KTM boss hints at Dani Pedrosa's first 2024 race but there is no date for Pol Espargaro yet
“Everything else will be decided depending on the course of the season, depending on which races we need as a test.”However, there is still no verdict on when Pol Espargaro - who was demoted from the Tech3 GASGAS team to the role of a KTM test rider this year - will race as a wildcard.He finished seventh in Spain and fourth in San Marino despite retiring from full-time racing at the end of 2018.
He said last year: “Now that I’m this age, if I stop to remember that Valentino Rossi won his last race at 38, or Loris Capirossi at 37?“Now I’m that age and I’m racing, fighting at the front with the young guys, now I know that racing at the top level at this age is more difficult than when you are young. No doubt.
The Austrian manufacturer have high hopes that they can be the nearest team to the dominant Ducati, and if they are to do so, Pedrosa's developmental work will be crucial.
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