Acosta “worries” about KTM’s financial situation ahead of MotoGP factory move

MotoGP star rookie Pedro Acosta is ‘worried’ about the prospects the KTM team faces in 2025 amid the huge financial troubles the Austrian manufacturer is undergoing, according to the rider’s manager.

Earlier this month, it was revealed that KTM is facing a debt of around 3 billion euro after having announced it would enter self-administration as it struggled with bike sales.

As revealed by Autosport, its MotoGP bosses decided to pause the development of its bikes as one of the measures aimed at safeguarding the sporting project.

Acosta, who made his MotoGP debut this season with the Tech3 team, will move up to the factory squad to replace Jack Miller alongside Brad Binder in 2025.

But speaking in Motorsport.com’s Spanish edition’s podcast, Acosta’s manager Albert Valera said KTM’s financial troubles was never a consideration when striking the deal.

He also admitted the rider and his team are worried about the situation, as it could potentially leave him without a competitive bike.

“Nobody warned us of this possibility when we signed the contract in May,” said Valera. “We were told that KTM was a giant with huge financial muscle, it was a complete surprise for us.

“It has not been easy news to digest. Fortunately, from what we are told, the project is going to continue in MotoGP, so there is no danger of having no bike for next year.

“What we are wondering is under what conditions we are going to be able to compete.

“In May we signed a contract with a winning project, with a company that was generating tens of millions of profit and with a clear message that they were in a strong position to be able to fight against Ducati.

“However, today this is not the case. Suddenly, in six months, everything has changed and we wonder what has happened. It is something that worries us and to deny the obvious would be absurd.

“I think we have to recognise it and be honest, and obviously, both Pedro and I, his family and his entourage, are concerned about the current situation.”

While Valera conceded it would be hard to break the contract with KTM at this point, the Spaniard said it was also difficult to trust the company’s promises.

“I think we have to do an exercise that is difficult to do, but that we have to do, which is to trust what we are told,” he added.

“I say it’s difficult to do because obviously the KTM company, at the…