In a MotoGP silly season that will surely go down as one of the maddest, the latest move has been completed. While it was reported by Autosport last week that outgoing Ducati rider Danilo Petrucci had signed a deal to join KTM for 2021 after a visit to the factory in Austria with his manager, confirmation of this on Thursday wasn't exactly a surprise.
What was a surprise was that the deal Petrucci has signed will see him placed at the satellite Tech3 squad alongside Iker Lecuona instead of the works outfit, with current Tech3 rider Miguel Oliveira stepping up to the factory team alongside rookie Brad Binder.
The past month or so has been a particularly turbulent time for KTM, with the marque losing its biggest asset in Pol Espargaro to Honda and set to lose one of its most promising future stars in Jorge Martin to Ducati next year too.