KTM to focus on 125s in 2009

From KTM Racing

KTM is focusing its efforts on the 125cc Grand Prix class for the future of the road racing World Championship.

The Red Bull KTM Team, under the technical leadership of constructor Harald Bartol, will be a newly formed factory squad. Next to the Spanish youngster Marc Marquez, American Cameron Beaubier, the successful protégé of the KTM MotoGP Academy, will be officially appointed to compete for the Mattighofen (Austria) factory.

A further developed version of the 125 FRR will be deployed as a replacement motorcycle.

"We have decided for the GP 125cc class because contrary to the 250cc class, its existence is secured in the medium to long term," said Winfried Kerschhaggl, head of KTM Racing.