Pedro Acosta insists he feels no MotoGP pressure ahead of joining Marc Marquez at the factory Ducati team in 2027.<\/p>\n
Pedro Acosta insists he feels \u201cno pressure\u201d ahead of his move to the factory Ducati MotoGP team in 2027.<\/p>\n
The current Red Bull KTM star will be the first rider to join the factory Ducati team directly, without racing for a satellite Ducati squad, since Jorge Lorenzo in 2017.<\/p>\n
Even Acosta\u2019s future team-mate and reigning nine-time world champion Marc Marquez spent a season at Gresini before being promoted to the official team.<\/p>\n
After spending his entire world championship career with KTM, where he took a maiden Sprint victory at this year\u2019s Buriram season opener and has scored 13 grand prix podiums, Acosta acknowledges the Ducati move will be \u201c a new chapter\u201d.<\/p>\n
However, the 11-year age difference to Marquez, together with a multi-year Ducati contract, means the Spaniard views 2027, which also marks the start of the new 850cc\/Pirelli era, as a chance to \u201cget in the rhythm\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have no idea what I will find in the box, to be honest. But on the other hand, I have also no pressure,\u201d Acosta told Motorsport.com.<\/p>\n
\u201cMarc is at the end of his career, I'm just in the beginning of mine.<\/p>\n
\u201cAlso, he knows everyone in the team, and I will need a bit of time to get in the rhythm of the \u2018Italian box\u2019, I will say, because I\u2019ve been in KTM for six years. I\u2019ve known everyone since I was 16.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow will be really a new chapter of my life.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have no pressure, also thankfully, [because] I will be there minimum for two seasons.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor this, I will have time the first one to get the rhythm and then see what happen in the second one.\u201d<\/p>\n
Acosta is currently seventh in the world championship standings, but with almost double the points of the next-best KTM rider, Enea Bastianini.<\/p>\n
Marquez and Ducati are fourth in the standings behind Aprilia riders Jorge Martin, Marco Bezzecchi and Ai Ogura.<\/p>\n
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