MAT OXLEY
“A Kalex chassis is just 1.2mm thick at some points, so it pings like a Coke can”
T HE MOST SUCCESSFUL CHASSIS designer in the MotoGP paddock doesn’t work for Ducati or Honda or Yamaha or any of the other big manufacturers. Alex Baumgärtel works for his own company, Kalex, which has dominated the intermediate Moto2 category for the past decade, winning an incredible 19 riders’ and constructors’ world championships and more than 140 grands prix.
Indeed Kalex has won more GP victories over the last ten years than Ducati, Suzuki and
