It’s official! Pedro Acosta will be a KTM factory rider in MotoGP in 2025. Six race weekends in the premier class, during which Acosta has already achieved two podium finishes, were apparently more than enough for the management of the Pierer Mobility Group to promote the rookie in his second MotoGP season.
The official press release does not specify the exact duration of the contract. It only mentions a multi-year contract for the 20-year-old Spaniard. Acosta is already a real veteran at the Austrian manufacturer. He competed in one season in Moto3 and two years in Moto2 for the Red Bull KTM Ajo Team before making the move up to MotoGP with GasGas-Tech3 in 2024. In 2025 he will be back in the official KTM colors.
“It was important for me to continue with KTM,” says Acosta. “It was great to see how the project developed and grew. It’s even nicer to be able to ride in orange again in the future. It feels like coming home to me. The way KTM has improved in recent years has made me want to stay here for the next few years.”
KTM bosses shower Pedro Acosta with roses
For KTM, the promotion and contract extension with Acosta was a matter of course. “If you look at Pedro’s successes so far, you could almost call him a once-in-a-generation talent,” says team manager Francesco Guidotti. “He is one of the hottest stocks in MotoGP. The level in MotoGP is extremely high and to stand out after such a short time is something very special.”
KTM Motorsport Director Pit Beirer is also full of praise for Acosta: “It was already clear in the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup that he is a very special rider. A rider who simply approaches things differently and has a strong personality to go his own way. That makes him unique in the MotoGP world.”
It is still largely unclear who Acosta’s brand colleagues in the KTM camp will be in 2025. Brad Binder has a contract until the end of 2026, which, according to motorsport boss Beirer, also makes a transfer to the GasGas team possible. The contracts of Jack Miller and Augusto Fernandez expire at the end of the year. They could come under additional pressure if, for example, Marc Marquez’s wishes at Ducati are not fulfilled and he prefers a move to another manufacturer.