Pedro Acosta will take part in his second Sepang Test this week and has one message to KTM ahead of it.
After a year of testing 'too many things' in 2024 Pedro Acosta believes KTM should learn from their past for the upcoming 2025 Sepang Test.
Despite a recent financial crisis at KTM, the Austrian manufacturer's development plans were not impacted. This week Acosta will get to test KTM's latest innovations before he begins his second season in MotoGP and his first with the Red Bul KTM Factory Racing Team.
“Well, see how myself is without riding a MotoGP bike for three months,” he said when asked by our colleagues at Crash.net what he was expecting from the Sepang test.
“I feel quite ok but it’s true that there are many things to try, [but] don’t get a little bit crazy and put the feet on the ground and understand when to say no and when to say yes to things.
“Last year we were sometimes trying many things, even during the race weekends, and maybe we lost the way a bit.
“If you remember when KTM was in Moto2, at the moment they stopped development was the moment that Brad [Binder] and [Jorge] Martin made a step.
“We need to keep our feet on the ground and take the test quite chill and see where we can arrive.”
Acosta has admitted that he was 'too aggressive' at the end of his rookie MotoGP season. The Spaniard spent his offseason focusing on changing his riding style for his second year in the premier class.
“We have to see where the other brands are making the difference with us,” he added.
“I don’t know exactly where, but at the end, they are using the rear tyre in a different way than us and it’s exactly there where they are making the difference.
“Also this winter I tried to change a bit my riding style, maybe don’t be super focused on the front, brake hard and make V lines, just trying to flow a little bit more, trying to be smoother in everything because maybe at the end of the season I was maybe too aggressive.”