The second best motorcycle firm this season closes the door on Trueno de Cervera, since its latest controversial statements about the RC213V also hit the Austrian brand.
Marc Márquez is still on the starting ramp at Repsol Honda, but his new destination will not be Red Bull KTM, as stated by its CEO, Stefan Pierer. The manager’s statements reached the depths of the Lleida pilotwho will continue to look for a new team for 2024. And it is not the first time this year that a team has closed the doors in his face.
He Ducati Corsewho marches as the leading team in the 2023 MotoGP manufacturers’ table, also categorically ruled out the signing of Marc Márquez. Its president, Claudio Domenicali, had to go out to clarify the information that linked the Italian team with the six-time world champion.
The reasons for Red Bull KTM to reject Marc Márquez
Any elite MotoGP team would like to have a six-time world champion in the top category, but apparently neither Ducati nor now KTM want it. Pierer, head of the Austrian firm, He recognized that the Spanish driver is one of the best in the competition, but his perspective clashes head-on with the values of his team.
“Marc Márquez is out of the question for KTM, because if he wins, it’s because of the rider, but if he loses, it’s because of my bike. We stay with our young riders, we have a good academy” sentenced the CEO of Red Bull KTM. In this way, the Trueno de Cervera will have to continue concentrating on the Repsol Honda, and raise their level for the remainder of the season.
Another authoritative voice at Red Bull KTM rules out the signing of Marc Márquez
Apparently all the KTM executives have agreed to rule out the signing of the driver from Lleida, for the same reasons. The Austrian team believes that the Spanish lacks humility and objectivity when he is immersed in the competition. But However, another reason for not signing Márquez is because his current squad of riders has a future.
Pit Beirer, competition director at Red Bull KTM, argued why the signing of Marc Márquez is not viable. “Right now we have four very strong MotoGP riders under contract. For us it is a compliment that people talk about the possibility of Marc Márquez joining KTM, but it is not our problem.
