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KTM and Husqvarna leaving Enduro World Championsip?
Finnish offroad magazine Offroadpro claims on their website that according to yet unconfirmed rumours KTM and Husqvarna plan to withdraw from the Enduro World Championship on the factory team level after this season.
http://www.offroadpro.fi/uutinen/ktm...is-mm-sarjasta (in Finnish). If this proves to be true (remember, this is yet unconfirmed!) it certainly affects GasGas a lot. Positively, I hope. In fact there is already a sign which may confirm these news - enduro legend Giovanni Sala signed as the new manager of the GasGas Enduro Factory Team. http://gasgas.com/en/news/772-giovan...eam-manag.html Giovanni Sala has been closely related to KTM his whole career and this sort of career switch is unexpected to say the least. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Sala
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2018 EC300 Racing 2002 KTM LC4 Adventure 1988 Husqvarna WRK125 Last edited by MargusV; 10-12-2017 at 05:44 PM. Reason: Typo |
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Wow, if this true ?
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I wont be the least bit surprised if this is true. KTM has been threatening this for a few years and is the reason that the E3 class was dropped last year.
KTM will still be in the EWC. Just as privately run teams. I honestly think that EWC is doomed. The events are too costly to run and ROI is brutal. After being involved in 2 World rounds back in 06/07 I can tell you they arent money makers. |
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From what I have been told, KTM is redirecting the EWC money to the Rally program.
IMO, the whole "Extreme/Hard Enduro" thing is where the spectators and sponsors are going. I bet EWC is gone in 3 years. There are only 50 riders entered in most rounds and no amateurs are allowed to ride. Not a good strategy to attract riders. |
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The changes that happened with this years competition caused a lot of riders from last year to drop out so if KTM withdraw maybe they can get back to the same format that they used last year with the 3 classes instead of 2.
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The problem is that EWC aims to be a worldwide series with several overseas rounds. This automatically rises costs to the level which is not bearable to privateers. Riding at the top level is damn expensive with all costs related to machinery, travel, training, mechanics, suspension etc. But this actually the only way to really develop machinery - to race, to get the feedback, to improve, endlessly. That's the reason why factories need to be involved in top level racing - all the PR and promotional value is just a side effect. So racing teams are THE place where all the know-how about winning techniques accumulates. That's the reason why GasGas wants to run its own racing team instead of just sponsoring some private effort. Same applies to Sherco, Beta, TM and other small boutique brands. They do not WANT to race, they NEED it. If KTM decides that they now do not need it it is a very worrying sign about the future of our sport.
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Seems KTM can’t guarantee a victory so they are taking their ball and going home. Thats part of the way I read it.
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