Acosta Declares KTM 'Not Good Enough' and Lauds Yamaha Gains

On the first day of the Silverstone-GP, MotoGP demonstrated its full sporting brutality over KTM. For the first time in the 2025 season, no RC16 was fast enough to place itself directly in the Q2.

Acosta declares KTM 'not good enough' and lauds Yamaha gains

Pedro Acosta says the current KTM MotoGP bike is "not good enough" - and called on his team to make a Yamaha-like step.The news from earlier this week that KTM's future as a company was secured by investment from Indian manufacturer Bajaj Auto was followed in MotoGP by one of its worst days of the 2025 season, as all four KTM RC16s fell short of securing direct passage to Q2 through a top-10 place in Friday practice for the British Grand Prix at…

On MotoGP Friday, KTM collects a heavy friction to the Great Britain-GP, no pilot makes it to the top 10 in the training. Pedro Acosta then bursts the collar.