>>GP 125cc class street racing<<
I have spent enough time in Italy and Spain to be pretty familiar with all those young punks terrorizing the streets on their gp replica Aprilia, Gilera, etc 125s -- so I guess it is not too surprising to see a factory introduce REAL gp bikes into the street racing scene ;-)
Seriously, in spite of a press release obviously translated from German by someone relying heavily on a copy of Duden's (publisher of the best German-English dictionaries), this is pretty exciting news. I knew that KTM was planning to enter MotoGP in 2004, but had not heard that they were entering the 125 class as soon as 2003. Snagging Red Bull sponsorship (probably helps that they are both Austrian companies) and Roberto Locatelli as a rider are big coups as well!
Too bad we don't get to see same day TV coverage of the 125s on SpeedTV -- guess I'll have to rely on my vcr and tape the Tuesday showings.