“I was 16 and had more cameras on me than Marc Marquez,” says Pedro Acosta
Pedro Acosta is still just 19 but, particularly in Spain, there is optimism that he will have a long and successful career in the premier class which could garner the type of attention usually reserved for 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez.
Aco🌳sta insists he is already growing accustomed to the pressure that comes with extra attention.
"I💝 don't think about that," he told when asked about being MotoGP’s next star.
“If you never got that kind of attention 𒁃in Moto3 then maybe people would think about things like that.
“You have to imagine: I was 16, got into Moto3 and sudden𓃲ly had more cameras on me than Marquez or Fabio Quartararo.
“I was followed by a camera al𒅌l day… People were crazy, especially in Spain.
“That was more 🗹difficult than it is now, almost 20 years old.
“But we have to understand peoꦐple, they are fans and we can be their heroes.
“So we have t🥀o understand that when people come to a race they want photos and everything.
“That's part of the job."
Acosta is so highly touted that his demand to progress from Moto2 into MotoGP 🐻next seas♉on has forced KTM to scramble to find a seat.
Their hopes to buy an existing satellite team - eve💖n leading to speculation that Acosta and Mar🌞quez could form a dream team - appear to have been dismissed.
But KTM in𒅌sist they will keep their current four riders - Jack Miller, Brad Binder, Pol Esparga🎶ro, Augusto Fernandez - while finding additional space for Acosta.
That could mean a seatꦯ at LCR Honda, the satellဣite team that KTM might then hope to acquire in 2025.
Acosta said about the future of MotoGP: “I understand that Dorna wants to make the sport more attractive to young people.&🍒nbsp;
“But we have a problem: In many countries, people have to pay 𝔉to watch the ra🍬ces on TV. This is not good.
“When I was litt🤡le, I reꩵmember watching the races on TV in every restaurant at lunchtime.
“Maybe you don't like it, maybe you don'☂t really care to follow the race - but you've always seen the races.
“So you knew who Dani Pedrosa, Valentin💫o Rossi or Cal Crutchlow were.
"How are we going to geꦗt pඣeople to know about MotoGP these days if we don't give everyone a chance to see it?
“For example, in a family with two children, if the mother doesn't work and only t꧋he father works, then theꦜ first thing they will do is cut pay TV, Netflix and those things.
“I believe that hard times will come to us.”
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering eve⛄rything from American sports, to football, to F1.
