KTM's investment in the smaller grand prix classes, principally via the Red Bull Ajo team, paid off in dramatic style last season with the top two in the Moto2 World Championship and Moto3 title winner all under contract to the Austrian manufacturer. Moto2 stars Remy Gardner and Raul Fernandez have both been moved up to MotoGP with Tech3 KTM this season, with rookie Moto3 champion Pedro Acosta next in line for a premier-class place after slotting into the Ajo Moto2 team. But if Acosta wants to follow in the footsteps of Fernandez, Joan Mir and Maverick Vinales by spending a single season in Moto2 before MotoGP, KTM would be presented with a real problem in finding a 2023 seat to...
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