The pressure was on the factory KTM MotoGP organisation after a largely average sophomore campaign in 2018, where they failed to build on the solid progress they seemed to make in the back end of ’17 - although Pol Espargaro’s maiden podium for him and the team at the season finale last year was a boost. The Austrian manufacturer needed to make the next step towards the premier class pace-setters this year though, and in the first few races it seemed they hadn’t. Espargaro managed a solid eighth in the US grand prix, but KTM’s new star signing Johann Zarco was struggling to adapt to life on the RC16-not reaching the top ten until the Catalan GP. However, a new...
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