Ad-free MotoGP pod: The radical efforts to topple Ducati
Added 2024-10-15 11:42:42 +0000 UTCAs Ducati dominates not just the 2024 MotoGP season but inevitably also discussion on The Race MotoGP Podcast, we banned ourselves from talking about the championship leading team on this week's episode.
Instead Simon Patterson, Val Khorounzhiy and Matt Beer delve into the big moves the rest of the paddock are making as they try to get out of Ducati's shadow.
Honda's major technical signing from Aprilia, Aprilia's replacement for him, Yamaha's radical V4 engine switch and KTM's new team boss are all debated, as well as the impact of KTM's not-so-secret weapon Pedro Acosta.
But we also look at the question marks over each project, from Aprilia's current on-track decline to Alex Rins's form for Yamaha and KTM's reputation for being less-than-cordial behind the scenes.
Along the way we answer more of The Race Members' Club's questions on everything outside Ducati.
Comments
Producer Jonny had to cut several seconds of me going "I've completely lost my thread, what the ***k were we supposed to be talking about?" there! Our kids are 5 and 3 now but the 'eeeek - wow! - arrrrrggghhh ****' emotion combo of those first few days/weeks/months seems pretty recent still and Luca Marini's news sent me right back there! -Matt
Matt
2024-10-16 13:08:13 +0000 UTCNow Matt you've given us the idea of how entertaining an Acosta + Martin KTM 2025 line-up might've been -Matt
Matt
2024-10-16 13:06:07 +0000 UTCGreat pod!! Even with the Aprilia cliff I think that team was about dead even with a VR46 GP25 as Martin’s best possible option. Unless KTM dropped Binder there’s really no competitive spot for him to go. Pramac Yamaha won’t be a title contender next year!
Matt Pecevich
2024-10-15 22:52:41 +0000 UTCHearing Matt choke up about newborn babies is the cutest thing to come out of MotoGP this year
Gordon
2024-10-15 22:45:36 +0000 UTC
