Pedro Acosta stepped onto the podium in MotoGP in only his second race, finishing third in the Portuguese GP. His adaptation to the premier class is progressing well and at a rapid pace, with his talent shining through even without having the best bike in the current field – he’s riding a KTM, while the benchmark remains the Ducati.
In addition to the result, it was the manner in which he achieved it, showing fearlessness when it came to battling and overtaking rivals such as Marc Márquez (Gresini/Ducati) or the two-time champion of the last two years, Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati). The praises keep coming, with the Spaniard seen as a sure bet for the future.
Carlo Pernat, a rider manager, also praised Acosta, stating to MOW Mag: ‘He’s predestined like Valentino Rossi and Marc Márquez. Yes, look at him, and you realize he’s a badass [in a good way]. He jokes around with you a bit. But he’s got skills… you know, these are circuits he’s never competed on in MotoGP’, he said, convinced.
The Italian then highlighted #31’s performance in Portimão, where he had never ridden a MotoGP bike before: ‘While you’re in Malaysia and Qatar, where you spent your testing days, it’s one thing. You spend 12 hours on the track there, here you spend an hour and a half. And an hour and a half on a track you’ve never ridden… it’s true that it’s one of his favorite tracks, we’ll see him again in America, but… what beautiful overtakes. In fact, he took a lot of risks because he himself had two or three scares. He’ll have to calm down a bit. But when there are riders of a certain type in the World Championship, you just have to… stay away from him’.