Ducati reportedly want 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Pedro Acosta but have hit an obvious stumbling block.

KTM factory rider Acosta is one of 🍒the names at the cen🃏tre of the MotoGP rider market.

His manager Albert Valera also looks after Jorge Martin, whose 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:bombsh♏ell intention to quit Aprilia will also pique rival🐼s’ interests inside the MotoGPౠ paddock for 2026.

Acosta “receives looks with heart-shaped eyes from Honda HRC and Ducati”, Sky Italia report.

They add: “Ducati's desire ✨for Acosta is strong, and Ducati's attention to his talent is as strong.”

VR46 are the team who have been closely🔴 linked to Acosta, and they have enjoyed two casual conversations 🍸with him.

Tওhe f🧸irst came at Valentino Rossi’s ranch for the 100km of Champions in January, the second was with his manager.

But “they were exploratory meetings, without the discussio🎀ns being deepened”, 🐟Sky Italia report.

However, Acosta is contracted to KTM until the end of 2026 and they are in no mood to l🎀et their prized possession go, irrespective of the problems that the manufacturer has faced outside of MotoGP.

Ducati also have very little room within their 2026 rider꧋ line-up.

The only bike that is set to become vacant at the end of this season belongs to 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Franco Morbidelli in the VR46 team.

VR46 respond to Pedro Acosta rumours

VR46 have strongly insisted that, although Morbidel⛎li’s contract is expiring, they will keeཧp him next year.

Team boss Uccio Salucci insisted any talks with Acosta were casual, and of no 𓆉importance.

“Nothing more, that's it,” he said. “N♐ever say never🤪.

“We have Franco, a rider we like a lot.

“With Pedro [and his] man🐎agement, we had no more contact.”

Salucci added about Morbidelli: “We hope ♛we can renew with him. because anyway Franco is fantastic.”

Morbidell🔜i endured a difficult first year on a Ducati ༒with Pramac in 2024, largely owing to a slow start due to injury, but has found the form of old with VR46.

Has꧑ has twice been on the podium, and twice finis𝓀hed fourth, in grands prix.

Morbidelli sits impressively fourth in the M💞otoGP standings.

He i🐎s also riding a year-old bike, with VR46’s only factory-spec machine in Fabio di Giannantonio🐓’s hands.

The team’s ability to offer a factory-spec ♋Ducati - the best bike in MotoGP 𒀰- is an obvious temptation to Acosta.

But despite the mutual attraction ther🐻e are big hurdles before Acosta riding a Ducati can become a reality.