Pedro Acosta had three totally different RC16s in his storage for the Misano MotoGP Take a look at as KTM enlisted their future manufacturing facility rider to assist with improvement.
“We have been working with Pedro on major confirmations for 2025 and facets of the bike we need to enhance,” stated Sebastian Risse, KTM/GASGAS Technical Supervisor.
“With Pedro we now have now arrived at a degree the place he has good expertise and together with his means on how he can adapt and react to issues it places him in an excellent place for us to develop: it has been the primary check right here the place we have been capable of actually use him for this.”
Acosta joined 2025 team-mate Brad Binder in making his debut on the prototype RC16 – that includes a distinct engine, aero and exhaust – developed by check riders Pol Espargaro and Dani Pedrosa.
One other of his machines was seen with a distinct tail unit and new high exhaust.
The 20-year-old, who crashed out of Sunday’s grand prix, impressed with fourth on the timesheets behind solely the GP24 trio of Francesco Bagnaia, Franco Morbidelli and Enea Bastianini.
“Effectively, super-happy about how the check went,” Acosta stated. “At present we tried many issues and general I’m fairly happy as a result of many of those new issues are serving to us additionally for this season.
“Let’s see the way it goes and once we can begin utilizing them.
“There have been three bikes within the field at the moment and that’s the primary time I’ve seen this. We must be comfortable; we tried and located many issues let’s attempt to catch up for the subsequent GP.”
Whereas the KTM race riders can’t modify their engine design in the course of the season, they’ll change issues just like the chassis, exhaust and a few aero components.
Tech3 staff supervisor Nicolas Goyon stated: “The great factor is that a lot of the components have been constructive and we are able to use them this season.”
Acosta’s team-mate Augusto Fernandez, Leaving the staff on the finish of this season, rode solely within the morning session. The Spaniard, tipped to change into a Yamaha check rider subsequent season, set the Twentieth-best lap time of the day.
“A disgrace that we couldn’t do our entire plan within the morning [due to a damp track] however the issues we tried we’re positive about. That’s a constructive,” Fernandez stated. “It took a while to vary issues however we now have the route we wish. I hope the subsequent rounds will present a number of the work we’ve finished right here.”
“Augusto centered on the rear suspension,” defined Goyon.
Tech3 riders will likely be again at Misano subsequent week for the Emilia Romagna spherical from September 20-22.
