Pedro Acosta makes his MotoGP debut in 2024 with GasGas Tech3, being one of the most promising riders of his generation, boasting two titles in just three seasons in the world championships.
The Spanish rider made it clear to Agencia EFE that he’s not seeking to make friends in the premier class: ‘At the end of the day, I still think I’m not here to make friends, and I still believe there’s a lot of clientelism in MotoGP. It’s not like the old fights between [Valentino] Rossi and [Max] Biaggi or tense press conferences, and we have to be aware of that. There are many experienced people, and we’ll have to face that calmly, but we’ll try to keep our heads straight’.
As a high-competition sport where everyone naturally aims for the best possible result, MotoGP is fertile ground for rivalries and not always for friendships. Sometimes these rivalries don’t end in the best way – as seen, more recently, in the tensions between Marc Márquez and Rossi that culminated in the controversy of the 2015 Malaysian GP.