Let’s talk about MotoGP: Okay, it’s time to talk about rumor Pedro Acosta

Today, let’s talk about MotoGP focuses on the rumors that surround Pedro Acosta. Few talk about it, and yet, the Spanish prodigy makes the start of the season after all disappointing, especially compared to his formidable end of exercise 2024 – where he was the only one to worry the Ducati. Since then, many influential people have spoken, and some, like Kevin Schwantz, have even advised him not to be afraid if one day had to leave KTM. What to think?

Pedro Acosta in MotoGP, Trop Discret

This winter, we saw the character of Pedro Acosta taking thickness. Certainly, He is now much less loved by Marc Marquez’s fanatics since his joke on Spanish televisionbut I am still happy to see a pilot with a marked character in this era. However, it’s always better when it is accompanied by the results that are fineand from this point of view, it cannot be said that it is grand.

Pedro Acosta is still part of the gratin, of course. Photo: Michelin Motorsport

Since the international realization persists in showing only the first three and Marc Marquez with each race, we no longer see it much on the screen. So I seriously looked into his results, and what he does is far from being bad. He is currently the first KTM driver in the general classification (10th), A point ahead of Brad Binder. The gap between the two is almost similar to that of last year. He did some good sprint results, but the start of his year 2025 was altered by two Sunday falls, which does not help his accounting situation.

So, of course, it is true that he is relegated to the background by Maverick Vinales for two races. It’s a fact. But I don’t think that makes it a poor driver for all that; In a good day, “Top Gun” is unplayable. If you have been following MotoGP for some time, you will know that Maverick’s good consecutive performances can be followed by fifteen very medium, so there is no shame in losing from time to time against this pilot, despite its satellite status. If we take the acosta case individually, it is not excellent, but not ridiculous either.

What is obvious is rather the level of performance of the KTM, which has only regressed since 2023. Binder, the spearhead of the stable since 2020, still struggles to win in the media as on the track. And necessarily, We have a little impression that his best years “spoils” with a manufacturer absent from the outpostsand, moreover, in financial difficulty.

Should he go?

This is why many rumors run in the paddock concerning the Pedro Acosta case. Should he persist indefinitely with KTM? On the one hand, it’s only five races that the RC16 is a little worse, and again, if it was not for this story of pressure, Maverick was on the podium in Qatar. It was still fairly efficient in 2024, so it is no longer the dynamic that worries. Last year, we had a Pedro Acosta invested in its mission, ready to finally pass KTM in the dimension of Ducati and leave that of Aprilia. This time, it’s different. His manager Albert Valera has already “warned” KTM, rather judge: “My job is to find the best motorcycle for Pedro. We hope it will be the KTM, but if it is not it, then we will look elsewhere “. It is clear as rock water.

It is true that it was better in early 2024, it is a fact. Photo: Michelin Motorsport

The question therefore arises: Will he leave? For the moment, everything suggests that not. Pedro has already expressed his gratitude to KTM, a stable with which he won in Moto3 as in Moto2. In addition, his contract runs until 2026. It is tomorrow, you will say, but a season can make the difference at a career. Except for bankruptcy of the Austrians, I do not think he will go. I even think that KTM, with Aki Ajo at the helm, can do very beautiful things.

But this intertitant was a very different question: should he go? For me, no, not for the moment. KTM has not struggled long enough to join Ducati. I evoke this brand, because no other would represent a real improvement. In the short term, we also think of Honda, and besides, This is where rumors send it. But it should not be forgotten that the return of the Japanese is somewhat artificial, as I have more ample explained in this article. It will really be necessary to wait until 2027 to find out if Japanese companies are technologically still in the blow or not.

Therefore, I think that betraying KTM’s confidence to play the only year 2026 on a private ducati would not be worth it. In my opinion, he must go to the end of his contract, and only after, the question must arise. If he feels, internally, that it is no longer going, that there are structural or worse, budgetary problems that impact the MotoGP program – unpaid pilots, which happened in the past in Formula 1 within questionable teams -,, So he must take the risk of leaving.

I am aware that such a choice can be difficult because it only knew KTM. But I was not a fan of the extension of Quartararo at Yamaha, any more than the signature of Zarco at Honda. Acosta is one of the best drivers, and for me, the best drivers must have the best motorcycles. In 2027, the hierarchy will be difficult to establish, as is the case with each regulatory revolution. If he feels that KTM is not ready, then he should not hesitate for a second. Staying by excess of loyalty, afraid of getting out of your comfort zone or greed would amount to spoiling the precious, but short moment of his life allocated to his passion, exactly Kevin Schwantz, who regrets having stayed all his career with Suzuki.

What would be the right choice, do you think? Tell me in comments!