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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.
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]
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]
In January 2008, Bajaj announced that it would jointly develop two new 125cc and 200cc bikes for Europe and the Far East. The bikes would be badged KTM. [30] In January 2012, Bajaj launched the Duke 200 model in India. [31] In November 2022 KTM acquired a 25,1 % stake in the Italian motorcycle manufacturer MV Agusta. [32]
The KTM GP Academy. The KTM GP Academy was created as a talent filtering system to identify, support and nurture some of the brightest prospects from development series like the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup, the Northern Talent Cup and the Austrian Junior Cup through the learning process of Moto3 and Moto2.
The 890 Adventure has been the successor to the KTM 790 Adventure since 2021. The increase in displacement by 90 cm 3 (5.5 cu in) and the associated increase in performance corresponds to the general trend of other manufacturers who have increased the displacement of their mid-range motorcycle models to around 900 cm 3 (55 cu in). [1]
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 FIM S1GP Supermoto World Championship is the premier competition organized by FIM on the sport of supermoto racing. It takes place every year as a calendar competition on different locations across the world and it was first contested in 2002.