HRC has reportedly acquired the German engineer Kurt Trieb to move up its powertrain improvement, together with for its MotoGP mission.
Trieb at the moment works as the top of KTMs racing engine improvement workforce in Munderfing. KTM’s engine is taken into account one of the performant in MotoGP, and it stays the Austrian model that holds the MotoGP high pace report at 366.1kph (227.5mph).
At current, there is no such thing as a affirmation from both Honda or KTM of the change for Trieb, however German publication Speedweek, traditionally a dependable supply for info on KTM, studies that the transfer is “thought of sure”.
Trieb is anticipated work as a part of a brand new HRC technical group headquartered in Italy because the Japanese model seems to be to push again in direction of the entrance of MotoGP, having gone and not using a title since 2019.
It could be a transfer for Trieb that may see him proceed in an analogous position as that he at the moment holds at KTM, as he would develop into the supervisor of the brand new Italy-based group.
It could not essentially be a transfer right into a MotoGP-specific position for the German engineer, although, who oversees the workforce chargeable for all of KTM’s racing engines in his present place, from the RC16’s V4 to the single-cylinder unit within the Moto3 bike and even the engines used within the 450 Rally machines on the Dakar Rally and within the World Rally-Raid Championship.
From Honda’s perspective, the transfer is a curious one, provided that KTM entered MotoGP with its preliminary RC16 based mostly closely on the RC213V.
Now, the reverse can be true, as Honda banks on Trieb to deliver from KTM arguably the strongest side of the RC16: peak engine efficiency.
It could even be a affirmation of Honda’s dedication to an intercontinental method to MotoGP engineering, just like that adopted by Yamaha, following its seize of Italian Romano Albesiano as Technical Director from Aprilia over the winter.
