KTM Motorsport Director Confirms Four Riders

KTM motorsport director Pit Beirer has denied rumors of a rider or bike change for the 2026 MotoGP season.

After a turbulent winter due to the company's financial crisis, rumors circulated that star rookie Pedro Acosta was considering a move to VR46 Ducati, and that the satellite Tech3 team might be considering a move to another manufacturer. However, speaking at the Czech MotoGP weekend, Beirer told Sky Italia:

"We confirmed our four bikes and also our four riders. They are all fantastic," added KTM Motorsport Director.

This means Acosta and Brad Binder will remain at the Red Bull KTM factory team, with Maverick Viñales and Enea Bastianini at Tech3 in their 2026 MotoGP line-up.

"Our CEO is here and has done an incredible job to stabilize the situation in our company," Beirer said of Gottfried Neumeister's presence at Brno, where KTM celebrated its first MotoGP podium of the season with Acosta and Bastianini.

"We [KTM] are fine, we have reorganized and now it's time to work hard, especially as a manufacturer." "KTM must be strong and also market motorsport. This system has been in place for 30 years, but last year we had a terrible crash, we have to fix it, and we are ready."

"The CEO is here with me to tell the teams that we will continue to move forward. We will have four bikes in MotoGP, not two or six."

Acosta entered the summer break in seventh place in the MotoGP standings, with the injured Viñales in 11th, Binder in 12th, and Bastianini in 17th.

KTM is third out of five manufacturers in the constructors' championship. Meanwhile, Beirer also confirmed that KTM's Moto3 championship leader, Jose Antonio Rueda, will move to Moto2 in 2026