KTM ended a difficult Motogp race in Japan, with only 11th position with the best quarters of the riders.
This was the first time in 2025 when it failed to log in to the top -10 finish in the Sunday race, causing a serious blow to his hopes to defeat Annailia in the Crusters Championship.
On Sunday, the disappointing result of KTM was to lead the rider at least partially to lead the rider. Pedro Acosta Running from the track and falling backwards of the ground, but the Spaniad was already moving backwards for several laps.
Even challenged Francaco gardenia For the lead on the initial tour, ACOSTA quickly lost a full second for Italian, before the other factory slipped into the clutches Mark marks,
Acosta Lap was held in second place until the beginning of Lap 11, but then fell like a stone in sixth place with tires, lost places for marks, Zone Mir, Marco Bezchi And Franco Morbideli On the following laps.
Their speed fell to mid-to-high 1M46s, and at one point he was running at a slow pace. Sokyat LCR on Honda.
The broad moment on Turn 1 on Lap 19 was to make its own own instead of a break problem, but it complicated a pathetic day for KTM as it ended out of the points in the 17th.
Pedro Acosta, Red Bull Kettm Factory Racing
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Acosta’s lap time in Japanese GP
| Lap | Time |
|---|---|
| 1 | 1’50.499 |
| 2 | 1’44.977 |
| 3 | 1’44.852 |
| 4 | 1’44.819 |
| 5 | 1’44.884 |
| 6 | 1’45.196 |
| 7 | 1’44.917 |
| 8 | 1’45.279 |
| 9 | 1’45.236 |
| 10 | 1’45.656 |
| 11 | 1’46.033 |
| 12 | 1’45.475 |
| 13 | 1’45.645 |
| 14 | 1’46.315 |
| 15 | 1’46.212 |
| 16 | 1’46.314 |
| 17 | 1’46.907 |
| 18 | 1’46.671 |
| 19 | 2’02.413 |
| 20 | 1’46.845 |
| 21 | 1’46.498 |
| 22 | 1’46.973 |
| 23 | 1’46.799 |
| 24 | 1’48.054 |
ACOSTA did not have a clear answer to why KTM struggled to this extent this year, but believes that high temperatures could be behind their tire crisis.
He said, “We have to evaluate the data with the team and understand what is going on, as it seems that four KTMs were struggling in the same way,” they accepted.
“In addition, it is (eg) the problem that we were doing in Thailand at the beginning of the season. For this (reason), it’s time to evaluate what is happening with the team. Let’s see if we can improve the factory a little.
“We were coming from a very good European season that was not super hot, and the tires get high temperatures. It was also a soft tires than the tires we usually use.
“This is hard for all, but we also have to take positivity. I was fast in qualifying, I was fast in time attacks on Friday, I was rapid in less laps yesterday, I was not as bad, but I was doing more or less more or less.
“But today, we went into a hole (from where it was impossible to get out of it.”
In the weekend, the results of Acosta were very high within the KTM. On Saturday, he managed to finish fourth even after he was low in the same run due to technical issues with his bike. Next was the best ktm Brad Binder In 18th, while Tech3 riders Ineni Bastianini And Ana Bastianini fought even more, the 21st and final ended respectively.
Brad Binder, Red Bull Ketiem Factory Racing
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Sprint was the same, with Acosta finished a strong third place behind Ducati pair Bagania and Markes to score only KTM Rider.Binder reached 12th position, Vinales classified the 16th, while Bastianini retired with engine problems.
In the Sunday race, Binder’s work was made very difficult by severe nonsense, an issue that has plagued RC16 on many occasions in recent years.
He said, “I got a really good start and I was nonsense from the beginning.” “And when I met Lap 12, the explosion occurred. It started to go crazy and at the corner of every left hand, I had massive vibrations until I raised the bike straight up.
“So this was super, super difficult. The biggest thing today was that we had to try to get the center of the tire till the end of the race. And even managing it like hell, we completed the talk (tire). We have got some serious work.”
KTM built the first podium of 2025 in the check GP in July and returned to a large extent with a aero package from the summer break. This allowed the Austrian marks to score three more podiums – either in sprint or on Sunday – in the following three rounds, it put it back just two points from the Aprilia in the fight for the second place in the standing of the constructors.
However, after a weekend in Mrs. Wasted by several series issuesKTM again struggled in Japan and is now 26 points behind Nale Market.
Only last year, ACOSTA created a sensational pole on the Gasgas-branded RC16 of TECH3 in Motegi, so the lack of KTM speed was also surprised for its riders.
Maverick Vinales, Red Bull Ktm Tech 3
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“I think there is a lot of work to work again on the bike because it is not a feeling and the way the bike is working is not right,” Vinals said, who is still not completely recovering from his shoulder injury.
“The tires are not working well. I think we were not pushing the tires properly, so we were not getting fast in Japan.
“On paper, it should be a track where KTM has to be very fast, and it is one of the slowest races we do. To do a lot of work.”
Bastianini, who logged in her first podium with KTM earlier this month, was also shocked in the miracle and thickening: “I couldn’t understand what has happened to the Egyptians with me because in the last three, four races, I was competitive in every situation on every track.
“But the trend from the Vyano is now a little behind. Here, (in Japan, it) is very complex for us, such as if the engine did not like at the beginning of the season and as we missed the first part of the acceleration.
“After losing the speed, but in any case I hope to see KTM (this) three, four races first, as competitive. I want to return to the top five first race first.”
