2024 MotoGP Team Preview: Red Bull KTM Factory Racing

KTM is entering 2024 as its eighth year on the MotoGP grid, marked by numerous milestones and achievements. Brad Binder, Jack Miller and the entire Red Bull KTM Factory Racing team are prepared for yet another outstanding campaign.

The Austrian manufacturer aims to better 4th in the Riders Championship, 2nd in the Constructors standings and 4th in the Teams rankings, all achieved in 2023. Brad Binder scored a total of 8 podium appearances and two Sprint victories as well as setting a new MotoGP top speed record of 366.1 kmph (227 mph) at the Gran Premio D’Italia in May – and were the 4th best team.

One of the highlights was the double podium finish for both Binder and teammate Jack Miller at Jerez for the Gran Premio de España. KTM have banked six outright Grand Prix wins before the start of the 2024 championship, which will be their eighth assault on the competition with the KTM RC16.

2024 is 28-year-old Brad Binder’s fifth year in the MotoGP mix with the KTM RC16 and his tenth with Red Bull KTM through the classes. The South African has two wins (Czech Republic and Austria) and two Sprint victories (Argentina and Spain) and notched eight podiums in 2023.

Similarly, 2024 is the 29-year-old Jack Miller’s tenth MotoGP season, and his third Grand Prix year in Red Bull KTM colors. The Australian has three career wins and grabbed a podium result in his maiden KTM term during 2023.Binder has worked his way from 11th to 6th to 4th in almost half a decade and is now poised for even bigger prizes as one of the most highly-rated riders on the 22-man grid. Similarly, Miller also has his own goals and wants a top-three championship slot and more after adapting rapidly to the RC16 at the outset of 2023.

KTM have seven MotoGP Grand Prix wins and two Sprint victories since 2017, obtained with two different riders. The factory has a significant Grand Prix presence throughout the categories with the MotoGP squad at the top of the pyramid consisting of: Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup, Moto3 and Moto2.

This upcoming season is poised to see impressive accomplishments as Dani Pedrosa, Pol Espargaro, Jonas Folger, and Mika Kallio, along with their respective teams, will play pivotal roles, making substantial contributions to the KTM's MotoGP initiative through comprehensive testing.

The 2024 MotoGP race calendar will consist of 21 Grands Prix and 42 races as MotoGP will again engage the popular Saturday Sprint format at every round. The first of 21 rounds begins with the trip to the Lusail International Circuit for the Grand Prix of Qatar from March 8-10.