Aki Ajo aided Marquez to the 125cc 201ꦏﷺ0 world championship, when the rider was 17.

This season, Acosta’s second Moto2 triumph c𝓀ame alongside Ajo.

Acosta is the most anticipated rookie in the premier class since Marquez a dec🔯ade ago, and is a touted future star.

"It is always difficult tꦕo compare and I don't know if it is fair to compare because 🐼they are different people, but there is a point that was already seen at an early age,” Ajo told . 

“They were very mature, like old people.

“About Marc, when he was 17 years old, I seemed to be talking with a guy who is 35 y🍸ears old. 

“No🐲w I can say that, sometimes, it is the same with Pedro. 

“When we talk about life, about work, when we see their attitﷺude that is similar, the maturity and that means that they both know a lot about life, what is important or not and what you have to focus on. That's similar.”

Acosta, still just 19, was so feted that KTM opted to demote Pol Espargaro to make a ✨space for 🦄him in their Tech3 GASGAS team.

Expectations for him in 2024 are far higher than🌼 for regular rookies.

"It's early to say, we have to see how he continues, but I think he has a great opportunity because it has been seen for a long tꦉime that he has something special,” Ajo warned. 

“We have to let him grow, let him focus and we will see, although he has already shown that he has a 🌠special talent. 

“For me, it will be i🧔nteresting to see. Not so much how far it goes, but the road, I will enjoy it.&nb🌜sp;

“As I usually say: there🎶 are potholes on the road and we n🌠eed the potholes because that makes you enjoy the good results more and we understand life better when we have them.”

The veteran Ajo, having overseen 🦹Marquez’s ear🌸ly days as well as other future MotoGP riders, knows that Acosta is a true gem.

"He isඣ really unique,” Ajo says. “This shows how🦂 special Pedro is. 

“As we have said many times, he is a very good ri🍃der and he rides the bike beautifully, he is very good at overtaking riders and that is special, but, for me, it is even more special how he stays mentally calm. 

“It's because o൩f how he understands life and that's why ♈his attitude is always good. 

“This guarantees that he is calm and prepared to do good things. 🌺;

“In♛ addition, that makes him learn very quickly. 

“In his first year of Moto2 he committed several mistak🌳es, of course. 

“Expectations were very high and he had mistakes ౠat the beginning, but he learned from those mistakes.&nb🌌sp;

“I really enjoyed arguing with him about these t🐬hings. Many times I told him: 'Don't worry, you need those mistakes. The mistakes teach us, they make them stronger and we are learning a lot from them.' 

“Pedro understood꧑ it very well, so if he makes a mistake or something doesn't go well, he always takes it as a learning experience. 

“But he is so focused on his work that he doesn't get 💯stressed about it.”

Ajo said about Acosta in the premier class: “We can'💖t expect much at the beginning, but I'm sure what his goals are and they are the same as in Moꦦto3 and Moto2. 

“He has a great opportunity to have a very, ༒very🔴 great career in MotoGP, continue in a correct way. 

“He has also understood that he has to learn in 💙the new category, take time🀅 for himself. 

“As happened in Moto2, with the first year, when maybe at the beginning he didn't give himself much time, but, as I told him then: ‘those mistakes maybe come because the expectations wereꦍ too high’, but they were good for us, we learned a lot from them.

“When you use those moments, you get stꦆronger. He is more prepare🥃d and will give himself his time in MotoGP.”