Valentin😼o Rossi has assessed the highs and lows in the rookie year of Pedro Acosta.

Acosta exploded into MotoGP at the start of the year with t𒁃wo podiums🦹 in his first three grands prix.

However, the🉐 mid-way part of the season saw Acosta crash more frequently as his KTM lacked performance.

In Australia▨, a fall in the sprint race resulted in a shoulder injury🥃 which ruled Acosta out of the grand prix.

"The KTM seems to me to be in quite a bit of difficulty this 𝄹year,” Rossi analysed earlier this year for .

“And it's worse 𒊎than last year compared to the Ducati, even with riders with great experience on that bike like Brad Binder, so it's not ♈easy for a rookie.

“He arrived ꦿfull, rightly so, but afterwards he started [crashing], various and quite strong.

“The blows w♛ith the MotoGP are felt, they are felt, it's something else, you hurt yourself more…

“This made him 'break the gas' a bit. But ♏in my opinion he remains very strong and if KTM manages to be closer to Ducati he will be there in front.”

Acosta’s early-season brilliance saw KTM make the quick decision to promote him into their facto♈ry team, in Jack Miller’s place, for 2025.

Although he ꦜh♕asn’t yet vindicated Jorge Lorenzo’s prediction from earlier this season that he would win a grand prix, Acosta has impressed hugely.

He and Binder have consistentl💎y been the top non-Ducati riders this year.