Pedro Acosta is one of the leaders of MotoGP. Although victory eludes him at the moment, the Spaniard is one of the drivers who aspires to it every weekend. And in her second year in MotoGP, in addition to being the best KTM, she has achieved fourth position overall in addition to a good handful of podiums.
So we can say that right now Acosta is one of the fastest riders on the planet, but on a MotoGP. What would happen if the man from Murcia went down not one, not two, but three steps, and got back on a KTM from the Rookies Cup? Well, that is exactly what the challenge that RedBull has invented consists of, in which they will face him face to face with one of the Rookies Cup drivers.
Of course, it is not just any driver, but the one chosen who is the best among the five candidates: Leo Rammerstorfer, Zen Mitani, Carter Thompson, Kristian Daniel Jr and the champion of this season, Brian Uriarte. For this, the challenges arrive and the one who does the worst in each of them is eliminated.
The first challenge is to do a wheelie as long as possible, with Rammerstorfer traveling no more and no less than 302 meters compared to 42 for Mitani, the first to fall. The second round of challenges is to stop the motorcycle as soon as possible. Here it is precisely Rammerstorfer who takes more meters than the rest to stop the motorcycle.
So in the third round we find one of those challenges that can go quite wrong, because it consists of going out of a corner as quickly as possible… In this case it is Thompson who is left out, leaving Uriarte and Daniel Jr. for the final. Curiously, the final duel between the Spaniard and the American does not consist of going as fast as possible but as slow as possible. And, curiously, the fastest of the season and also the fastest in cornering, is the one who manages to go slowest in this test.
Acosta faces Uriarte in a spectacular duel
So it is Brian Uriarte who has the privilege of going head to head with Pedro Acosta and on equal terms, taking into account that Acosta has been competing with larger bikes for a long time to return to the light and less powerful KTM RC 250 R of the RedBull Rookies Cup.
Five laps ahead and a duel between both at the highest level, in addition to the demonstration of how fast the “newbies” go and the reason why drivers like Acosta himself make it to the world championship from time to time.
That is why we will have to keep an eye on Uriarte who in 2026 will compete with the official KTM Ajo team in Moto3. And given what we have seen, he is one of the talents that is called to be the protagonist. As for the duel, better press play and also enjoy discovering who won.
