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Disappointing Day for KTM 125 cc line-up at Czech GP
19 August 2008
The 125 cc Czech Grand Prix on the Brno racing circuit proved to be a disappointing day for the KTM line-up with Spanish Repsol KTM rider Esteve Rabat the only one finishing in the championship points. Rabat finished in thirteenth place while Onde 2000 KTM rider Pablo Nieto was second fastest in sixteenth place. His team-mate Raffaele de Rosa, who was the fastest on Saturday in the rain, went out in the first round. De Rosa's bike had an engine seizure and he had a high speed crash in sixth gear. The Neapolitan was lucky to come away unscathed and uninjured.
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Kallio Fifth in Brno but Still in Title Hunt for 250cc
19 August 2008
Red Bull KTM 250 star Mika Kallio finished fifth in Sunday's Czech Grand Prix but remains in the title hunt after his rival and world championship leader Marco Simoncelli finished third. Kallio now trails the Italian by 16 points with six more races to go to complete the season. Simoncelli dropped back from first to third in the final corners of the race to cut back his points tally for the race on the traditional Brno circuit.
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Rabat, Marquez & Nieto All Score Points at Sachsenring
14 July 2008
Three KTM riders performed well to finish in the championship points in the 125 ccm class on the Sachsenring on Sunday in the Grand Prix of Germany. Esteve Rabat of the Repsol KTM 125 team finished in ninth place while Spanish GP rookie Marc Marquez made a great charge from the back of the field and stormed from place 19 to place 10. Onde 2000 KTM rider Pablo Nieto also secured one point for his fifteenth place finish. Red Bull KTM rider Randy Krummenacher was unlucky and had to retire due to technical problems. ISPA KTM Aran rider Tomoyoshi Koyama crashed during a battle with Marquez.
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Kallio Rescues Fourth Place in German GP
14 July 2008
Red Bull KTM 250 star Mika Kallio fought against wet conditions in the German Grand Prix to finish in fourth place while Julian Simon of the Repsol KTM 250 team put in his best race result since joining the KTM line-up on the grid. Kallio, the 25-year-old Finn held onto second place for 12 laps but was forced to let some of the opposition overtake when heavy rain started to fall. Instead he adjusted his calculating style of riding to suit the prevailing difficult conditions and still achieved the best possible result. Kallio, who had held the lead in the world championship standings, is now in second place, eleven points behind Sunday's winner Marco Simoncelli.
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Esteve Rabat Leads in Rain-Soaked 125 cc Race at Assen
30 June 2008
The 125cc Grand Prix at Assen on Saturday was eventful and plagued with changing weather that red flagged the race, punctuated with crashes after just nine laps. Five laps were raced in part two for the final result.
KTM rider Esteve Rabat held onto the lead in the second part of the race and looked set for a top finish when he ran wide in the final stages and had to settle for sixth. Repsol KTM rookie Marc Marquez was also a victim of the weather. He crashed in the final stages of the first laps after having battled his way to fifth position. He was unable to get back to the pits with his bike in time for the restart and missed out on the second heat altogether. Red Bull KTM rider Randy Krummenacher also crashed in the first part of the race, but continued with a lonely ride at the end of the field. His efforts were rewarded after the re-start, when the Swiss teenager managed to score nineteenth position.
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Tyre Problem Slows Mika Kallio at Dutch 250cc GP
30 June 2008
Mika Kallio rode a courageous 250 cc GP at Assen on Saturday coming from behind to third place before all hopes of a podium faded when he experienced tyre troubles. In what has been a difficult weekend for the Finnish championship leader he made a dramatic recovery from the difficulties in setting up his Red Bull KTM 250 for the fast and challenging Assen circuit. He stormed to the front group of riders, holding fifth, fourth and even third place on the opening laps. But the tyre trouble intervened. He slipped back to finish in seventh place, which left him holding onto his world championship lead by one single point. Team-mate Hiroshi Aoyama, who had been even further back on the grid in thirteenth position, also worked his way up through the ranks to eventually finish in sixth place ahead of Kallio. Repsol KTM rider Julian Simon rode to a lonely tenth place.
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Raffaele de Rosa Seventh in Assen GP125
28 June 2008
KTM's riders in the 125 cc category launched the weekend's GP racing at Assen, Netherlands confidently in qualifying ahead of Saturday's race at the Dutch circuit. Raffaele de Rosa (Onde 2000 KTM) clocked seventh fastest, Randy Krummenacher (Red Bull KTM) in eleventh and Esteve Rabat (Repsol KTM) in fifteenth place, positions that remained unchanged on the second day of practice due to adverse weather conditions. Rabat's 15-year-old team-mate Marc Marquez, who had made history one week ago as the youngest Spanish rider ever on a Grand Prix podium, was one of the very few riders in this class to improve on his previous best time in final practice, and now holds eighteenth place on the grid.
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Kallio 11th & Still Chasing Best Set-Up Ahead of Assen
28 June 2008
Red Bull KTM 250 star and world championship leader Mika Kallio found himself in an unusual eleventh spot in qualifying for the Dutch TT and is still chasing the best set-up for Saturday's GP. The 25-year-old Finn, winner of the British Grand Prix one week ago, found the set-up requirements of the Assen circuit with its high grip level and its banked corners completely different to the English Donington Park raceway. Kallio kept comparing two chassis versions and numerous set-up solutions, but also lost valuable track-time due to the changing weather conditions. He will try further modifications in the warm-up practice session Saturday morning.
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No Luck for de Rosa in 125cc Italian GP
04 June 2008
Onde 2000 KTM 125 rider Raffaele de Rosa was hard to console after the 125 cc Grand Prix of Italy when he was unable to convert his first career pole position into a podium place and had to settle for thirteenth place.
The 21-year-old from Naples experienced an unexpected lack of engine power in today's hot summer conditions and dropped back behind the front runners to finish in the middle of the field. Red Bull KTM 125 rider Randy Krummenacher secured 17th position and is now looking forward to the next race in Barcelona, where he had made his first ever podium finish one year ago.
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Good Result for KTM Despite Problems
04 June 2008
Red Bull KTM star Mika Kallio rode to an incredible fourth place in Sunday's Italian Grand Prix overcoming a damaged clutch that made it very difficult to shift through the gears of his KTM FRR 250 machine.
The 24-year-old Finn dropped back to the middle of the pack when the problem emerged going into the first turn of the famous Italian racing circuit of Mugello. It is a testament to his incredible skill and determination that he was able to recover and finish with a top position. The World Champion leader took 13 valuable points for his efforts and increased his lead in the point standings. He is now 18 points clear of second placed Mattia Pasini. Kallio's previous best performance on the Mugello circuit was in 2006 when he was sixth in the 125cc race.
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De Rosa Storms to Pole Position
01 June 2008
Onde 2000 KTM rider Raffaele de Rosa on Saturday stormed to his first ever pole position in Grand Prix racing on the beautiful and challenging Mugello circuit, traditional testing ground and territory of the Aprilia factory, Team. De Rosa succeeded in leaving reigning World Champion Gabor Talmacsi and Frenchman Mike di Meglio, winner of the Le Mans Grand Prix two weeks ago, in his wake. The 21-year-old from Naples was racing for a top qualifying spot for Sunday's GP in his home country and enjoying the benefit of a new chassis for his KTM FRR 125, which made all the difference on the fast and sweeping bends of the Tuscan track.
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Front Row Start for KTM's Mik Kallio at Mugello
01 June 2008
Red Bull KTM 250 star Mika Kallio topped the time sheets for most of the final 250 cc session. But he narrowly missed the pole when three fast competitors overtook to leave him on the front row in fourth place for Sunday's 250 cc Grand Prix of Italy. Kallio's team-mate Hiroshi Aoyama crashed early on in the session and had to continue with his spare bike, but is nevertheless confident for the race after finishing in tenth position.
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Double Victory for Mika Kallio & Hiroshi Aoyama
04 May 2008
Red Bull KTM 250 stars Mika Kallio and Hiroshi Aoyama mastered treacherous conditions in today's wet Grand Prix of China to score a fantastic double victory for KTM. It was the second one-two for the Austrian manufacturer in the 250 cc category after Aoyama won the German Grand Prix last year ahead of his team-mate. Pole-sitter Alvaro Bautista had established an early lead, but when the young Spaniard crashed out on the ninth lap of the race, Kallio had a clear track ahead and rode to a comfortable win despite increasing grip problems on the drying tarmac.
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Front Row Start for Mika Kallio & Julian Simon
04 May 2008
In a thrilling final qualifying session for tomorrow's Chinese Grand Prix, Repsol KTM 250 rider Julian Simon moved up to fourth place, celebrating his first ever front row starting position with his new machine. The 21-year-old Spanish hero, who graduated as a top GP contender in the official KTM 125 team two years ago, and returned to the Austrian brand after gaining his first year of 250 cc experience in another team, will start alongside star in third position. The 25-year-old Finn, current world championship leader with one victory and three podium finishes in the opening three races of the season, established himself firmly within the top riders in China on the first day of practice, but missed out on an even better practice time when the slid off the track on his last run on softer tyres in today's final qualifying session.
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Mika Celebrates First Podium of The Year Like a Victory
10 March 2008
Red Bull KTM 250's maestro Mika Kallio succeeded in riding around problems he had with the feeling of his bike at the late night practice sessions for the Qatar Grand Prix and still finished the season's opening race with a podium place.
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Red Bull KTM 250 Team Report from Qatar Qualifying 2
09 March 2008
Mika Kallio of the Red Bull KTM 250 team elevated himself into the first row grid in the closing minutes of the second qualifying session in Qatar ahead of the first ever night race in the world championship GP.
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Quantum Leap For KTM Grand Prix Road Racing Activities For 2008
22 December 2007
KTM will be omnipresent in the paddock and the track in the 125 cc and 250 cc classes of international road racing in the 2008 season; it has been announced by the company's headquarters in Mattighofen, Austria.
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Final Selection Event – Paul Ricard
26 November 2007
After two extremely demanding days at Paul Ricard in the South of France twelve young riders are being invited to join the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup in 2008. It becomes a truly global series with riders from Australia, Africa and Japan joining the challenge to find future World Champions from a total of sixteen nationalities.
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Mika Kallio Re-Signs With Red Bull KTM
06 September 2007
Mika Kallio has re-signed with the Red Bull KTM Team for the 2008 season, with an option for the following year. The signing took place after the San Marino and Riviera di Rimini Grand Prix in Misano last weekend. The talented 24-year-old Finn finalised the new contract with KTM Technical Director Harald Bartol, saying he believed that he could realise his dream of winning the world championship title with the Austrian manufacturer.
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KTM's Aoyama to miss first European Grand Prix in Jerez
19 March 2007
Due to the injury that he suffered at the Qatar Grand Prix, Red Bull KTM 250 rider Hiroshi Aoyama will not take part at the first European round in Jerez next week. After his unlucky crash, which left him with considerable damage to skin and tendons of the little finger of his right hand, he flew straight back to Barcelona and underwent immediate surgery in the famous Clinica Santiago Dexeus. Dr. Xavier Mir, a popular microsurgeon who has helped numerous athletes and motorcycle racers in the past, reconstructed the tendons and immobilised the finger with a pin for the initial healing period. As the treatment has been a full success, Aoyama is recovering very quickly. But he will still follow his doctor’s recommendation to give his finger additional rest and time, especially for the lost skin to grow back.
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