MotoGP rookie Pedro Acosta believes the Spanish Grand Prix was “a reality check” for KTM as it went to Jerez “with too many expectations”.
The Spanish GP at Jerez proved to be one of KTM’s best weekends of the 2023 campaign, with Brad Binder winning the sprint and finishing second in the main race ahead of team-mate Jack Miller. With Tech3 GasGas rookie Acosta coming to the 2024 Jerez round off the back of successive podium finishes, he and the rest of the KTM stable were expected to show strong. However, sixth was the best a KTM rider could manage in the grand prix – courtesy of Binder – while Acosta was 10th.
” Pedro Acosta, Red Bull GASGAS Tech3 Photo by: Rob Gray / Polarity Photo He added, when pressed on people’s expectations of the 19-year-old: “I don't care about people's expectations, I long ago stopped listening to outside noise and the words of people like Lorenzo, who obviously know about motorcycles. “But here nobody knows what's going to happen until you cross the finish line.
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