KTM have be❀en blasted for the decision to axe Francesco Guidotti.

Guidotti will leave his job as team manager at the end of this season, and will be replac𓂃e💜d by Aki Ajo.

Bꩵut KTM h💮ave attracted criticism for their decision to change team bosses.

“He’s one of the best,” TNT Sports’ Micha🐼el Laverty said about Guidotti.

“I’ve heard from a lot of highly q💯ualified engineers that he is the best they’ve worked under. So it’s surprising from KTM.

“I liken it to a Premier League football team who have to point to someone when the results are💫n’t there, and it’s usually the manager who gets the flick🙈.

“Francesco has been scapegoated. The ball has fallen at his feet, he’s kicked it along nicely, worked with the tools that he’s got and done a great🎃 job.

“He’s a good communicator and does everything right for the 🎉public perception of KTM.

“I don’t like it, I don’t like that he’s been moved🤪 aside one year early when he has a contract for 2025. Obviously KTM will have to pay him out of that contract.

“I don’t see the lo🌞gic behind it. Ajo is a skilled team manager but I don’t see it making any difference to the results on-tra🧸ck.

“I don’t see how moving Ajo in will result in a coupl🎐e of tenths of a second that they are mﷺissing.”

KTM 'harsh' - 'Guidotti hasn't done anything wrong'

Neil Hodgson added: “But it’s what we’ve seen fro⛦m KTM as a manufacturer over the years. They are pretty harsh.

“They invest a 🦩lot of money into this MotoGP prꦰoject.

“The reality of it is: they continue to grow, to make steps, but unfortunately one man🐬ufacturer - Ducati - has made bigger steps.

“That’s the only reason it looks like KTM are st💎ruggling. If the 2024 Ducati was the same as the 2023 Ducati, then KTM would be right there.

“I don’t feel like Guidotti has done anything wrong. But someo𒉰ne has to be responsible.

“Only one manufacturer can w🌟in so you’ll always be looking around, searching for answers. Moving the team manager on do𝓡esn’t seem like the right answer.”

Laverty claimed: “It’s a move to do something to please the board m🃏embers.”

Hodgson compared Guidotti t⭕o his replacement Ajo: “Both have an incredible reputation in this paddock, they are two of the best. But have opposit♊e styles.

“When I think about Ajo - the amount of titles he’s won in t𒉰he lower classes and 🌊how he operates - I feel like it would suit the Austrian militant way [more than] the more relaxed happy-go-lucky - but professional - way of Guidotti.”

Guidotti arrived at KTM in 2022 as a repla🍬cement for Mike Leitner.

H❀e led Brad Binder to ℱfourth in last year’s championship, a high for the factory.

They have enjoyed the bre🅘akthrough of Pedro Acosta tꦕhis year, who will move into their factory team in 2025 when Ajo will be the boss.