Arenas began his career with the team competing in the Moto3™ Junior World Championship, where he achieved his first podium with the Aspar Team at home, in Barcelona, finishing third. In 2016 he competed in three Moto3™ Grand Prix: in Jerez and in Barcelona, as a wild card rider, and in the Netherlands, as a substitute rider. It would not be until 2017 when he finally made the permanent jump to the World Championship, achieving an eighth position in San Marino as the best result.
“The partnership has been planned since November 2019 but the pandemic delayed the announcement. We are now delighted to have signed a multiyear partnership across all the categories, from MotoGP to MotoE, which proves the strong involvement that they wanted to establish from the beginning. In addition, we have already shared with MP1 a common vision and intent to look beyond the next year and aim to grow the partnership further and make it stronger. The ultimate goal is, to one day soon, have a team in the championship which to represent the entire nation, their culture and enthusiasm for MotoGP. My gratitude goes to all the team at MP1 for having chosen Gresini Racing to develop such an amazing project.”
Casey O’Gorman (Microlise Cresswell Racing), meanwhile, lurks in fourth. The number 72 had a curious first half of the season switching between domination and DNF, but he’s now had a win, a fourth and a podium in the last three races to iron out that inconsistency and pull himself to within 27 points of the top. That sounds a lot, but it’s only just over half what’s on offer this weekend and there have been longer shots that have seen riders take a crown or two before. He has less to lose too, knowing only some serious gains will do.
You might have read about the MyDucati app I did an overview of a few months back. I’m not entirely sure if KTM is playing a joke on the Ducati PR team, or what could possibly be going on here but they just announced their own sparring partner for the MyDucati app and aptly named it the “myKTM App’.
Luckily for KTM, this app indeed provides what Ducati’s app failed to deliver on. The MyDucati app was just a news hub to add to your ever-growing list of daily news and social apps for you to check on lunch break, with the biggest feature being the fact that you can save your Ducati Card in it so you don’t need to bring a physical copy when you visit the dealership for any kind of work.
KTM just smashed that entire idea to pieces with the myKTM app allowing for full adjustment of some of the technical features on your motorcycle.
From here, you have full control of your suspension and engine. The app comes with both Suspension and Sag Assistant menus allowing for a wild amount of customization to the settings of your bike depending on the conditions you may be riding in.
Fancy some more aggressive engine braking? Whip out your iPhone and get playing around in the settings. Launch control, TC settings, and throttle response setting are all here for you to control at your heart’s desire.
The app requires their proprietary ‘Connectivity Unit’. In 2020, the only motorcycle that sold with it bundled in was the Troy Lee Designs edition SX-F, but with 2021’s models arriving the Connectivity Unit will be coming stock on every single SX-F bike sold. If your SX-F doesn’t have one, it’s still easy enough to pick up from a dealer separately and throw on yourself as it’s home is right under the handlebars.
Here’s what KTM’s SR offroad product manager, Joachin Sauer, has to say about it: “We’re happy with the versatility of the app and how alterations made with a smartphone can have such an interesting and immediate effect once out on the track. The work continues for us, and for the foreseeable future, we look at expanding the use and scope of myKTM to many more models from the KTM Offroad range.”
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On track there’s been little to separate Jonathan Rea and Scott Redding but again, consistency has been key for KRT’s star. Commentator Steve English spoke with both ahead of 2020’s grand finale. Source: Jonathan Rea On Facebook
The company Milestone has a new Ride 4 motorcycle video game. The much-loved franchise’s new game has been highly anticipated, and now it’s officially here.
The game is available for PlayStation®4, Xbox One, and Windows PC/STEAM. Our friends over at Australian Motorcycle News have a deal going right now, where you’re entered to win a copy of the game if you sign up for the publication’s newsletter.
The game isn’t just for the existing gaming systems. It will be updated to work with the upcoming systems in January. This will help ensure everyone that wants to play it will have a chance to no matter what system you have, the current ones, or the upcoming ones.
If you purchase a version of the game for an old system you should be able to upgrade easily. PlayStation, for example, is offering a free game to those who upgrade their system to the PS5. Xbox users can also get the updated version of the game for the new console at no additional costs.
The gameplay and the visuals in the game should be absolutely stunning. All of the bikes in the game have been created from the ground up to be as realistic as possible, using CAD and 3D to get the details right. There’s also a new Career mode that will give players new challenges all over the world, which culminates in a championship race.
For more info about the game and to get specifics about gameplay and the bikes you can ride in the game, check out the Ride 4 website.
Royal Enfield’s rise is one that’s fairly well documented. Siddhartha Lal brought back the company in a big way and part of the way it was done was to bring younger riders into the fold with cool and affordable motorcycles. Now that the Indian market is going well for Royal Enfield, the company is focusing on global expansion.
The focus for Royal Enfield will be on Western countries, like the U.S., Europe, Australia, and others. Lal told Bloomberg that he wants to be a big brand outside of India and the other markets Royal Enfield is currently thriving in.
“I could be great in India and Brazil and Thailand and Africa,” he says. “But if I’m not in Europe and America, then I’m not a global brand.”
Lal went through school and rode a Royal Enfield while studying. His father owned Eicher Motors, which owns Royal Enfield. At one point, when he was in his late 20s, Royal Enfield was on the brink of being shut down, and he convinced his father to let him run it. It turned out the be the right choice.
“All of this was entirely and only because I was the promoter’s son,” he said to Bloomberg’s Ari Altsteader, using an Indian term to refer to an owner-operator. “A random bloke at 27 wouldn’t have got this job.”
Some of Lal’s first moves were his best. He focused on dealer relationships, pricing of motorcycles, and manufacturing. This helped with the reliability and the perception of the bikes. These moves, plus adding more models and focusing on smart marketing tactics among other things, have helped Royal Enfield become a powerhouse again.
According to Bloomberg, the company sold 824,000 bikes globally the year before the pandemic hit. Harley sold 218,000.
Now the focus is on Western countries. Lal told Bloomberg that the company’s success in Western countries could help make his motorcycles an aspirational product in India and some other markets. The company has already started its onslaught, with a focus on flat track racing and trying to set speed records with Cayla Rivas (a motorcycle racer). More initiatives like this will come in the future I’m sure.
The company is focusing on building enthusiasm around the brand and trying to get a cult following similar to what it has crafted in India and what Harley-Davidson has built in the U.S. It will be a long haul, but at the moment, it looks like Royal Enfield’s making the right moves.
There’s still a lot to do, but the reception of Royal Enfield’s latest models has been good, and it will be interesting to see what the future holds. Royal Enfield has a long way to go to beat out Harley in terms of brand recognition (especially in the U.S.), but it’s making moves in the right direction.
In the Global MotoGP™ League with now just five rounds remaining, Italy’s Quartararismo tops the table with 970 points, 13.5 clear of Norway’s Street Fighters in second. The Italian only managed 56 points, however, last time out meaning his lead at the top was slashed. Heading into a decisive double-header at MotorLand Aragon, motogp.com take you through who’s hot and who’s not this week in MotoGP™ Fantasy.
The complete guide to what is set to be another stunning weekend of Grand Prix racing across all three weekends, the Official Programme is the perfect way to get you in the mood for the first of two Aragon races. In it you will find numerous key information on the schedules, the circuit itself, the riders, as well as plenty of statistics on your favourite riders and teams – and so much more!
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