Impressive during the ꧙one-day Valencia test following the 20ౠ23 season-finale, Acosta donned the GASGAS Tech 3 KTM colours for the first time.

In an unseen reaction Acosta told his c🦂rew chief: “I’m with the big boys. I’m the baby 💫of the class.

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“I cannot say anything bad⛦ about the bike. I activated the ride-height device and it went like this [gesturing downwards with his hand]. I said to myself, ‘I don’t think this is the right one’. 

“The position on the bike is okay, everything is okay. It’s more about understanding where the buttons are. Where t🤡he f***ing buttons are [laughs]? 

“You can't rest on the straight. I expected the bike to be much faster . Let's se🌃e, it's f♋ucking fast, everyone talks about its power, but in the end what you feel is the acceleration, not the maximum speed.”

Big things are expected of Acosta despite him being a rookie i🍎n one of the most talented MotoGP rider line-ups ever.

A Moto3 and Moto2 world champion in just three years of racing at world championship level, Acosta will be expected to become a contender for the MotoGP title in due course, but looking ah💎ead to his fir🌞st season in the class, the Spaniard offered his thoughts who could be the names to watch this season.

Pecco Bagnaia was the one who won the last world champions🧔hip and Jorge Martin will also be there,” said Acosta. “We all know who Marc Marquez is. 

“I expect a MotoGP world ⛎championship in which the difference between all the ri🍸ders is small and you can go from first place to fifteenth. 

“I will go slowly and learn from thoseꦓ great drivers, althoughꦏ I will also try to make some passes at them.”