Pedro Acosta is publicly flirting to say a factory-spec Ducati experience, it has been claimed.
The way forward for manufacturing facility KTM rider Acosta is about to dominate this yr’s rider market.
He stays dedicated to KTM, who gave him an opportunity final yr in MotoGP which he took with aplomb, however can also be attracting admiring glances from rival producers.
Acosta has been closely linked to Honda, who’ve the funds and the ambition to return to the highest of MotoGP. VR46 are reportedly , whereas Pramac Yamaha proprietor Paolo Campinoti was additionally caught talking to him.
Pedro Acosta to affix Ducati?
Pedro Acosta
Acosta has claimed “I don’t care about cash” when questioned about his MotoGP future.
However that declare has a hidden which means in accordance with Carlo Pernat, the paddock veteran.
“I am not horrified as a result of it isn’t true,” Pernat instructed MOW.
“However for a lot of riders, particularly once they have already arrived in MotoGP and have already earned figures for which a lifetime wouldn’t be sufficient for others, cash is just not the precedence over the potential of successful.
“When Pedro Acosta makes the assertion ‘I do not care about cash’ he’s simply sending a transparent message…”
A message to who, although?
Pernat claims: “Ducati, that is clear!
“Plainly each Honda and Yamaha have already come ahead with essential provides, however a rider who’s conscious that he’s on a par with a Marc Marquez or a Pecco Bagnaia, in brief, that he’s not one of many bunch however a phenomenon, desires the very best bike.
“Marc Marquez has opened a path to this.”
Acosta would have entry to a factory-spec Ducati if he signed for VR46 in 2026.
Italian media insist that Valentino Rossi desires to deliver Acosta to his MotoGP staff, and sees him because the ‘anti-Marquez’ to thwart his outdated rival.
VR46 have one manufacturing facility Ducati at their disposal, which Fabio di Giannantonio rides this yr.
However KTM haven’t given up hope of maintaining their star man, regardless of a foul begin to the yr.
Pernat stated about Acosta staying with KTM: “If the circumstances are like this, I do not suppose so, however I additionally do not suppose he is prepared to do something to go away.
“If they offer him the nice bike he may keep, however he too should be taught that the rider should adapt just a little to the bike.”
