It’s a cold, frosty Saturday in December and, frankly, being in Liverpool first thing in the morning is not something that one is easily enthused by. The 2023 MotoGP season finished just a few days earlier but world champions galore have descended on the English city for the FIM Awards. At this point of the year, everyone just wants a rest.
Pedro Acosta is probably feeling exactly the same – not that he’s showing any signs of this. As he concludes one interview before starting his sit-down with Autosport, he is a bundle of excitement talking about the Isle of Man TT, which carries on as we sit down with the 19-year-old in the conference room of the Hope Street Hotel.
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Just four days earlier, Acosta made his public MotoGP debut in the Valencia test with the KTM-backed Tech3 GasGas squad he will make the step up to the premier class with next season. And it goes well. The reigning Moto2 world champion completes 70 laps on the RC16 and is just 1.2 seconds off the best pace and about 0.4s off team-mate Augusto Fernandez.
