MotoGP rider who has “underperformed from what we expected”
"Super talent" sꦇo far unable to display his true competitiveness in 2025 MotoGP

An underachievi🐲ng Mot♛oGP rider has been identified.
Factory KTM talent 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Pedro Acosta’s 2025 season has, so far, no💫t mirrore𝓀d his emphatic debut year in the premier class.
Acosta has struggled on a below-par KTM wh🐻ich has slipped down the pecking order while other manufacturers have improved.
“⛄He has underperformedꩲ from what we expected,” TNT Sports’ Neil Hodgson analysed.
“If you think how he started last year, as a rookie on the KTM with no expectations, he was🌳 banging out the podiums.
“We agree Acosta is a super talent. I’m sure he is disapဣꦰpointed.
“He sits ninth in the championship. He’s had an 19th, an eighth, a crash, an eighth and a seventh [and P4 in Le Mans]⛦.
“By this point last year, he’d had [two] podiums.
“Maybe it is part to do with having arm pump. You♉ don’t𓃲 need to have a lot of arm pump to affect your feeling.
“You only need 25% arm pump and it takes away the feeling 🌄in your hand.
“Let’s hope weཧ can see Pedro get the ﷽results that we know he can.”
Pedro Acosta season-best result at French MotoGP
Acosta underwent arm pump surgery before the French MotoGP, so had 🃏been struggling with the 🍌issue at the prior round in Jerez.
Acosta responܫded positively in Le Mans post-surgery, narrowly missing out on a grand prix podium.
Gresin𓂃i♛’s Fermin Aldeguer passed Acosta in the final exchanges to snatch P3.
Fourth was Acosta’s best grand prix result of the season and edged him one place in the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:MotoGP standings to ninth.
Acosta’s inability to grasp the headlines so far this year is in con♔trast to Tech3 KTM stablemate Maverick Vinales.
K✤TM’s financial difficulties away from MotoGP have also put a dark cloud over Acosta’s season.
However, the 20-year-old’s attitude amid obviou✃s problems has been praise🐼d by team boss Aki Ajo.
Despite form which hides his true brilliance, Acosta♓ is constantly being linked with a move a🀅way from KTM for 2026.
His manager Albert Valera has warned that 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:his job is to find the best bike for his prodigious client.
Vacancies at Honda a♐nd Ducati are sure to cause Acosta’s name to pop up, but he is still contracted to KTM until the end of next year.
After a season-best result at the French MotoGP, he will be hoping tꦜo display his true ability in the European leg of the season.

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American✨ sports, to football, to F1.