Amid rumours of a possible exit from KTM, two-time World Champion Pedro Acosta says he would favor “to not think about” how he would get on with the Desmosedici.
Ducati’s dominance of the MotoGP World Championship has, on-paper, declined barely in 2025 in comparison with 2024.
Final yr, Ducati gained all however one grand prix, whereas in 2025, after eight rounds, it has already been overwhelmed in France (the place Johann Zarco gained on a Honda) and Britain (the place Marco Bezzecchi gained on an Aprilia).
Nonetheless, whereas Ducati has been overwhelmed on events this yr, it has additionally gained six of the opening eight races and has a 100 per cent report within the Sprints.
KTM, in distinction, hasn’t been as near victory this yr because it was in Aragon final weekend, the place Pedro Acosta completed fourth behind an all-Ducati podium (the fifth of the season), but it surely was nonetheless seven seconds behind the winner.
Such efficiency has prompted frustration from Acosta, who’s in his first season as a Purple Bull KTM Manufacturing facility Racing rider.
Pedro Acosta quizzed about driving a Ducati
Because of his dissatisfaction with the outcomes this yr, and likewise due to the monetary uncertainty KTM confronted for the reason that finish of 2024, Acosta has been linked with a transfer away.
These hyperlinks – naturally, given the notion of Acosta’s capacity – have included hypothesis a few transfer to Ducati.
The RC16 and Desmosedici GP, although, are a lot totally different to one another: the place the KTM is glad to slip and transfer round, the Ducati prefers to remain in-line so as to maximise lap time.
It’s a distinction in approaches that prompts the query of whether or not Acosta, whose flamboyant type appears well-suited to the traits of the KTM, would be capable to discover the consolation wanted to attain high outcomes on the Ducati.
“I don’t know,” Acosta stated after the Aragon MotoGP when requested if he thought he would go well with a Ducati.
“I at all times assume that the human must be like water – it doesn’t matter the place you set the water, it’ll modify its kind.
“Life is fixed change. First you might be single, you then get married, you then go to dwell with any individual.”
Requested if he might think about himself on a Ducati, he replied merely: “I favor to not think about.”
The Spaniard’s contract with KTM runs till the tip of the 2026 season, however Acosta ha repeatedly indicated his frustration with the RC16 mission this season – in Aragon Acosta stated that efficiency was “good, however not ok”.
A Ducati change for Acosta would more than likely be with the VR46 Racing Staff, the place Fabio Di Giannantonio is on a manufacturing facility contract till the tip of subsequent yr, however the place Franco Morbidelli is contracted solely till the tip of 2025.
