“I was 16 and had more cameras on me than Marc Marquez,” says Pedro Acosta
Pedro Acosta is still just 19 but, particularly in Spain, there is optimism that he will have a long and successful career in the premier class which could garner the type of attention usually reserved for 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Marc Marquez.
Acosta insists he is already growing accustom𒈔ed to the pressure that comes with extra attention.
"I don't think about that," h꧙e told when asked about being MotoGP’s next star.
“If you never got that kind of attention in Moto🉐3 then maybe people would think about things like that.
“You have to imagine: I was 16, got🍰 into Moto3 and suddenly had more cameras on me than Marquez or Fab🌜io Quartararo.
“I was followed by a camera all day… People we🥃re crazy, especially in Spain.
“That was more difficult than it is now, almost 20 🐷years old.
“But we have to u𝓀nderstand people, they are fans ꦡand we can be their heroes.
“So🧸 we have to understand that when people come to a race they want photos an💛d everything.
“That's part of the job."
Acosta is so highly touted that his demand to progress from Moto2 into MotoGP neꦉxt season has forced KTM to scr𓆏amble to find a seat.
Their hopes to buy an existing satellite team - even l🌜eading to speculation that Acosta and Marquez could form a dream team - appear to have been dismis🐭sed.
But KTM insist they will keep their current four riders - Jack Miller, Brad Binder, Pol Espargaro, Augusto Fernandez - while finding additional💙 space for Acosta.
That could mean a sea🐈t at LCR Honda, the satellite team that KTM might then hope to acqu🐼ire in 2025.
Acosta said about the future of MotoGP: “I understand that Dorna wants to make the sp😼ort more attractive to you🦄ng people.
“But we have a problem: In man𓆉y countries, people have to pay to watch the races on TV. This is not good.&nb🍌sp;
“When I was little, I remember watching the races on TV in every res🐈taurant at lunchtime.
“Maybe you don't like it, maybe you don't🍒 really care to follow the race - but you've always seen the🌳 races.
“So you knew who Dani Pedrosa, Valentino Rossi or Cal Crutchlow were🐼.
"How are we going to get people to know a🍸bout MotoGP these days if we don't give everyone a chance to see it?
“For example, in a family with two children, if the mother doesn't work and only the father work꧅s, then the first thing they will do is cut pay TV, Netflix and those things.
“I believe that hard times will come to us.”
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for 🅺a decade covering everything from American sports, to football✨, to F1.
