KTM’s Pedro Acosta believes there are “somebody who ought to contemplate” full-time MotoGP, following take a look at rider Pol Espargaro’s wildcard entry in 2025.
Pol Espargaro is the present Moto2 champion, making his MotoGP debut in 2014 with Tech 3 Yamaha, and has gone on to compete with KTM and Honda.
His profession went off track after an enormous crash in the course of the 2023 Portuguese Grand Prix, inflicting him to overlook the primary half of the season.
He had a contract with Tech3 KTM till 2024, however took a break from full-time racing to take up a take a look at rider function with the Austrian model and regain full health.
Espargaro competed in three races in 2024, scoring factors in two of them, and achieved top-10 finishes in 4 of the 5 races he competed in in 2025.
How Espargaro helped Acosta
On the finish of the 2025 marketing campaign, Pedro Acosta praised the job Espargaro had accomplished as KTM’s take a look at rider and believes he deserves to experience full-time within the premier class.
“There are individuals who ought to contemplate re-appointing Pol as a everlasting rider within the championship,” he mentioned.
“I’d suggest him to anybody taking part within the championship.
“This yr he has competed in a number of races and has (virtually) at all times been in Q2, and if he hadn’t heated up and crashed (in Malaysia) he would have at all times been within the prime 10 (within the races).
“Pol has come right here with none strain and is having fun with himself very a lot.
“It was very useful to have the ability to experience behind him in Australia.
“He’s very prepared to work and assist out on the manufacturing facility.
“It is at all times good to have riders like that.
“He rides the identical manner as me, he rides the bike aggressively with the entrance tire. It is good for me to have choices from somebody with expertise and information on quick individuals.”
Espargaro had been contemplating a return to World Superbike racing, however will proceed in his function as a take a look at rider for KTM subsequent yr.
