Bradley Smith says there is no guarantee that KTM will ever be able to provide him a race-winning MotoGP bike, but says its progress has assured him he wasn’t “crazy” to sign with the team. The British rider is entering the final stages of his four-season tenure with the Tech 3 Yamaha squad, having signed a deal to join KTM for its first-ever foray into the premier class back in March. KTM made its first appearance in a collective test session in July at the Red Bull Ring, where the Austrian marque’s test rider Mika Kallio finished within two seconds of the leader. “I'm obviously very pleased [with how the test went], because, as even KTM would admit, they are a little bit...
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