Pedro Acosta will make his first MotoGP race next weekend, at the Qatar GP. It will be the beginning of a journey that is expected to be long and full of successes, as he is one of the most promising young talents of today.
Before we find out how the Red Bull GasGas Tech3 Spanish rider will perform in Losail, let’s remember how the debuts in MotoGP have been in the last five years.
2023: Augusto Fernández in 13th
Last year, only Augusto Fernández competed for the first time in MotoGP. The rider, who like in 2024 was with GasGas Tech3, finished 13th in the opening round in Portugal, immediately scoring his first three points.
2022: Only one rookie started scoring pointsThe MotoGP season had a large number of rookies: Darryn Binder, Fabio Di Giannantonio, Marco Bezzecchi, Raúl Fernández, and Remy Gardner. And it was the latter who was the only one to score points at the beginning of the season, finishing 15th in Qatar. Just behind were Darryn Binder, Di Giannantonio, and Raúl Fernández. Bezzecchi had worse luck, as he retired. However, the Italian would end up being the best rookie at the end of the season.
2021: Enea Bastianini in the top tenThree riders made their MotoGP debut in 2021. One of them was Enea Bastianini, who started with a tenth place in Qatar. However, the top rookie at the end of the year was Jorge Martín, who even started the season in 15th place in Losail. Luca Marini made his debut with a 16th place in the Qatari round.
2020: Álex Márquez imposed himselfJust like in 2021, the 2020 season had three rookies. Álex Márquez was the one who made the best debut, finishing 12th in the Spanish GP just ahead of another rookie: Brad Binder. Iker Lecuona had worse luck, retiring in his full-time debut (the year before he had already competed in a GP as a substitute rider).
