KTM motorsport boss Pit Beirer say🐭s rumours about Pedro Acosta leaving for another MotoGP team in 2026 are being taken as “a compliment”, while reiterating that “he’s under contract” to the brand.

The financial crisis that threatened KTM’s future over the winter coupled with its lacklustre start to the 2025 MotoGP season has sparked rumours that Pedro Acosta cou🌞ld quit the Austrian marque at the 𝓀end of the year.

Acosꦅta has been linked to a move to the VR46 Ducati team, as well 🔯as Honda and even Pramac Yamaha.

On Friday at the Qatar Grand Prix, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Valentino Rossi expres🅘sed his support for Acosta but refu💜sed to say too much on the current rum෴ours.

Acosta is in th🐽e midst of a multi-year deal with KTM, after signing a new contract to join the factory squad for 2025 following his stellar rookie campaign last year with the Tech3 team.

Having visited the podium twice after three rounds in 2024, Acosta curren🦩tly sits 13th in the standings on 16 points having achieved a best of ninth in Argentina (which became eighth after a post-race penalty for Ai Ogura).

Beirer says the interest in Acosta is a “compliment” to KTM, who has supported the 20-year-ol♛d throughout his short grand prix 𓆏career, while claiming he is not worried about the situation as there is a contract in place.

“I think I take it꧟ as a compliment and if all these superstars find out now that Pedro is a good rider, we found out many, many years ago,” he told the MotoGP world feed on Saturday in Qatar.

“And that’s why we supported him already since ꦰhe was in the Rookies Cup. So, he’s under contract with us and also there I feel ok and I take it as a compliment.

“It’s ok, that’s also racing. Good teams want to have good riders, so we have to perform together and ♏make Pedro feel comfortable to be here.”

KTM woes being blamed on financial crisis is “bull****”

KTM has struggled for form with its new bike so far in 𒁃2025, with it seemingly missing braking performance while the vibration issues it battled in 2024 remain.

Given the financial crisis KTM faced over the winter, rep💦orts emerged that it had paused all bike development and would be sca♏ling back its testing programme.

But Beirer hit back at these claims, noting that KTM is continuing to bring ne🐷w items to race weekends and that its testing programme has b♑een unfortunately affected by bad weather.

“I got angry even at one point because it looks like everybody has put everything in the same pot, like if there is a KTM crisis, results are not coming🌼, they don’t have money to buy parts,” he said.

“And that’s all, in the 🦂end, bullshit because we went prepared into the season, we brought many new parts but then we just couldn’t put꧃ the package right together.

“Then rumours we couldn’t go testing [because of the financial crisis]. No, we couldn’t go testing because the test track🀅 at Jerez was broken [due to flooding].

“So, there was a p෴lan to be there, then last week we had a test in Misano but because of weather conditions was also notꦬ a great test.

“We have been in the wind tunnel the other week. So, we are giving everything, we have a💛 st✨rong team at home working for the riders.

“And then at the end ﷽of the day, all of that together, no results, it’s easy t🌼o blame the crisis.

“No, we are I would say prepared for the future at KTM an✤d we have so much support in the company to keep racing on a very strong level.”