The KTM prodigy enjoyed a strong rookie season in Moto2 as he d🌺eveloped into one of th🐼e fastest riders come the end of the season, and as expected, rumours linking him to MotoGP weren’t far away.

🐓After becoming Moto3 world champion as a rookie in 2021, Acosta’s name was already being mentioned in some MotoGP circles, which was only heightened when his performance levels saw him challenge for podiums and wins. 

• Pedrꦛo Acosta’s reward: A KTM MotoGP debut at Jerez

While Acosta’s former team-mate Augusto Fernandeꦇz has since made the jump from Moto2 to MotoGP after winning the 202ꦕ2 title, Acosta has confirmed he could have also made the step to MotoGP.

Quoted by Diario de Jerez, Acosta said:ಌ "There was the possibility of making the jump to Mo🌳toGP in 2023, but I didn't feel prepared. It's not worth going up for the sake of going up and losing a year of my life doing it and going up to MotoGP. 

"I think that everything has iꦬts right moment in life and in my case it wasn't for next year. I need to do well in the♓ category I'm in now before I feel ready to take the jump."

MotoGP offer comes at an unexpected time…

While you may think that Acosta received his offer to step up to the premier class after securing his first win in Moto2, that was not the case𒉰 as it came in May when the Spaniard was on a four-rღace streak without scoring points.

Although his maiden win c﷽am𝕴e at the end of that streak in Mugello, Acosta felt another year in Moto2 was needed for his development.

Acosta added: "I had a proposal in May from a MotoGP 🌼team but I didn't feel prepared. I was in a phase where I had been four races in a row without scoring, I still hadn't finished on the podium and apart from Le Mans, I hadn't been re𒊎ally competitive. 

"From that moment things went better with the victory in Mugello, the sixth place in Montmelo, the second place in Germany... apart from Thailand and Malaysia, I finished all the ♔races in the top six, so we are rea✨ching the level we wanted since the beginning of the season."