Valentino Rossi has addressed rumours suggestiꦑng Pedro Acosta could join his VR46 MotoGP team next season amid KTM’s ongoing struggles.

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Pedro Acosta has been a KTM rider throughout his short grand prix career so✨ far, with the brand bringing him into Moto3 in 2021, where he won the title at the first time of asking.

A second title in Moto2 would follow in 2023, before he made his MotoGP debut with the KTM-backed Tech3 squad last year -෴ during which he scored nine total pod꧒iums and was sixth in the standings.

But the expected early charge for the title in 2025 has not materialised, as KTM has been hit by numerous performance issues with its bike, leaving Acosta 13th in the points so far with a best finish of eighth ꦿhaving crashed in two of the three grands prix run so far.

Despite publicly backing KTM, his patience does appear to be running thin with the m꧒arque.

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The financ👍ial crisis that has affected KTM over recent months has also fuelled speculation that Acosta could quit the te🔜am next year.

The persistent rumour so far has been Acosta moviꦦng to VR46 on a Ducati next year, with Rossi’s outfit havi♏ng one of only a few seats available for 2026.

Various VR46 team members have batted away the rumour, with Rossi publicly addressing it for t🍷he firstဣ time on Friday at the Qatar Grand Prix.

“I like Acosta very much. He’s a fantastic rider,” he told thꦜe MotoGP world fee📖d.

“He’s📖 very young and he has an incredible talent. But it’s very early and we are very happy wit♍h Franco [Morbidelli], with [Fabio] Di Giannantonio, also because they are part of us - we have grown up together. So, we will see.”

Pedro Acosta to Valentino Rossi's VR46 MotoGP team?

Acosta has been accused of public remarks designed to attract Ducati's atte൩ntion, because of their a🐭bility to give him the best bike on the grid.

Morbidelli is the VR46 t꧋eam rider withouಌt a contract currently for 2026, while Di Giannantonio has inked a deal to ride factory machinery until the end of next year.

Acosta has also been linked to a꧃ possible factory Honda move in 2026, with Luca Marini currently out of contr🗹act at the Japanese marque’s works squad.

During the Americas GP w🥀eekend, a conversation between Acosta and 🍎Pramac boss Paolo Campinoti sparked further rumours. Jack Miller only has a one-year deal with the Yamaha satellite team currently.

As far as the start to the season for VR46 has gone, with Morbid🥂elli third in Argentina and Di Giannantonio third at COTA, Rossi said: “We are very happy about the start of the season for our team, because the bikes are so fast; our riders are in good shape and all the team made a big effort and a big job.

“So, I hope we can ಌ🔯fight for the podium with both riders.”