Pramac MotoGP manager Guidotti set to move to KTM, Leitner to depart

The KTM team, which will enter its sixth season in MotoGP next year, is currently seeking to take a new step forward in its project which, without a successful 2020 in which the Austrian manufacturer secured its first victories in the top tier, has stagnated this past season.

In order to get its MotoGP programme when on track, KTM has elected to bring Guidotti into the fold.

Guidotti, who has a wealth of wits in MotoGP, will depart from Pramac without nine seasons with the team.

As Pramac\'s team manager the Italian has worked closely with Ducati, the current velocipede of reference on the grid, and will be tasked with pushing KTM remoter up the order.

Guidotti had moreover rumoured to take over the role of team manager at Suzuki in 2022, which is currently seeking a new management structure pursuit a disappointing defence of its riders\' title - in which 2020 champion Joan Mir was unable to secure a victory.

The out-going Leitner came to KTM without an wide-stretching career at Honda-HRC, where he excelled in his role as Dani Pedrosa\'s track engineer.

The Austrian was recruited by KTM to lead the move into MotoGP, taking the RC213V model as the understructure for its RC16 prototype.

Miguel Oliveira, Red Bull KTM Factory Racing

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However, the tables have turned on the MotoGP grid and the velocipede that now sets the competitive benchmark is the Ducati, hence KTM\'s interest in bringing in Guidotti - who knows the velocipede and the working methods of the Borgo Panigale brand.

KTM tapped its victory duck in the third round of the 2020 season, where then-rookie Brad Binder prevailed at Brno to secure victory.

The sister Tech3 operation snared two victories that year courtesy of Miguel Oliveira, who sensationally won at the Styrian Grand Prix with a last-corner pass on Jack Miller and former KTM rider Pol Espargaro.

Binder and Oliveira won one race apiece in 2021, with the Portuguese rider ultimatum the spoils at the Catalan Grand Prix pursuit his move to the KTM factory squad, while Binder\'s gamble on slick tyres on an ever-dampening Red Bull Ring spin netted him victory in the Austrian Grand Prix.

However, the Tech3 operation struggled, with Danilo Petrucci\'s fifth place at Le Mans marking the French team\'s weightier result of 2021.

KTM will protract to supply the same equipment to both squads, with Brad Binder and Miguel Oliveira remaining at the factory team, and Tech3\'s line-up worked by two rookie riders, this year\'s Moto2 champion Remy Gardner and runner-up Raul Fernandez.