Pedro Acosta Signs with Ducati Lenovo Team for 2027 and 2028 — Marquez’s New Teammate Confirmed

Pedro Acosta will ride for the Ducati Lenovo Team in 2027 and 2028, confirmed today by Ducati. The 22-year-old joins Marc Marquez on the factory Desmosedici GP, setting the most closely watched factory lineup in MotoGP for the next regulation cycle. Ducati confirmed the Pedro Acosta Ducati agreement on June 24, 2026 — four days after Acosta retired from Brno on the final lap while running fifth for Red Bull KTM.

Pedro Acosta at Ducati: The Record That Earned the Seat

Pedro Acosta’s Ducati move is built on a straightforward record. He won world titles in Moto3 and Moto2 within three years of his Grand Prix debut — two classes, consecutive seasons, at an age when most riders are still navigating the junior categories. In MotoGP with Red Bull KTM, his 2024 debut earned him the Rookie of the Year award; he finished fourth in the 2025 championship standings and has 13 Premier Class podiums. He is 22. The trajectory has been methodical rather than spectacular, which is the more durable kind.

The Pedro Acosta Ducati timing says something on its own. Last Sunday at Brno, Acosta ran inside the top five before a technical failure on the final lap ended his race. Four days later, Ducati confirmed he will be leaving for their factory team at the end of this season. Ducati Corse General Manager Luigi Dall’Igna was direct about expectations: Acosta will need time, and the team will give it to him.

What the Pedro Acosta Ducati Signing Means for KTM

Acosta’s departure removes Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s highest-profile and most capable current rider from their lineup at the end of 2026. KTM signed the 2027–2031 manufacturer framework agreement last week — a five-year commitment to the grid — but their factory roster for that cycle now has a prominent vacancy at the front. How the existing KTM lineup performs without Acosta leading it is one of the questions the rest of 2026 will begin to answer.

The Ducati Lenovo factory in 2027 will run Marc Marquez and Pedro Acosta — the reigning world champion and the most decorated junior-class graduate in recent memory, on identical machinery, in the same garage. Dall’Igna’s framing was honest about the timeline. The longer story of the Pedro Acosta Ducati partnership isn’t what it produces in year one. It’s what it looks like in year two, when the machine is familiar and the pressure of proving himself in red has had time to settle.

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