The situation at KTM is turning into a tragicomic farce, with its five riders signed for MotoGP while only four RC16s available. So since Pedro Acosta entered the game we have had a mistigri who will designate the one who will have to give up his place for the current leader of the Moto2 championship. A discipline in which he could ultimately be forced to stay according to his own words... But his handlebars have already awarded next year to Celestino Vietti who will have Deniz Öncü as his teammate...
How far will we go in this Austrian vaudeville? For the space to leave Peter Acosta in MotoGP with a view to 2024, there was first Pol Espargaro to the fragile, but ultimately solid, convalescence, since here he is in Q2 of this Japanese Grand Prix. So there was Augusto Fernandez, but we have nothing to reproach the rookie who knew how to make himself appreciated at Tech3, and Mattighofen who renewed his contract. Brad Binder also renewed his until 2026 in an official team where Jack Miller suffers. He is therefore the one who finds himself on the ejection saddle despite his lease signed until the end of 2024.
But what is a contract really worth in MotoGP in general and at Pierer Mobility Group in particular? We wonder, and all the more so with this latest disillusioned outing from the one who caused the scandal, either Peter Acosta … Who feels that he could finally be the turkey of this farce! The Spaniard lit the fuse by answering the question of what he thought of a 44-race season this way: “ I should already be in MotoGP, that's my main question ».
Pedro Acosta: “ maybe I'll stay one more year in Moto2, we don't know »
Public chat motogp.com, he declares : " I need to know where I'm going to ride next year. And where I will be. Maybe I will stay one more year in Moto2. We do not know. There are two directions. I don't really like the idea of doing another year in Moto2. But you have to be realistic. If we can get into MotoGP, we can, if we can't, well it's not possible. I do my job to the best of my ability. I can only wait ».
And when reminded that his current team Ajo has already defined its plans for next year with Vietti and Öncü, the Spaniard replied: “ Yes I know. I can not say anything ". And he finishes. “ I hope to go to MotoGP, but I don't know anything. Maybe in Valencia ". The last round of this season. You definitely have to have a mind of steel when you work for KTM.
