Red Bull KTM Factory Racing rider, Pedro Acosta, will be a centre piece when it comes to the 2027 MotoGP rider market.
Pedro Acosta believes that deciding who to sign for the 2027 MotoGP World Championship 'will be a lottery', due to the regulation changes that will arrive in 2027.
All the contracts in the factory teams will expire at the end of the 2026 season, which will open up a big shake-up in the rider market for the 2027 season.
Complicating the rider market for the 2027 season is the major changes to the regulations, with 850cc bikes replacing the current 1000cc formula and Pirelli taking over as sole tyre supplier.
It is expected that Acosta will be a main player when it comes to the 2027 rider market, as he has already been linked with a move away from KTM.
"I think it will be a lottery, if I am honest," Acosta told MotoGP.com.
"It’s true that I’m quite pumped to see Europe again, because for KTM, I think really good tracks are coming.
"They could be in the same way as Hungary, Portugal and Valencia, where normally KTM was always good there. And also, I was feeling quite ok last season in Portugal.
"I think we arrive even better. For sure, the one who makes a bet for ’27 will be a 50/50: 50% of the possibility to win and the other to lose.
"I think I have a good team around to manage these things. I don’t have to really care about it."
'We have to make a step if we want to fight for something...'
The 2025 season has been a difficult season for KTM, as Acosta did not claim his first podium of the season until the Czech Republic Grand Prix.
"I see that being angry and not being satisfied, and being, I would say, angry with myself because the results were not coming, was not my way to go, and everything was even worse," he stated.
"And everything was quite difficult to live with every day. Now, I’m quite calm. I know I’m giving my 100%.
"I know that I’m taking 100% out of the package that we have. For this, if it’s not in my hands, I cannot get angry at all.
"At the end, KTM knows exactly that they have to work. They know we have to make a step if we want to fight for something, or at least to be constantly on the podium.
"You cannot achieve everything from day to night. I will try to keep myself calm, and if it has to arrive, then it will arrive. When you are competitive, everything is open."
