Big MotoGP news: the Acosta phenomenon heads to factory KTM, Red Bull Ring stays on the calendar until 2030

Saturday’s Italian MotoGP Grand Prix programme was spiced up by the announcement of two major events that revealed a little of the future development of the championship. Austria’s Red Bull Ring has signed a deal with the series promoter that guarantees the circuit’s stay for the next six years. However, arguably the bigger news came from the KTM garage, which has agreed a deal with 20-year-old rookie Pedro Acosta to move him from the GasGas satellite team to the KTM factory seat!

This weekend, the MS Road Motorcycle contingent is at Italy’s famous Mugello circuit for the VC of Italy, round seven of the series.

While fans look forward to seeing who can take home the most championship points over the next two days ahead of the three-week spring break, the MotoGP paddock has learned of two exciting news ahead of both premier class races.

First, the series announced the information that the most prestigious two-wheeled motorsport discipline has agreed with the management of the Austrian Red Bull Ring to extend their cooperation.

The track, set in the foothills of the Styrian mountains, will feature on the MotoGP calendar for at least another six years, until 2030. The Red Bull Ring was first raced in 1996, while still officially called the A1-Ring, and has been continuously raced since 2016.

However, moments later, arguably bigger and punchier news swept through the community. 20-year-old Spanish phenom Pedro Acosta, who managed to score two podium finishes in his debut season, signed a multi-year deal with KTM that guarantees him a seat on the factory team.

In an official release, Acosta expressed his gratitude to KTM for trusting him and handing him a valuable opportunity. Already in the lower categories of the World Championship Acosta has proven that he is a generational talent. In the Moto3 championship he became world champion at his first attempt, while in Moto2 he recorded a similar success after two seasons.

This year he will make his debut in MotoGP, but he has not shied away from it. After his impressive results so far, he holds out a realistic chance of becoming the youngest ever winner of a premier class race until the German VC.

Source: MotoGP, KTM