Martin's new injury and KTM's huge vote (ad-free)
Added 2025-02-25 19:29:13 +0000 UTCThe Race MotoGP Podcast (part-)convenes for an emergency episode in the lead-up to the 2025 season opener in Thailand.
Valentin Khorounzhiy and Simon Patterson discuss Jorge Martin's second pre-season injury, sustained in motocross training that was part of his rehab from the first injury, and the reports that it could write off nearly a quarter of his first season with Aprilia.
They also talk about KTM having its restructuring plan greenlit by creditors in Austria - preserving the company in its current state the day after BMW had been credited with a reported interest in buying it outright.
The mention of BMW briefly takes us into World Superbike land, where its MotoGP-linked star rider Toprak Razgatlioglu was notably unhappy after the season opener - and dropped a heavy-handed exit hint.
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I would say for BMW, March 14th is the date everyone is looking towards. It doesn’t seem like they expect to have a strong 2025 either. https://stocks.apple.com/AWl1wX_M7Qr23MlmGSdlNHA
Doug Reed
2025-03-01 05:42:16 +0000 UTCAs a Hearts FC supporter I'm of the view that the language discussion definitely should have been cut!
Andrew Thomas
2025-02-26 13:25:10 +0000 UTC@Simon BMW is actually doing alright with electric car sales (+13%), China is also still ok compared to other brands (altough not as good as before). The reason they had a profit slump in 2024 was due to the Continental IBS disaster, causing a huge recall: https://www.adac.de/news/auto-rueckruf-bmw-bremsen/ Which means that they will likely turn a higher profit again in 2025... they would have at least some millions to spare for a investment in KTM.
JD
2025-02-26 10:24:40 +0000 UTC
