 19-year-old handles a race bike, there here is the hard data behind #37’s surge to the top.
MOLDING A MotoGP™ BIKE
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Jack Miller is reaching the end of his first term with the KTM RC16 in MotoGP. The 28-year-old Australian has now ridden and taken podiums with three different bikes in the premier class. What exactly goes into shaping and creating a race ‘package’ that can top 360 kmph?
THE MOTOGP™ EYE OF EXPERIENCE
It takes a racer to see a racer and tell a racer: Mika Kallio holds a unique role in the company’s MotoGP™ Grand Prix project so we asked him about his work and how it helps the pursuit of success…
PEDRO’S WORLD: ENTERING THE MIND OF THE BIGGEST AND BRIGHTEST PROSPECT IN MotoGP™
Pedro Acosta is the name at the top of many stories or comments about the MotoGP silly season for 2024 and with good reason. Tap into some of the 19-year-old’s mindset that has carried him so far, so quickly.
THE MOTOGP™ CONTRACT MOVER
Jens Hainbach, Vice President Sports Management Road Racing, has a rewarding but delicate job as one of the main chess piece movers for the company and their multi-classes participation in MotoGP™. Seven years into the role, the 50-year-old tells us about the maturing talent scheme where the KTM roster is now bursting with potential.
REMY GARDNER ON MOTOGP’S TICKING CLOCK
In a high-stakes, fast-paced, big budget, and very visual sport like MotoGP™ racers face constant pressure and scrutiny to perform. We asked 2022 ‘rookie’ and 2021 Moto2 world champion Remy Gardner about the demands of the job.
‘CATCHING’ MIGUEL: RIDE WITH A MOTOGP™ STAR
The heat, smell and sound of a KTM RC16 will come a little nearer to a selection of motorcyclists on the edge of the 2022 Grand Prix of Portugal. Why and how? Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Miguel Oliveira tells us…
A FLYING START IN QATAR
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The iconic lights of the Lusail circuit in Qatar have lit up the start of MotoGP™ 15 times in the last 16 seasons, and in 2022 we were excited to see a strong tinge of orange at the front of the field as racing got underway. An incredible race, Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Brad Binder clinched second at the season opener in early March…
MOTOGP™ ESPORTS: GETTING CLOSER TO THE EXCITEMENT OF THE REAL THING?
The final round of 2021 MotoGP™ at Valencia also staged the MotoGP eSports Global Series finale as the fastest gamers gathered for the biggest and best prize yet. Is the show getting more and more prominent? We went along to the spectacle at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit to find out…
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