Five-podium MotoGP rider is ‘already’ regretting the contract he signed for the 2025 season

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The MotoGP rider market threw up some big moves for the 2025 season with several changes up and down the grid.

The most notable transfer saw 2024 champion Jorge Martin leave Ducati satellite team Pramac – who have also left the manufacturer after agreeing a deal with Yamaha.

The Spaniard has made the move to Aprilia for 2025 after Marc Marquez snubbed Martin of the second factory Ducati seat next to Francesco Bagnaia.

Ducati have seen the most changes in the rider market as they go from eight bikes to six in 2025. Bagnaia says Pramac is a ‘big loss’ for the manufacturer as they will struggle to be as dominant with fewer bikes.

The Bologna-based outfit have also lost three key riders for 2025, as Marco Bezzecchi links up with Martin at Aprilia. Enea Bastianini – who won two races and finished fourth in the standings last season – has moved to KTM’s satellite team Tech3 alongside Maverick Vinales.

While the 2025 MotoGP season is shaping up to be an exciting battle on track, there is one rider who is already ‘regretting’ signing their new contract.

Pedro Acosta is already ‘regretting’ signing his factory KTM contract

Pedro Acosta has moved up from Tech3 to the factory KTM team for 2025, partnering with Brad Binder. The Spaniard is MotoGP’s rising star after grabbing five podiums in his rookie season last year.

Acosta will be looking to continue the momentum and challenge for race wins and maybe the championship this season. However, KTM’s ongoing financial crisis has put that aspiration in serious doubt.

The company are in self-administration and are in the process of restructuring the organisation as they report debts of around £2.5bn. Acosta did not visit the KTM factory after a previous meeting where he wanted to see first-hand how the motorsport division would be affected.

In the midst of the situation, journalist Simon Patterson said via The Race MotoGP Podcast that the 20-year-old is ‘regretting’ his 2025 contract with KTM before he has ever ridden this season’s bike.

“From the noises we’ve heard over the last few weeks, the person that’s perhaps regretting their choice the most is Pedro Acosta,” he said.

“Because his management have been quite publicly slamming KTM for not telling them that they had financial irregularities, problems going into this season.

“And now he’s signed a two-year factory where they don’t know what the future of the team is going to hold.

“I would argue that perhaps his management should have been a little bit more aware of what was going on and that it’s no entirely on KTM’s back.

“But we haven’t had a race yet and one of the championship’s star riders is attacking his new team. So I’m going to say that that’s fairly conclusively who’s going to regret moving first because they’re already regretting it and they haven’t even raced the bike yet!”

How can KTM get out of their financial woes?

KTM must find investment from other parties to keep their door open. The company had been in talks with seven-time Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton, who is looking to invest in MotoGP.

But Hamilton’s deal ‘will not materialise’ as KTM are looking for investment in the company, not just the motorsport division.

Primary sponsor Red Bull are not a ‘serious candidate’ to save KTM either, leaving their current situation up in the air.

Senior figures within KTM remain confident about the situation, claiming they are under no immediate threat. But there will be huge concern surrounding their future if the issue is not resolved sooner than later.