KTM believes the latest test of its MotoGP RC16 prototype at Jerez has saved it a trip to Malaysia.The Austrian manufacturer is ramping up its testing programme before it enters MotoGP next year with Tech3 Yamaha riders Bradley Smith and Pol Espargaro.It has completed its fifth and sixth tests of...

KTM's latest test as it prepares for its 2017 MotoGP entry was marred by cold weather.The Austrian manufacturer spent two days at Brno on Wednesday and Thursday, but the first day with a top temperature of 44.F was essentially a write-off. When it could run its RC16 on Thursday, for...

Bradley Smith is excited by the prospect of helping KTM's development in its return to MotoGP next year, feeling the situation was "built for me."Having already declared that he was leaving the Tech3 Yamaha outfit at the end of the season, the Briton was announced as a factory KTM rider...

Bradley Smith will join KTM as a factory rider when it returns to MotoGP competition next year. The Briton has been one of the championship's top satellite riders in recent seasons with the Tech3 Yamaha outfit, and he announced on Wednesday that he was set to leave the team at...

Former Kawasaki and Suzuki rider Randy de Puniet turned his first laps for KTM on Saturday, as the manufacturer continued its MotoGP testing program.KTM completed its first test of the year, ahead of its MotoGP return in 2017, with three days at Jerez. On Saturday's final day, de Puniet, who...

Former factory Kawasaki and Suzuki rider Randy de Puniet and Moto2 stalwart Thomas Luthi have joined KTM's MotoGP test roster ahead of its 2017 return.De Puniet joins KTM after a stint as test rider for Suzuki's latest MotoGP effort. The Frenchman was a works Kawasaki MotoGP rider in 2006 and...

Suzuki's MotoGP return at Valencia this weekend will be a "big moment" for judging how much work it has to do to be fully competitive, says team boss Davide Brivio.After a lengthy testing program with the new GSX-RR, Suzuki will enter Randy de Puniet as a wildcard in the Valencian...

Suzuki has given an official green light to its 2015 MotoGP return and confirmed Aleix Espargaro and Maverick Vinales as its riders. It will also go ahead with a wild card appearance in the 2014 season finale at Valencia in October, with test rider Randy de Puniet set to give...

Suzuki's new MotoGP bike will make an early racing debut in the 2014 season finale at Valencia, reckons project chief Davide Bravo.The team will be back in MotoGP next season after a three-year absence, and had previously hinted that it might make wildcard appearances alongside its test program this year....

Suzuki is considering giving its new MotoGP bike an early racing debut with a wild card outing toward the end of 2014.The Japanese firm is using 2014 as a testing and development year before making its fully-fledged MotoGP comeback next season. But in an interview with Italian magazine Motosprint, Suzuki...