Valentino Rossi hasไ assessed the highs and lows in the rookie year of Pedro Acosta.

Acosta exploded into𒈔 MotoGP at the start of the year with two podiums in his first three grands prix.

However, the mid-way part of the season saw Acosta crash more frequently as his KT💜M lacked performance.

In Australia, a fall in the sprint race result✅ed in a shoulder i🎃njury 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 w🌼o💧rse than 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 quit🐻e strong.

“The blows with 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 a꧟nd 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 factory team, in Jack Miller’s place, for 2025.

Although he hasn’t yet vi♛ndicated Jorge Lorenzo’s prediction from earlier this season that he would win a grand prix, Acosta has impressed hugely.

He and Binder have consiste🎃ntly been t𓄧he top non-Ducati riders this year.