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Brad Binder, Red Bull KTM Factory Racing
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How MotoGP's underachiever is working to reverse its fortunes in 2023

As European manufacturers emerged as the strongest force in 2022 in a changing of the guard for MotoGP, one powerhouse couldn’t quite match the feats of Ducati and Aprilia. Its motorsport chief tells Motorsport.com why this is and what it is doing to become a consistent frontrunner in the class of kings

A late-season surge in 2022 allowed KTM to jump up to fourth in the constructors' championship and second in the teams' table. Thus, perhaps calling the Austrian manufacturer an underachiever last season seems a tad harsh.

But peel away the surface and you'll see KTM got nowhere near where it should have been in 2022, when you consider the resources and infrastructure the Austrian powerhouse has propping up its MotoGP project.

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