Pedro Acosta’s Ducati team principal is already comparing him to Casey Stoner.

After the initial uncertainty, this emerged The team leader of Bagnaia will remain at DucatiInstead of following him to their Italian rivals.

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Cristian Gabarrini is seeing shades of Casey Stoner in Pedro Acosta.

As he says AsOne reason Christian Gabarini Bagnayan says he’s not following the prospect of working with Acosta.

He has been talking to people close to him Acosta Casey has ‘some qualities’ that remind him of Stoner.

Ducati veteran Gabarini worked alongside him. Stoner In the year Between 2007 and 2011 his stay at Borgo Pangale. The Australian is the team’s first MotoGP champion and has won 23 races in red.

Acosta has been compared to Stoner. Before, in part because of his stiff, old-school and occasionally surprising riding style.

Of course, even Acosta says he rides like a stoner.Although he has yet to achieve the results needed to put him in the same conversation.

Although this largely reflects the limitations of the KTM machinery, Acosta holds the record for most podiums without a win. Between 12th and 23rd with his teammates, he entered the weekend in Assen sixth, in a different league to the other RC16 drivers.

In a statement introducing Ducati Acosta, Luigi Daleigna spoke of supporting the Spaniard ‘on the road to full maturity as a rider’. Gabbarini will be central to this task.

Of course, the feeling is that, although Acosta is already one of the top drivers on the grid, he can still reach another level.

Since the 2024 MotoGP run by Tech 3, Acosta has been working with veteran Kiwi Paul Trevathan, a former teammate of Jorge Lorenzo, Dani Pedrosa and Andrea Dovizioso.