Dani Pedrosa has extended his MotoGP testing contract with KTM for 2024.
The MotoGP Legend joined the Red Bull KTM project in 2019 after spending his entire grand prix career at Honda, winning 31 premier-class races.
Pedrosa, who impressed by leading opening practice and then claiming sixth and seventh places during a wild-card outing at Jerez this season, will return to the MotoGP grid next weekend at Misano. But today's announcement makes clear that whatever happens with the race riders, Pedrosa - who currently shares testing duties with Jonas Folger and Mika Kallio - will remain an integral part of the KTM MotoGP project.
Francesco Guidotti, Red Bull KTM Factory Racing Team Manager added: “Dani’s MotoGP experience is immense and he showed us in Jerez that he is still capable of setting P1 lap-times!
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