Pedro Acosta is publicly flirting to claim a factory-spec Ducati ride, it has been claimed.

The future of factory KTM rider Acosta is set to dominate this year’s rider market.

He remains committed to KTM, who gave him a chance last year in MotoGP which he took with aplomb, but is also attracting admiring ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚglances from r😼ival manufacturers.

Acosta has been heavily linked to Honda, who have the finances and the ambition to return to the top of MotoGP.🤡 VR46 are reportedly interested, while Pramac Yamaha owner Paolo Campinoti was also caught speak๊ing to him.

Pedro Acosta to join Ducati?

Acosta has claimed “I don’tꦡ care about mon🦋ey” when questioned about his MotoGP future.

But that claim has a h🧸idden meaning according to Carlo Pernat, the paddock veteran🔯.

“But for many riders, especially when they have already arrived in MotoGP and have a🏅lready earned figures for which a lifetime would not be enough for others, money is not the priority over the possibility of winning.

“When Pedro 🎃Acosta makes the statement 'I don't care about money' he is just sending a clear message…”

A message to who, though?

Pernat claims: “Ducati, that's clear!

“It seems that bo🤪th Honda and Yamaha have alre🐽ady come forward with important offers, but a rider who is aware that he is on a par with a Marc Marquez or a Pecco Bagnaia, in short, that he is not one of the bunch but a phenomenon, wants the best bike.

“Marc Marquez has opened a path to this.”

Acosta would have access to a f♉actory-spec Ducati if he signed for VR46 in 2026.

Italian media insist that Valentino Rossi wants 🔯to bring Acosta to his MotoGP team, and sees him as the ‘🤡anti-Marquez’ to thwart his old rival.

VR46 have one factory Ducati at their disposal, which Fabꦍio di Giannantonio rides this year.

But KTM 🍸haven’t given up hope of keeping their star man▨, despite a bad start to the year.

Pernat said about Acosta staying with KTM: “If the conditions are like th🥀is, I don't think so, but I ♎also don't think he's willing to do anything to leave.

“If they give him the good bike 🗹he can also stay, but he tꦅoo must learn that the rider must adapt a little to the bike.”