Acosta on Marquez in MotoGP: 'He's the Last of His Era'

Acosta Looks to Marquez as a Benchmark in MotoGP

Pedro Acosta is not shy about where he wants to learn. The young Red Bull KTM rider has singled out Marc Marquez as someone he hopes will pass on knowledge gained over more than a decade at the top of MotoGP, describing the Spaniard as the final representative of a generation that may never be replicated.

Speaking in comments reported by gpone.com, Acosta was direct about his admiration. He called Marquez the last of his era, a rider whose career bridged the sport's transformation through technology, tyre regulations, and the rise of a new grid of factory-backed talent. For Acosta, that lived experience has a value that no data sheet or coaching session can fully replace.

"I hope Marc will share his experience with me," Acosta said. "He's the last of his era."

The quote is simple, but the weight behind it says a lot about how the 20-year-old from Mazarron views his own development inside the premier class.

What Acosta Stands to Gain

Marquez, who joined the Gresini Ducati outfit for 2024 before moving to the factory Lenovo Ducati team for 2025, has accumulated a record that few riders in the sport's history can match. Eight world titles, including six in MotoGP, a near-unbroken run of pole positions, and a fighting style that pushed the physical limits of both man and machine made him the defining figure of his generation.

For Acosta, who arrived in MotoGP with enormous expectation after a record-breaking Moto2 and Moto3 career, the challenge now is converting raw speed into consistent results against the most competitive grid in years. Learning from someone who has already solved those problems, across multiple bike generations and ruleset changes, would represent a significant shortcut.

The two riders are not teammates, which makes any knowledge-sharing a matter of personal relationship rather than professional obligation. That Acosta is openly hoping for it suggests he is actively trying to build those connections within the paddock.

A Generational Shift Already Underway

Acosta's framing of Marquez as the last of a specific era reflects a broader reality in MotoGP right now. The riders who dominated the sport through the 2010s, including Valentino Rossi, Jorge Lorenzo, and Dani Pedrosa, have all retired. Marquez is the final active link to that period, still racing and still capable of winning, but surrounded by a younger cohort that includes Acosta, Francesco Bagnaia, Jorge Martin, and Enea Bastianini.

The sport is genuinely mid-transition. Young riders are arriving better prepared technically than ever before, supported by sophisticated data analysis and simulation tools that did not exist when Marquez was learning the craft. But raw data does not carry the instinct developed over thousands of race kilometers, through crashes, championships won and lost, and the subtle reading of tyre behavior that comes only with time.

That is what Acosta appears to be reaching for. Not a mentor in the formal sense, but access to a perspective that will soon be gone from the grid entirely.

Whether Marquez, now focused on his own title bid with Ducati, has the inclination to offer that kind of guidance to a future rival remains to be seen. But the fact that Acosta is asking the question publicly adds an interesting dynamic to how these two Spaniards will share the paddock in the season ahead.