Jorge Lorenzo mentioned the way forward for Pedro Acosta and Pedro Acosta will rely upon his producer’s efficiency in 2026.
Acosta spent the early a part of the 2025 season complaining in regards to the efficiency of his KTM RC16, which was clearly inferior to Ducati Desmosedici, however on the identical time was not the most effective KTM rider and was usually outpaced by Maverick Vinales.
However even with out KTM making any main updates to the bike, Acosta’s personal kind improved from mid-season onwards.
Regardless of his enchancment, Acosta ended his second season in MotoGP with no win within the premier class, and by the tip of the yr it grew to become more and more clear that KTM had to enhance in 2026.
For Jorge Lorenzo, Acosta’s need to remain at KTM will solely enhance if he wins subsequent season.
“It is dependent upon the consequence,” Lorenzo mentioned of Acosta’s future through the MotoGP world broadcast through the Valencia check.
“Now, if Pedro (Acosta) begins successful 4 races in a row, he will certainly change his thoughts and need to stick with KTM. So it is dependent upon the consequence.”
On Quartararo: “You get the cash, however when you aren’t getting the outcomes…”
Fabio Quartararo’s winless drought continues into Germany in 2022, and Acosta just isn’t the one MotoGP rider to be dissatisfied with the producer’s efficiency in 2025.
The Frenchman was Yamaha’s finest rider in most races, single-handedly scoring extra factors in 2025 than the opposite three full-time Yamaha riders mixed, and taking two pole positions.
We misplaced the win at Silverstone on account of poor reliability, and all year long we could not create the tempo to win races and even combat for a podium on the YZR-M1. That leaves Monster Vitality Yamaha riders wanting nearer than ever to a 2027 producer change.
“From what he says, it looks as if he gave Yamaha an opportunity. It was an excellent deal economically,” Lorenzo mentioned of Quartararo.
“However once you don’t have cash, you need cash, however when you might have cash and don’t get outcomes, you haven’t gotten outcomes.
“So you may’t have all of it, and it’s laborious to have all of it.
“For the time being Ducati continues to be essentially the most aggressive bike, however Ducati does not need to pay as a lot as the opposite factories which might be a bit of bit behind.
“It is at all times a stability and the rider has to decide contemplating the situations of his or her will to win.”
Yamaha has used inline four-cylinder engines for greater than 20 years, however plans to modify to V4 engines subsequent yr. This brings the engine configuration in step with different MotoGP factories, however Lorenzo, a three-time world champion with an inline-four M1, was eager to level out that this doesn’t merely clear up Yamaha’s efficiency issues.
“It is unusual as a result of they’ve lots of expertise with inline-four engines and focus on that,” he mentioned.
“That is most likely why we did not get essentially the most highly effective engine, as a result of with an inline four-cylinder engine it was troublesome to get essentially the most out of the engine when it comes to energy.
“Now they may have the potential for competing with different factories for prime pace, however it should undoubtedly not be a simple process as they are going to be at a definite drawback when it comes to expertise with the sort of engine.”
