AustriaGP Winner: Pedro Acosta
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[–] 1 point 1 month ago (3 children)

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

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 month ago (2 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (1 child)

    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

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 1 month ago

    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…

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