Casey Stoner admitted that he would like to spend his time advising, training and taking care of a young pilot with whom he would share his experience. However, his native Australia is too far from this center of interest for it to materialize. Still, there is one rider that the double MotoGP World Champion would not advise, since he is already on the path to having a great career. This is Pedro Acosta, whose main quality, according to the Australian, is not detected in what he demonstrates on the track, but outside…
In just one season, which was his first in the World Championship, Peter Acosta conquered the entire Grand Prix paddock. Never a bad word has been said against the Spanish prodigy, barely 17 years old and already titled in Moto3, at the end of a campaign where he had rookie status... The driver Ajo KTM therefore did not go unnoticed. Including among illustrious retirees of the caliber of Casey Stoner.
The Australian thus praised Pedro Acosta, surprised by his season and his victory for his first year in Moto3 in the last episode of Dazn's documentary “Yo, Pilot: A Life Against Time”. During this special, he said: “ I'm a big fan of Pedro Acosta. I had heard about him before this season, but it was seeing him in the first races that I was impressed. Not just for his results, because that can happen, but for his attitude, his level of maturity ».
“I don’t see any weakness in Pedro Acosta”
The young man's talent did not go unnoticed, to the point that many compared him to Marc Marquez, since he has already surpassed some of the number 93's records during his first year in Moto3, and has shown that he knows how to hold his bike in all circumstances: " I don't see any weakness in Pedro Acosta. He knows how to compete, he knows how to fight, he doesn't need to have had a big weekend leading up to the race to be confident. He does everything with great discretion and remains calm in stressful situations ».
In 2022, he will be a beginner in Moto2 but everyone is already waiting for him at the front. In 2023, some already see it arriving in MotoGP…The nugget KTM already shines brightly.
