It is disappointing not to hear any MotoGP racing motorcycle start for 13 weeks, but as the epidemic situation slows down, KTM's RC16 is preparing to rumble again on its Austrian track!

　　KTM test driver Dani Pedrosa and first brother Pol Espargaro will be responsible for the factory test, and they will continue the development of RC16. Although the development of racing motorcycle has stagnated for more than a month from mid-March to April, at present Austria has taken quite a few restrictive measures to control the epidemic. KTM still hopes to continue testing the 2020 engine and new frame (the version first unveiled in the official tests of Valencia and Jerez at the end of 2019). )

　　According to Speedweek's report, KTM has already reserved the two-day use right of Red Bull Ring, which was originally used to test the X-BOW ultra-light sports motorcycle. After KTM submitted the test demand report to the racing director, it was only found that KTM came to test the MotoGP racing motorcycle.

　　Brad Binder will not participate in the factory test for the part of the test driver lineup, because the South African government currently prohibits all flights from entering and leaving South Africa, so Brad Binder cannot leave South Africa to conduct the test in Europe. Although the alert level has been relaxed from level 5 to level 4, the resumption of flight traffic requires the local government to believe that the increase in newly confirmed cases has slowed down to a certain degree and is safe enough to be relaxed to level 3, which allows flights to be opened.

　　KTM is the first depot to resume testing, but it is not clear when other fleet depots will follow up. As a team with preferential development, KTM(APRILIA, too) can test on any track, while other non-preferential motorcycle factory teams can only test on officially designated tracks.