Pedro Acosta secured yesterday his second world championship in three seasons and will make his jump to MotoGP in 2024, and Joan Mir praised the young prodigy for what he has been doing. He tell said that in MotoGP however the level is different with multiple race winners and world champions battling each other, recalling also that he will have a very competitive bike.
The Repsol Honda Rider began by congratulating the 19 year old spaniard star: ‘I am very happy for Acosta, what he is doing is incredible and I see him as a very good guy. He deserves all the success he is having. Winning in these small categories is not easy, there is a lot of competition, then the way he has won Moto2 is incredible, I wish him all the best for the future’.
In 2024 the level will be different and that will be tough for the youngster to cope with: ‘The hardest thing that can happen to him in MotoGP is to realise that there are all the roosters. There is a lot of level. One race you’re doing well, and the next you have to fight to get into the points. I believe that the potential and talent that Acosta has, can make him reach the top’.
At his disposal Acosta will have a RC16, with a lot of potential Mir added: ‘KTM will be a good challenge for the Ducatis, they will have strong riders. I see KTM as strong, it is a sure value that will improve because they are working very well. But there are a lot of Ducatis and they are very difficult to win’.