Pedro Acosta is a top target for Valentino Rossi’s VR46 MotoGP team, but he is facing competition from within Ducati.
The Spaniard is looking to find a way out of KTM, and has been in the middle of the 2025 season. He tried to break the contract, but Dorna and the Austrians were not willing to let this happen.
The contract expires in 2026. Acosta He has set his sights on leaving KTM and seems destined to ride a Ducati It remains to be seen which team he will join in 2027 Rossi 21 years of interest.
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Report from Motorsport Spain Acosta says he’s top of Rossi’s wish list for 2027, but he’s not the only one chasing him. The factory Ducati team wants Spaniard Francesco Bagania to replace him, and it has even been suggested that Acosta signed the contract.
If the rumor is true, then Rossi and VR46 They have lost their main target. But the MotoGP legend has options lined up.
Fermin Aldeguerre and David Alonso are Valentino Rossi’s ‘Plan B’ for VR46 in 2027.
With Acosta being Ducati’s main target and manager Albert Valera seeming to be prioritizing the factory’s move to the VR46, Rossi will have to look at other options.
VR46 drops Fabio Di Giannantonio and Franco Morbidelli At the end of the 2026 season. So the team will have a new rider line-up in 2027 and Rossi already has a ‘Plan B’ if Acosta is off the table, according to Motorsport España.
The idea is to ‘recruit two young talents’. Fermin Aldeger And David Alonso Designation as two riders for VR46 seat consideration.
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Aldeguer, who is currently based in Gresini, is coming off an impressive rookie season, winning his first race at the Indonesian MotoGP and earning the rider of the year award. According to the contract, he is set to get a factory Ducati bike in 2026, but his teammate Alex Marquez got the GP26 at Aldeguerre Instead.
Ducati wants to ‘give Aldeguer the first official rider in the satellite team’. The VR46 is seen as a ‘real alternative’ to Acosta if they can’t sign the KTM rider.
Alonso will start his second season in Moto2 in 2026. Ducati are keen to sign the Colombian to a MotoGP contract in 2027 and the VR46 could be his destination.
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Before joining MotoGP, Fermin Aldeguer was targeted by the VR46
Aldeguer has been a target for VR46 ahead of the promotion from Moto2 to MotoGP in 2025.
Aldegar has ruled out VR46 for the 2024 season. And he regretted not accepting the offer. He wanted to get to the premier class as soon as possible.
however, Aldeguer recently changed his mind about the VR46. And rejected Rossi’s advances. He says he made the ‘right choice’ to stay and join Gresini, having signed an official Ducati contract, not just with a satellite team.
Now the Spaniard is looking at a factory bike, and when Rossi prepares to change riders in 2027, there is an opportunity to take Aldeguer and become the leading rider.
