{"id":2973,"date":"2026-09-28T15:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/?p=2973"},"modified":"2026-09-28T12:25:44","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T15:25:44","slug":"acosta-returned-from-motogp-summer-break-at-another-level-says-ktm-crew-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/motogp\/acosta-returned-from-motogp-summer-break-at-another-level-says-ktm-crew-chief\/","title":{"rendered":"Acosta returned from MotoGP summer break at \u201canother level\u201d, says KTM crew chief"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">News Summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Paul Trevathan says Acosta came back from the MotoGP summer break at a higher level.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The KTM crew chief singled out the rider\u2019s ability to absorb lessons and push the team to improve.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Acosta claimed his first Sunday victory in Austria after crashing out of the Sprint lead.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pedro Acosta\u2019s first MotoGP Grand Prix victory was the result of more than a strong weekend at the Red Bull Ring, according to KTM crew chief Paul Trevathan. Speaking to <em>MotoGP.com<\/em> after the Austrian race, Trevathan said the 22-year-old had made another substantial step during the summer break and was still improving fast enough to make his eventual ceiling difficult to predict. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s a scary question, because at the moment I couldn\u2019t tell you,\u201d Trevathan said when asked how much further Acosta could develop. He explained that the rider\u2019s learning had continued between races: after a month away during the summer, Acosta returned at <strong>\u201canother level\u201d<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trevathan pointed to the way Acosta processes what he learns on the bike. In his assessment, the Spaniard can take an experience into a break and bring a new approach back to the circuit. The crew chief said he had seen leading riders make comparable changes, but usually over an entire winter. What surprised him was that Acosta had managed such a reset during the shorter summer pause, then pressed KTM to improve alongside him. Trevathan said he could not put a limit on that progress and believed Acosta\u2019s trajectory was still upward. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That assessment followed a difficult stretch for rider and manufacturer. Acosta began 2026 with a Sprint win and an early championship lead, but KTM subsequently faced reliability and performance problems. After the summer break, the team worked through its engine concerns and Acosta returned to regular podium contention before the breakthrough in Spielberg. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Austrian weekend showed both sides of that development. Acosta had the pace to lead Saturday\u2019s Sprint but <a href=\"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/motogp\/acosta-admits-dashboard-distraction-caused-austrian-sprint-crash-i-fucked-up\/\">crashed while in front<\/a>. On Sunday, he recovered to pass Marco Bezzecchi and Jorge Mart\u00edn, then controlled the race to <a href=\"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/motogp\/acosta-beats-martin-in-austria-to-claim-maiden-motogp-victory\/\">take his first MotoGP Grand Prix win<\/a> at KTM\u2019s home circuit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Acosta had already agreed to leave KTM for Ducati in 2027, making the Austrian victory a landmark result for the partnership before it ends. He heads into the Japanese Grand Prix fourth in the riders\u2019 standings, 72 points behind championship leader Jorge Mart\u00edn. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">MotoGP today: FAQ<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who was fastest in Japanese MotoGP practice?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00c1lex M\u00e1rquez topped Friday\u2019s Practice at Motegi with a 1:42.811, beating Pedro Acosta by 0.076s. Marc M\u00e1rquez finished third, while championship leader Jorge Mart\u00edn was eighth. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/news\/1106057\/1\/alex-marquez-leads-red-flagged-second-motogp-practice-japan?utm_source=chatgpt.com\"> <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What time is Japanese MotoGP qualifying?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Qualifying begins on Saturday, 3 October, with Q1 at <strong>02:50 BST in the UK, 07:20 IST in India and 11:50 AEST in Sydney and Melbourne<\/strong>. In the US and Canada, that is <strong>21:50 EDT or 18:50 PDT on Friday, 2 October<\/strong>. Q2 starts 25 minutes later. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motogpjapan.com\/en\/time-schedule-37?utm_source=chatgpt.com\"> <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why is Takaaki Nakagami out of the Japanese MotoGP?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nakagami fractured his collarbone in a crash during Friday\u2019s opening practice at Motegi. The injury ruled him out of the remainder of his home Grand Prix weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What did Paul Trevathan say about Pedro Acosta?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The KTM crew chief said Acosta returned from the MotoGP summer break at a higher level and was still developing rapidly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paul Trevathan says the speed of Pedro Acosta\u2019s progress surprised him after the Spaniard turned his summer reset into a first MotoGP Grand Prix victory at KTM\u2019s home race.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1020315640,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"42wp_featured_image_caption":"Pedro Acosta","42wp_featured_image_credits":"KTM","42wp_featured_video":"","42wp_featured_image_hidden":false,"42wp_authors_list":[{"id":59,"location":""}],"footnotes":"","42wp_breaking_news":false},"categories":[38],"tags":[105,32,645,106],"42wp_author":[59],"class_list":["post-2973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-motogp","tag-ktm","tag-motogp","tag-paul-trevathan","tag-pedro-acosta","42wp_author-fabricio-carvalho"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2973","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=2973"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2973\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2974,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2973\/revisions\/2974"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1020315640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2973"},{"taxonomy":"42wp_author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/42wp_author?post=2973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}