Uccio Salucci has responded to rumours about Pedro Acosta being sounded out for the VR46 MotoGP🐷 squad, noting ‘I never spoke seriously about it in our team’.

Last year’s rookie sensation Acosta signed a multi-year deal to continue as a factory KTM rider from the 2025 season, having been associated with the Austrian manufacturer throughout🍸 his grand prix career.

However, KTM’s current financial crisis and the uncertainty over its MotoGP future has led to speculation that Acosta is already looking for a w🀅ay out for 2026.

One rumour that has emerged in recent weeks is a potential move to the VR46 squad on a satellite Ducati - speculation only fuelled further by Acosta taking p൩art in the 100Km of Champions event organised by Valentino Rossi in Tavullia earlier this month.

VR46 team ma🍨nager Salucci has moved to🌟 quash these rumours, however, noting that it’s not a serious discussion that has taken place.

“First of all, I’💧m sorry about the story about KTM, because we have a very good relationship with KTM,” he said.

“We started our relationship in 2014 in M�🐼�oto3, with [Stefan] Pierer and [Pit] Beirer and all the board and management for KTM.

“I don’t like th𝓀is story, but unf🍰ortunately it’s like this.

“And the secꦗond note, Acosta is a fantastic rider.

“Maybe now he is the best talent in MotoGP. But now it’s too early t🍎o speak about this and sincerely I never spoke seriously about Acosta in our tea💞m.”

In🐷 recent weeks, Acosta has publicly said that the KTM situation has no effect on his immediate MotoGP future.

KTM’s finan𒀰cial crisis has led it into self-administration and a restr𒆙ucturing process in order to save the company.

The most recent update coming out of Austria is that 23 po♔tential investors have expressed interest in financing the company.

A crucial meeting will be held on 25 February where the creditors🐼 will vote on the current restructuring plan, which would see them ♐be repaid 30% of the money owed to them by KTM.

While that is 💟the statutory minimum amount, 🐭some creditors are said to not be happy with this.

KTM’s debts are𝓀 currently standing at a confirmed ꩲ€2.2 billion.