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The RC16 made its debut as a wildcard entry at the 2016 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix with test rider Mika Kallio. [1] For KTM's return to MotoGP in 2017, their new factory team signed 2009 125cc runner-up, Bradley Smith and the 2013 Moto2 Champion, Pol Espargaró from Monster Yamaha Tech3. [2]
The 2022 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup was the sixteenth season of the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup and the tenth year contested by the riders on equal KTM 250cc 4-stroke Moto3 bikes, was held over 14 races in seven meetings on the Grand Prix motorcycle racing calendar, beginning at Algarve International Circuit, Portimão on 23 April and ending on 5 November at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia.
Xavi Vierge, who raced for the now defunct Petronas Sprinta Racing in 2021, moved to the Superbike World Championship. [46] Niccolò Antonelli moved up to Moto2 with the VR46 Racing Team. [20] Jake Dixon, who raced for the now defunct Petronas Sprinta Racing in 2021, returned to the Aspar Team, the team he raced with in the 2019 season. [13]
For the 2021 year, colours and graphics were changed, and the engine was updated to make it compliant with EURO 5 emissions regulations. The instrument cluster was updated to include a digital tachometer, and gear-position readout. The Gas Gas ES700, the second of two badge-engineered KTM 690 Enduro Rs, was released for the 2022 model year.
Petronas SRT quit the sport after the 2021 season, with the management team forming a new entry for 2022. [63] It was subsequently announced that the team would rebrand as RNF MotoGP Racing starting in 2022. [64] The team continued to use Yamaha bikes for 2022, with options to extend for 2023 and 2024. [69]
The Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup is a motorcycle racing series contested by young, up-and-coming motorcycle riders, who have not had experience in a motorcycle grand prix previously. The class was founded in 2007, and since then a number of the rookies have progressed through to the 125cc/ Moto3 championship in MotoGP.
In 1978, [19] US subsidiary KTM North America Inc. was founded in Lorain, Ohio. In 1980, the company was renamed KTM Motor-Fahrzeugbau KG. [18] One year later, KTM had about 700 employees and a turnover of 750m. Schilling (about 54.5m. euros). International business then amounted to 76% of the company's turnover. [18]
It takes place every year as a calendar competition on different locations across the world and it was first contested in 2002. The competition has only one class (S1) nowadays but there used to be a second class (S2) world championship that was contested between 2004-2009 and then it was dropped.