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KTM not being able to sign Dovizioso for 2021 MotoGP season 'hurt'

KTM motorsport boss Pit Beirer admits not being able to come to an agreement to sign Andrea Dovizioso for the 2021 MotoGP season "hurt". Dovizioso faces an uncertain future after announcing his Ducati exit at the end of the year during the Austrian Grand Prix weekend. The three-time MotoGP championship runner-up had been linked to a KTM move during the off-season, and discussions were held between both parties but no agreement was tabled, with Beirer suggesting the demands from Dovizioso's manager Simone Battistella were not what KTM could reasonably afford amid economic uncertainty caused by COVID-19. "It hurts a bit to see this situation," Beirer told Sky Italia....
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