Marco Bezzecchi
KTM’s recent financial woes have placed a cloud of uncertainty over the team regarding their future in MotoGP.
They’re over £1.6 billion (€2 billion) in debt and they await the decision of a redevelopment plan on the eve of the 2025 season on February 25.
The Austrian outfit has 23 potential investors with rumoured contributions nearing £750 million (€900 million).
One of KTM’s few promising sparks heading into the new campaign is new teenage sensation Pedro Acosta, who graduates to a ride with the team from the satellite Tech3 team.
The 19-year-old Spaniard scored the most podiums of any non-Ducati rider last season and proved that he deserves to be mixing with the big guns after his rookie year.
He will be replacing Jack Miller who was dropped after a challenging stint with the team, and will be joining reigning riders’ champions Pramac for 2025.
Jack Miller thinks KTM would be upset if they lost Pedro Acosta
Pit Berier thinks Acosta’s rookie success was dangerous for KTM, as it put the rest of the sport on high alert regarding his talents.
Although he fielded interest, they managed to keep him in their stable and can look forward to enjoying his talents over the next two seasons.
New teammate Brad Binder expects to learn from the ‘special’ Acosta in 2025 after witnessing his skills at the post-season test in Barcelona last November.
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Binder is no slouch himself though, and finished fifth in the championship last year, nine places ahead of Miller who struggled all year to get to grips with his bike.
Speaking about Acosta’s situation in MotoGP’s There Can Only Be One series, he mentioned that they would have a right to feel upset if another team managed to sign him.
“Obviously I understand the situation as they have an extremely fast rookie and honestly I would be p—– off in KTM’s position if they managed to lose him,” he said.
How does KTM move forward in MotoGP after financial woes?
MotoGP faces an obvious problem if KTM leaves the sport, with no replacement manufacturer for them in the works currently.
They are under no obligation to continue beyond 2026, just before the start of the new technical regulations, including having no contracted riders beyond then currently.
It means that there’s a large possibility that they are about to compete in their last two seasons as a factory team.
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Both Binder and Acosta may have to deal with the restraints of such a strenuous financial situation, such as a lack of bike development, but they do have plenty of talent to make up for some of that potential loss.
Binder can’t get his head around Acosta’s braking already but it offers him an opportunity to learn and develop his technique as a rider.
Francesco Guidotti thinks Acosta should be worried about KTM in 2025, with their performance not being the priority for the year ahead.
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