What Valentino Rossi and VR46 have now told Pedro Acosta in talks over potential MotoGP transfer

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Pedro Acosta has seemed a bit impatient regarding his MotoGP future at times during the 2025 season with KTM.

The young Spaniard is a highly sought-after talent and is probably on the radar of every team on the grid. His main issue for now is that he is under contract.

And KTM aren’t just going to let him go. There’s a reason that they tied him down for multiple years, without allowing him an early exit clause.

Inevitably, that may cause frustration, particularly when there may be offers from teams such as VR46, who have Ducati’s dominant bike and could offer Acosta the chance to win sooner.

Fabio Di Giannantonio said Acosta links to VR46 are ‘not nice’ for his current team who are working as hard as they can to give him a good bike.

Those comments came just days after Albert Valera made a big statement about Acosta’s future, hinting that he could appeal for him to leave his deal with the Austrian manufacturer early.

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Valentino Rossi and VR46 have said they would ‘wait’ to sign Pedro Acosta from KTM

Claudio Domenicali has issued a major Acosta prediction and believes that the 21-year-old will become a multiple world champion one day.

Whether or not that’s going to be possible with his current team is unknown. KTM have not confirmed their participation in the premier class beyond 2026.

But he’s not going to have any shortage of offers elsewhere. This year, he has been closely linked to the Honda factory and VR46 rides.

Clearly, Valentino Rossi is an admirer of his talents. So much so that MARCA reports his team have said they will ‘wait’ for him to decide whether to join them before entering discussions.

That could also keep the door open for 2027 if he cannot find an exit from KTM soon. Perhaps they’re going to wait for his contract to expire instead.

What Pedro Acosta has done that suggests he’s ‘not very good’ in one key area

Acosta has really started to build some momentum lately, scoring seven consecutive top-eight finishes and finding some real consistency.

It has helped to lift him up to eighth in the riders’ championship, just three points shy of Johann Zarco in seventh.

It’s a stark contrast to the start of the campaign, where he achieved 19th, eighth and a retirement in each of the first three rounds.

However, there’s a chance that Acosta is ‘not very good’ in one key area after failing to feel the effects of a recent aero upgrade.

But his performances on track are starting to suggest otherwise. He’s beginning to understand the RC16 and it’s working in his favour.