Yeah, I know and for sure is early success was also related to them supporting his talent. And trying to ‚escape‘ this isn’t easy and also a risk. Fernandez did it and it and it nearly kicked him out of the championship. Still Acosta is one of the stories I would like to have a look into a parallel universe. Comparable to Lorenzo continuing with Ducati, Zarco staying a little longer at Yamaha, Casey not ending his career early…

Ahh I see what you're trying to say now. It wasn't clear.

"What if Acosta had joined a team other than KTM for his move to MotoGP"

For that to have happened his entire career would have had to be very different - he rode for KTM Ajo in Moto3 and Moto2, so it was a fairly natural progression into the KTM team for MotoGP, I believe (but can't find at a quick search) that he was actually contracted to KTM Motogp as part of his second year contract with KTM Ajo before he moved (could be wrong on that though).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajo_Motorsport

Sure if he'd swapped to a Ducati for 2024 he'd probably have had sooner wins, but he'd spent his entire career up to that point with KTM - it would be an odd choice to make. Particularly as the 2023 KTM was doing decently - Binder, Miller (and Pedrosa) were fairly consistently in the top 8 and they looked like they were heading in the right direction (no one knew about their financial issues at that stage)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Bull_KTM_Factory_Racing

Yes. And it’s one of the huge „What ifs“ if he would have joined another manufacturer as a Rookie, because his talent is undoubted but he was limited by the bike probably a lot.

Huh ? He's in the KTM factory team now.

Pretty dominant win for Acosta.

Yes absolute class today. Made me very very happy. I hope this shatters the glass ceiling for him and he kicks on to the next level.

He finally did it! Him not joining KTM Factory in MotoGP will be one of the bigger „What ifs“

All forgotten today. Master class

That's why I like Acosta. He is a honest, straightforward guy who is hard working and insanely talented.

At least he didn't really make any excuses. Just "I fucked up".