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2024 name | Moto2: Red Bull KTM Ajo Moto3: Red Bull KTM Ajo |
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Base | Tampere, Finland |
Principal | Aki Ajo |
Rider(s) | Moto2: 13. Celestino Vietti 53. Deniz Öncü Moto3: 85. Xabi Zurutuza 99. José Antonio Rueda |
Motorcycle | Moto2: Kalex Moto2 Moto3: KTM RC250GP |
Tyres | Moto2: Pirelli Moto3: Pirelli |
Riders' Championships | Moto2: 2015: Johann Zarco 2016: Johann Zarco 2021: Remy Gardner 2022: Augusto Fernández 2023: Pedro Acosta 125cc/Moto3: 125cc: 2008: Mike Di Meglio 2010: Marc Márquez Moto3: 2012: Sandro Cortese 2016: Brad Binder 2021: Pedro Acosta |
Teams' Championships | Moto2: 2018 2021 2022 2023 Moto3: 2021 |
Ajo Motorsport is a Finnish Grand Prix motorcycle racing team, currently competing in the Moto2 and Moto3 classes under the name Red Bull KTM Ajo. The team's founder and principal is former racer Aki Ajo. His son, former racer Niklas Ajo, is also involved in the team as crew chief and race engineer in the Moto3 programme.
The team debuted in 2001 and took its first win in 2003. Ajo Motorsport has won ten world championship titles; the 125cc championship with Mike Di Meglio in 2008 and Marc Márquez in 2010, the Moto3 championship in 2012 with Sandro Cortese, 2016 with Brad Binder, and 2021 with Pedro Acosta and the Moto2 championship in 2015 and 2016, both with Johann Zarco,[1] 2021 with Remy Gardner, 2022 with Augusto Fernández, and 2023 with Pedro Acosta