Pedrosa has been a test rider alongside 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Mika Kallio at KTM since 2019 and in that time has helped the Austrian man𝄹ufacturer make considerable steps towards becoming a constant threat in MotoGP.

However, KTM once again struggled in one particula🦄r area this season which was qualifying, leaving them on the backfoot compared🗹 to Ducati who often dominated the first two rows with four or five bikes.

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This made 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Brad Binder and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Miguel Oliveira’s jobs much harder than they could🌸 and perhaps should have been as race pace, especially in Binder’s case, was extremel♓y impressive for much of the season.

Getting the most out of a new soft rear tyre will be key for KTM in 2023, and when speaking to , Pedrosa highlighted that as Ducati’s 🀅clear advantage.

"There are two points that stand out," said t😼he Spaniard. "If we look back on the last two years, qualifying has often been a weak point for us.

"Because you c✨ould see that it was easier for the Ducati riders to go a second faster with the new, soft tyres. As a result, they placed 𒊎all eight Ducati very far ahead on the grid. It's more difficult for the remaining teams to be up front on the grid.

"The KTM was easy to control and manage with used tyres. But with new tyres weꦚ couldn't make any big time improvements. This weak point prevented us from reaching the front ꦡstarting positions.

"Yo💞u know: there are problems with the front tyres when you follow an opponent in the slipstream. Then the tyre pressure rises to crazy heights - and you lose gr💛ip.

"Yo🦹u can then no longer overtake and no longer ma🧜ke up places."

During his interv💦iew Pedrosa delved deeper into the subject of tyre൩s and how a certain compound can favour a particular bike at any given circuit.

"The tyres are definitely a key point. You'll often see that the compound best suits a particular type of bike at a particular track," continued Pedrosa. "Then, on the next stretch, a different mix comes into the allocation; this gives more pref🌠erence to another work.

"On the one hand, Ducati benefits beca♑use they have the most motorcycles in the field. And apparently they make better use of the ty🃏res than the competition.

"The other manufacturers caꩲn only be competitive if the compound suits the bike.

"But if the compound doesn't harmoni💦ze so perfectly with the bike,💝 there are problems. This also applies to KTM.

"Perhaps Ducati found a bett𓂃er balance between the hard and soft compounds. This makes them cope better. “Butꩲ that's just my thought. I don't know if it's correct."