Yamaha and Honda\u2019s hopes of getting concessions to help improve their uncompetitive MotoGP bikes face stiff opposition from KTM.
MotoGP's Japanese manufacturers are enduring a torrid 2023 campaign as both occupy the last spots on the constructors' table having enjoyed very little success this season.
Concessions were brought in for the 2014 season to help new and struggling manufacturers, with Ducati, Aprilia, KTM and Suzuki all enjoying these benefits at this time as all eventually became race winners again. "I have a very clear, tough, opinion on concessions, and we would not want to change that opinion," KTM motorsport boss Pit Beirer said at the Austrian GP, as reported by Motorsport.com's German language edition. "So, the regulations are already like this: if you are a newcomer, you get these concessions.
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