{"id":710616,"date":"2026-06-02T15:25:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T15:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/710616\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T15:25:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T15:25:15","slug":"its-not-possible-persistent-ktm-disaster-plagues-one-rider-at-mugello-motogp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/710616\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018It\u2019s not possible\u2019- Persistent KTM \u201cdisaster\u201d plagues one rider at Mugello MotoGP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tech3 MotoGP rider Enea Bastianini says he doesn\u2019t \u201chave any type of support\u201d on the front wheel of his KTM, following a double DNF at the Italian Grand Prix.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/racer\/973238\/enea-bastianini\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Enea Bastianini<\/a> showed strong pace on Friday at Mugello, but could only managed 11th on the grid in qualifying and crashed out of both races.<\/p>\n<p>He blamed this on a persistent stability issue on the RC16, where there is no weight going through the front wheel.<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/gng_1319221_hires.jpg\"   type=\"image\/jpeg\" alt=\"Enea Bastianini, 2026 MotoGP Italian Grand Prix. Credit: Gold and Goose.\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.5\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Enea Bastianini, 2026 MotoGP Italian Grand Prix. Credit: Gold and Goose.<\/p>\n<p> \u00a9\u00a0Gold &amp; Goose<\/p>\n<p>Bastianini branded it a \u201cdisaster\u201d and has urged <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/teams\/red-bull-ktm-factory-racing\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">KTM<\/a> to find a quick fix.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was already trying to go on throttle but, well, something from yesterday didn&#8217;t work a lot, and, well, I&#8217;m surprised because I was very ambitious during that race,\u201d he began.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn Friday, my pace was really good and also with the medium, and I think, \u2018Okay, now it&#8217;s Sunday and let&#8217;s see what we can do\u2019, but at the end nothing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe limit is always the front. We don&#8217;t have any type of support from that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter three laps, we start to have a lot of movement, and also on the straight I have a lot of movement before to go on the brake, and that is a disaster because also physically after five laps you are finished.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don&#8217;t know what&#8217;s happened. It&#8217;s happened many times on the KTM, especially when I&#8217;m on the straight.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope to find something for the future, and I hope the KTM guys tell me something about that because it&#8217;s not possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/gng_1319251_hires.jpg\"   type=\"image\/jpeg\" alt=\"Enea Bastianini leads Pedro Acosta, 2026 MotoGP Italian Grand Prix, Sprint. Credit: Gold and Goose.\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.5\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Enea Bastianini leads Pedro Acosta, 2026 MotoGP Italian Grand Prix, Sprint. Credit: Gold and\u2026<\/p>\n<p> \u00a9\u00a0Gold &amp; Goose<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cIt&#8217;s like if I don&#8217;t have any type of weight on the front on the straight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday the wind was a bit higher, was a bit faster compared to yesterday, and it&#8217;s happened a lot also in Austin during qualifying, and sometimes also the bike stays on the side without touching the asphalt with the front.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is too strange.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Austin it has been scary. Today, no, it was not on the limit like in Austin, but from my side it&#8217;s very difficult to ride like that because in every braking I don&#8217;t have enough stability.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our MotoGP Newsletter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tech3 MotoGP rider Enea Bastianini says he doesn\u2019t \u201chave any type of support\u201d on the front wheel of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":710617,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,101326,806,805,803,804,26895,85],"class_list":["post-710616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-enea-bastianini","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-red-bull-ktm-tech3","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/710616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=710616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/710616\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/710617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=710616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=710616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=710616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}