Pedro Acosta may have to wait another six months before riding a Ducati prototype following his move to the Italian builder for 2027, but that hasn’t stopped him from bringing the shadow of the reigning world champions to KTM.
From the start of Grand Prix motorcycle racing in 2021, Pedro Acosta Only he knows Ducati supremacy. The Bullets of Bologna have won every Constructors’ Championship since then, and are now the team to win the last decade.
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As such, the rest of the grid is looking for an opportunity to usurp Borgo Panigale, the outfit at the top of the food chain. Aprilia It looks like they might be able to do just that with this year’s excellent RS-GP26.
Noale’s emergence as a championship contender comes after years of upward mobility, which saw him as a team leader. Massimo Rivola He has assembled a team of some of the brightest minds in the two-wheeled landscape to aid his efforts.
KTMOn the other hand, they skip the development part and go straight to other bike brands to see what works before tailoring it to their own RC16, Acosta explained.
Pedro Acosta reveals how he pushed KTM to ‘copy’ Ducati’s front fairing.
In a form on Gypsy Tales PodcastAcosta has been asked to give his thoughts on the new MotoGP regulations that will come into force in 2027. The revised regulation features several changes, including reductions in every aspect of the bike’s aerodynamic elements.
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Live up to His name as ‘old school’ style racingAcosta is all for the changes. Asked if he was looking forward to the stripped back aerodynamics, he said: “Yeah, I mean, you can’t imagine how much an aero bike would change, it’s black and white.
“Let’s say you have a bike, and you can do, I don’t know, a 39.7. You change the aero, and you go a second faster like that. To that, I’d say, there’s something that other brands don’t realize because it’s crazy how much advantage they’ve had.”
“If you look at our front show, it’s Ducati’s. I arrived at the moment when we had to change it, if you try, it doesn’t work, it doesn’t work, it doesn’t work, it doesn’t work, even the riders ask to copy things on the bike.
We want to perform, and our brand has all the time in the world, but the riders don’t all the time. The driver’s career is really short. To that end, we want to do it now, not tomorrow.
Acosta is widely expected to leave KTM for Ducati support A new era for the premier class, in a move that is no guarantee of success due to major changes.
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