Red Bull KTM Tech3 is a new satellite team of KTM factory for this 2019 season, though this team – Tech3, previously being the Yamaha satellite team and last year known as Monster Yamaha Tech3. Tech3 is a French team and has been involved in MotoGP since last 20 years with Yamaha. They have been among the top satellite teams previously until 2018 and this year 2019, they ‘divorce’ with Yamaha and ‘married’ with KTM, from Monster Energy to Red Bull.

This year also MotoGP fans saw they released their one of the best rider they have, Johann Zarco to KTM factory team, believed to be a ‘swap deal’ as the KTM factory team will supply the similar spec of KTM RC16 bikes to Tech3. So they have the almost similar setting among the factory and the satellite team. Unfortunately, the Tech3 riders of 2018, Johann Zarco & Hafizh Syahrin #bo55ku have struggle to adapt to the new machine of the Austrian manufacture, KTM bike. Zarco himself said that he don’t have good feeling with the Red Bull KTM Factory bike since 2019 Qatar GP and Syahrin also admits that he needs much time to get the feeling of the same Red Bull KTM Tech3 bike, when he being the last rider in the test and in the race.

Anyway the rookie of Red Bull KTM Tech3, Miguel Oliveira, as Hafizh Syahrin team mate, seems not much problem adapting to the new premier class of KTM bike. He managed to close to Pol Espargaro, the experience KTM rider of the factory team. Most probably Oliveira has already experienced with KTM bike design and riding style in the previous year Moto2. We hope Hafizh Syahrin managed to get the feeling and adapt to the ‘KTM RC16 soul’.

Riders:

• #55 Hafizh Syahrin Podium: 3x Moto2
• #88 Miguel Oliveira (rookie) Grand Prix victories: 12x (6x Moto2 | 6x Moto3), Podium: 34x (21x Moto2 | 13x Moto3)

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PETRONAS Yamaha SRT or PETRONAS Yamaha Sepang Racing Team is a new team in the premier class, MotoGP. PETRONAS which was globally known as the main sponsor of 5x Formula 1 Champion, Mercedez-AMG Petronas Motorsport, completed the motorsport series involvement with the launching of their new MotoGP team. Now with their already owned Moto2 & Moto3 teams for several years, PETRONAS Sprinta Racing team, they managed to setup and join in the premier class as a new satellite team backed by Yamaha Factory Racing team, Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP. just in less than 6 month, when they decided to participate in MotoGP class last June 2018, replacing Angel Nieto, a Ducati satellite team who retired their premier class in December 2018.

PETRONAS Yamaha SRT team was setup in 2018 and they signed Franco Morbidelli after (some said they) getting advise from Valentino Rossi, rider of Yamaha, when at the same time Morbidelli struggle with his team Marc VDS Honda getting retire their premier class. Later then the new team appoint the youngest rider from Moto2, Favio Quartararo being thier rookie for 2019 season.

• MotoGP class team (2 riders) – PETRONAS Yamaha SRT
• Moto2 (1 rider) & Moto3 (2 riders) teams – PETRONAS Sprinta Racing

2019 MotoGP Riders:

• #21 Franco Morbidelli World Champion: 1x Moto2, Grand Prix victories: 8x Moto2, Podium: 21x Moto2
• #20 Fabio Quartararo (rookie) Grand Prix victories: 1x Moto2, Podium: 4x (2x Moto2 | 2x Moto3)

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Le Tour de Langkawi LTdL 2019, Asia’s premier multiple-stage race, the brain child of Malaysia’s Prime Minister, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamed which made it first debut in 1996 to place Malaysia on the world sporting and tourism map. named after the jewel island of Langkawi, a UNESCO  World Geopark status island located off the western coast of Peninsular Malaysia.

Back then, the race started off with a modest UCI-status of 2.6. LTdL has since evolved to become Malaysia’s biggest cycling competition and steadily raised its status to become Asia’s biggest race which has been upgraded to its current 2.0Hors Class, recognised and sanctioned by the UCI and UCI Asia Tour. LTdL is also considered as one of the world’s exciting races outside of Europe, attracting top teams from the World Tour, Pro Continental as well as Continental and national teams from Europe, North America, South America and Asia.

This year, LTdL 2019 promise to stage an even more exciting race for both riders and spectators alike with the entourage heading back to Langkawi for the penultimate and final stage. A total of 132 riders from 22 Teams from Europe, Asia Pacific, East and Southeast Asia, North America and South Africa are set to battle it out this year in the 8-day race to be held from 6 to 13th April 2019.

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