{"id":1468,"date":"2026-09-01T13:52:41","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T16:52:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/?p=1468"},"modified":"2026-09-01T13:52:42","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T16:52:42","slug":"marc-marquez-praises-pedro-acosta-generational-change-motogp-aragon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/motogp\/marc-marquez-praises-pedro-acosta-generational-change-motogp-aragon\/","title":{"rendered":"Marc M\u00e1rquez hails Acosta after Aragon battle: \u201cGenerational changes cannot be stopped\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">News summary<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Marc M\u00e1rquez had to work hard to beat Pedro Acosta at the Aragon GP<\/strong> and secure the 37 points he was targeting at MotorLand.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Spaniard highlighted <strong>Acosta\u2019s strong pace throughout the weekend<\/strong>, including his Sprint victory and warm-up performance on used tires.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Looking ahead to 2027, when they will become Ducati teammates, Marc acknowledged that <strong>MotoGP is going through a generational shift that cannot be stopped<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Marc M\u00e1rquez had to work hard to overcome Pedro Acosta at the Aragon GP and leave MotorLand with the 37 points he was targeting from the MotoGP weekend.<\/strong> After dominating both the Sprint and the main race, the Spaniard highlighted the strength shown by the KTM rider and suggested the battle was a preview of what could happen in 2027, when the two will share the same garage at Ducati.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhen I saw that Pedro was behind me practically on the second lap, I knew he was the rider to beat in the race. In the Sprint, he ended up being the fastest, and also in the warm-up, on a used tire,\u201d the #93 began.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSo, I knew he would be glued to my rear wheel for practically the entire race. But I was saving 0.3 or 0.4 seconds for the end of the race,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The battle with his future Ducati teammate naturally prompted comparisons about next season, but <strong>Marc preferred not to anticipate what their relationship will be like<\/strong>, although he acknowledged that a generational change is already underway in the premier class of the World Motorcycle Championship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AFP__20260830__C6UK7ER__v2__MidRes__MotoPrixEsp-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1020313318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AFP__20260830__C6UK7ER__v2__MidRes__MotoPrixEsp-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AFP__20260830__C6UK7ER__v2__MidRes__MotoPrixEsp-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AFP__20260830__C6UK7ER__v2__MidRes__MotoPrixEsp-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AFP__20260830__C6UK7ER__v2__MidRes__MotoPrixEsp-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AFP__20260830__C6UK7ER__v2__MidRes__MotoPrixEsp.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Marc M\u00e1rquez and Pedro Acosta (Photo: AFP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis moment will come [when we are teammates] to talk about it. But <strong>there are generational changes that cannot be stopped<\/strong>,\u201d concluded the seven-time MotoGP champion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Acosta\u2019s performance in Arag\u00f3n further underlined the KTM rider\u2019s emergence as one of the leading figures of the next generation. The Spaniard will join Ducati for the 2027 season, setting up a highly anticipated partnership with Marc M\u00e1rquez.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The result also strengthened M\u00e1rquez\u2019s position in the championship fight. <strong>The Ducati rider completed a perfect Aragon weekend<\/strong>, winning both the Sprint and the Grand Prix and collecting all 37 available points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more on the upcoming MotoGP season and the latest developments surrounding the premier class, follow the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/motogp\/\">MotoGP coverage on GRANDE PR\u00caMIO<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The MotoGP season resumes from September 11 to 13 at the <strong>San Marino and Rimini Riviera GP<\/strong>, the 14th round of the 2026 season. <strong>GRANDE PR\u00caMIO<\/strong> will cover the entire weekend schedule, as well as all other categories of the World Motorcycle Championship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">FAQ<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1. Why did Marc M\u00e1rquez praise Pedro Acosta after the Aragon GP?<\/strong><br>M\u00e1rquez highlighted <strong>Acosta\u2019s strong pace throughout the weekend<\/strong>, particularly after the KTM rider was the fastest in the Sprint and warm-up sessions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2. Will Marc M\u00e1rquez and Pedro Acosta be MotoGP teammates?<\/strong><br>Yes. <strong>M\u00e1rquez and Acosta are set to share the Ducati garage in 2027<\/strong>, making their battle at the Aragon GP an early indication of a highly anticipated future rivalry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>3. What did Marc M\u00e1rquez mean by \u201cgenerational changes cannot be stopped\u201d?<\/strong><br>The seven-time MotoGP champion was referring to <strong>the emergence of younger riders such as Acosta<\/strong> and the natural transition taking place between generations in the premier class.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marc M\u00e1rquez praised Pedro Acosta\u2019s performance at the Aragon GP but avoided going into detail about his future alongside the #37 at Ducati<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1020313515,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"42wp_featured_image_caption":"Marc M\u00e1rquez and Pedro Acosta","42wp_featured_image_credits":"AFP","42wp_featured_video":"","42wp_featured_image_hidden":false,"42wp_authors_list":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[104,32,106],"42wp_author":[140],"class_list":["post-1468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-motogp","tag-marc-marquez","tag-motogp","tag-pedro-acosta","42wp_author-kaio-esteves"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1468"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1468\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1469,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1468\/revisions\/1469"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1020313515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1468"},{"taxonomy":"42wp_author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/42wp_author?post=1468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}