Pedro Acosta’s arrival to MotoGP has been incredibly impressive as the Spaniard has been producing impressive feats throughout his career.
The 20-year-old won the 2021 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies title and finished third in the FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship. Racing with the Red Bull KTM Ajo team, Acosta won the championship with eight wins in his rookie season.
In the year Stepping up to Moto2 with the same team in 2022, the Spaniard finished fifth with three wins and won the championship the following year with seven wins and 14 podiums, beating Toni Arbolino by 83 points. .
After such an impressive campaign, Acosta was given the opportunity to enter MotoGPJoining KTM’s satellite team Red Bull KTM Tech3 alongside Augusto Fernandez.
Pedro Acosta talks about how KTM’s MotoGP offering helped him ‘escape from hell’.
Acosta enjoyed a highly successful first season in the premier class, scoring points in all but six races and taking five podiums over the course of the year. The 20-year-old is placed sixth in the standings, two points below the factory KTM Rider Brad Binder.
Speaking to the Speed Cafe TV YouTube channel, Acosta spoke of how being in MotoGP so quickly in his career was ‘not easy to imagine’, adding that KTM helped him ‘escape from hell’ with their offer.
“Think about my career, I signed a contract when I was 16 before I got to the championship, maybe it was only for a few days,” he said.
“It was not easy to analyze how KTM came to help me escape from hell. Go to the championship and from day to night.
“It’s true that the last four seasons everything has been kind of flat because in Moto3 my podium is very fast and then Moto2 is also a little bit.
“Yes, it was not easy to imagine four years ago to reach MotoGP before I was 20.”
Lewis Hamilton can save KTM from financial problems.
Heading into 2025, Acosta will move to the factory KTM team – Red Bull KTM Factory Racing – alongside Binder. However, there is a lot of uncertainty surrounding the company as the new season approaches.
KTM, with debts of up to £2.5bn, are in dire financial straits as they are self-governing under Austrian law.
Top people at KTM say they are not in immediate danger They are confident of going out of business and back on the grid next year, but admit there are concerns about the manufacturer’s future.
Seven-time Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton is said to be in intense negotiations to become an investor in KTM, which will undoubtedly bring in a lot of money for the company.
Hamilton’s move to Ferrari will help with the KTM deal. His relationship with Monster Energy – KTM’s main partners Red Bull – will end when he moves to the Maranello outfit.
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