KTM's future in MotoGP has been the biggest question mark for the sport in recent memory. The reason behind it, as many of you likely know, is due to the Austrian brand's insolvency proceedings last year, leading to Bajaj purchasing a controlling stake in the company and saving it from utter collapse. But in those insolvency proceedings, the brand's insolvency managers were telling the company that it not just had to cut expenses, it had to slash and burn its MotoGP efforts.
At the time, they made no bones about it. KTM's MotoGP team was not long for this world. And while the team's manager, Pit Bierer, was adamant that it wouldn't shut down, the writing felt as if it was on the wall, and that the "lady doeth protest too much." Even when RideApart reached out to Bajaj for comment, the brand declined to say anything about KTM's future.
