KTM has ‘already’ cut a staggering number of employees ahead of the 2025 MotoGP season

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KTM’s decision day looms with a big call to be made over their proposed restructuring plan at the end of February.

On the eve of the start of the new MotoGP season in Thailand, they will face a court meeting to decide what sort of path the company will take for the foreseeable future.

How it will affect their motorsport division is unknown, but they have affirmed their commitment to MotoGP until at least 2026.

KTM’s two factory riders are under contract until the end of next year, which will be the end of the current regulations ahead of a rule change for 2027.

It adds an air of uncertainty to the careers of Pedro Acosta and Brad Binder, but the former won’t struggle to find another drive if he continues to impress as much as he did in his rookie season.

Acosta’s Tech3 boss called him an alien after he achieved the most podiums of any non-Ducati rider in his first season. With a promotion to the factory team, he might achieve even more.

KTM have ‘slimmed’ company by cutting 2,000 employees before MotoGP season

KTM bosses instructed Acosta and Binder not to discuss their financial situation at the team’s 2025 bike launch.

Their performance was promising last year, and as long as their financial situation doesn’t limit them in any way, there’s every chance that the Austrian outfit are dark horse candidate for the title this year.

Maybe they could be the manufacturer that can finally stop Ducati’s relentless domination (their bikes won 90% of all races on offer last year).

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Adam Wheeler has revealed that the company has slashed their workforce as they await a decision on their future at the end of the month.

“It’s going to be February 25, so while we’re on our way to Buriram and the Buririam International Circuit for the first grand prix of the year, KTM will essentially get their roadmap for the future,” he said.

“They’ve already slimmed down to around 4,000 in Mattighofen, I think it was up near 6,000. There has been some real streamlining going on.”

Why MotoGP faces an ‘obvious’ problem if KTM leaves in 2026

KTM has been in MotoGP since 2017, achieving five victories and a best riders’ championship finish of fourth with Binder in 2023.

MotoGP has an obvious problem if KTM leaves in 2026 with no replacement manufacturer lined up to take their spot on the grid.

It would be a big dent for the sport to have to wave goodbye to a team which has started to pick up the pace in recent times.

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They contribute with their satellite Tech3 team too, and have recently signed Enea Bastianini and like the factory team, are heading into 2025 with what may be their strongest ever line-up.

Taking advantage of the next two seasons will be important, but having 23 potential investors might help their cause beyond that period.