BREAKING NEWS! WHAT’S NEXT FOR GASGAS? KTM DOUBLES DOWN IN EUROPE

On Jul 26, 2024 Last updated Jul 26, 2024

BREAKING NEWS! WHAT’S NEXT FOR GASGAS? KTM DOUBLES DOWN IN EUROPE

The Italian De Carli MXGP team started on Yamaha with Antonio Caroli before switching to KTM in 2010 and almost immediately found success with Caroli on the bike. From 2010 through 2021, the Italian-based team was a Red Bull KTM Factory effort. For 2022, they switched to GasGas and now the team will return to orange colors for 2025. Two big questions arise. Who will ride for the new team? And what will happen to GasGas? Details of the contract haven’t been officially announced, but it’s believed that Jorge Prado will move to the U.S. full-time in 2025 to be Jason Anderson’s teammate at Factory Kawasaki. There are also rumors of the Troy Lee Designs Red Bull GasGas team in the U.S. switching gears as well. Read the full KTM press release below:

Press release: Red Bull KTM Factory Racing will grow for the 2025 FIM Motocross World Championship and for the Grand Prix seasons to come. The multi-title winning squad will reincorporate the Rome-based De Carli team for a return to the previous regime in both MXGP and MX2 categories.

The complete rider roster and array of works KTM SXF machinery in both GP classes has yet to be confirmed for 2025, but the Red Bull KTM Factory Racing crew will again operate from Austrian and Italian bases for the best training, preparation and competitive network. Team Managers Harry Norton and Davide De Carli will bring their energy and technical expertise to the outfit in pursuit of another premier class crown and yet more acclaim in the MX2 division.

Surprisingly, last year’s MXGP Champion, Jorge Prado will be on a Kawasaki in 2025 racing Supercross and AMA National Motocross in America.

The De Carli team was integrated into the Red Bull KTM family for the 2010 World Championship campaign where they won the first of nine titles for the company (in all classes) and the maiden #1 plate with the KTM 350SXF. Davide and his staff have continued competing and winning, earning their seventh ‘gold medal’ with Jorge Prado in MXGP last year and are currently vying for their eighth in the premier class.

Davide De Carli, Team Manager: “This is like ‘back to the future’ for us! It’s good to ‘return’ to KTM and to bring two strong structures together again. We have never stopped pushing for wins and podiums at the very highest point of the sport, regardless of the rider, but we have also helped the younger or more inexperienced racers find their way in GPs. It is a line we are excited and motivated to follow. We want to deliver more titles for KTM.”

Pit Beirer, KTM Motorsports Director: “It is awesome for us to bring Davide, Claudio and all their staff back into the orange. Their record as a team is almost unbeatable and we know very well their working style and the passion they have for the sport. Taking De Carli back into Red Bull KTM colors means we are in an even stronger position for MXGP.”