KTM RC16

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KTM RC16 at the Tokyo Motor Show 2017
RC16
Manufacturer	KTM
Sales description	RC16
Production period	from 2015
class	Racing motorcycle
Racing series	Motorcycle world championship
Motor data
Water-cooled 4-cylinder V-engine, DOHC quadruple valve
Displacement  (cm³)	1000
Power  (kW / PS )	approx. 195 kW (265 PS)
drive	Chain drive

The KTM RC16 is a racing motorcycle from KTM and will be used from 2017 in the MotoGP class, the highest prototype category of the FIM - Motorcycle Road World Championship .

The RC16 uses a newly developed V4 engine, the same design as its competitor Aprilia , and different from the V2 engines of the KTM series models.

development

The motorcycle is developed in Mattighofen and Munderfing . After the engine was subjected to a test on the test bench in July 2015 , KTM completed its first so-called roll-out at the end of October 2015 . Test driver Alex Hofmann rode the motorcycle for three days at the Red Bull Ring in Austria .

Between November 2015 and June 2016 the machine was tested on the Spanish race tracks Circuit Ricardo Tormo and Circuito de Jerez , as well as in Italy on the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli and in the Czech Republic on the Automotodrom Brno . In addition to Alex Hofmann, the Finn Mika Kallio , the French Randy De Puniet and the Czech Karel Abraham were used as drivers . Test drives were held at the Red Bull Ring from July 19-20, 2016. This was the first time the KTM works team competed against some other MotoGP teams. Mika Kallio and Thomas Lüthi were used as drivers . The first racing simulation was carried out in private test drives in Misano at the end of August 2016.

presentation

KTM used the racing weekend for the Austrian Grand Prix as an opportunity to present the motorcycle to the public. The machine was unveiled on Saturday, August 13th, 2016. The design is in the colors of the main sponsor Red Bull and the KTM colors . On the following Sunday, the two test drivers Alex Hofmann and Mika Kallio drove a few demo laps on the Red Bull Ring.

technology

Like all other manufacturers in the MotoGP class, KTM has been using a so-called "seamless transmission" right from the start. This makes it possible to change gears without interrupting traction. As a chassis to chose a steel - tubular frame . The exhaust comes from the Slovenian manufacturer Akrapovič ; the damper elements are supplied by the Austrian company WP Suspension .

Races

2016

• In the last race of the season in Valencia , Mika Kallio started with a wildcard . Kallio started the race from the 7th row on the grid from 20th place. After eleven laps he had to go into the pits due to a technical defect in the rear wheel sensor and give up the race.

2017

• Briton Bradley Smith and Spaniard Pol Espargaró will contest the first full season with the machine .

statistics

(Status: GP of San Marino 2019)

season	team	Start number	driver	run	Victories	Second	Third	Poles	nice Round	Points	World Cup place
2016	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	36	Mika Kallio	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	28.
2017	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	38	Bradley Smith	17th	-	-	-	-	-	29	21st
		44	Pol Espargaró	18th	-	-	-	-	-	55	17th
2018	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	38	Bradley Smith	18th	-	-	-	-	-	38	18th
		44	Pol Espargaró	15th	-	-	1	-	-	51	14th
2019	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	5	Johann Zarco	13	-	-	-	-	-	27	(16.)
		44	Pol Espargaró	13	-	-	-	-	-	77	(11.)
total				50	-	-	1	-	-	277

Web links

Commons : KTM RC16  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• KTM homepage at ktm.com (German)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ KTM RC16 - Successful roll-out of the MotoGP motorcycle! In: motogp.com. November 2, 2015, accessed November 2, 2015 . 
2. ↑ Tobias Ebner: RC16 on the route for the first time. In: motorsport-magazin.com. November 1, 2015, accessed November 2, 2015 . 
3. ↑ Michael Höller: Hofmann and Kallio test KTM in Valencia. In: motorsport-magazin.com. November 30, 2015, accessed December 1, 2015 . 
4. ↑ Petra Wiesmayer: The KTM MotoGP bike completes another successful test. In: de.motorsport.com. February 21, 2016, accessed February 25, 2016 . 
5. ↑ Oliver Feldtweg: Randy de Puniet: "Right time to get started with KTM". In: speedweek.com. February 24, 2016. Retrieved February 25, 2016 . 
6. ↑ Gerald Dirnbeck: KTM: Weather also hinders the test in Valencia. In: motorsport-total.com. March 10, 2016, accessed June 6, 2016 . 
7. ↑ Sebastian Fränzschky: KTM: Again no luck with the test. In: motorsport-total.com. April 29, 2016, accessed June 6, 2016 . 
8. ↑ Sharleena Wirsing: KTM at the Red Bull Ring: baptism of fire mastered. In: speedweek.com. July 21, 2016. Retrieved July 22, 2016 . 
9. ↑ Jordi Gutiérrez: Mike Leitner: First racing simulation of the MotoGP-KTM. In: speedweek.com. August 24, 2016. Retrieved August 24, 2016 . 
10. ↑ Daniel Halder & David Emmett: KTM presents RC16: MotoGP World Championship victory as a lifelong dream. In: motorsport-total.com. August 13, 2016. Retrieved August 15, 2016 . 
11. ^ Günther Wiesinger: Mika Kallio (KTM): "The engine is a plus point". In: speedweek.com. November 13, 2016, accessed December 1, 2016 .