Ducati MotoGP group supervisor Davide Tardozzi stated Marc Marquez “clapped his fingers” when he was knowledgeable that the Italian producer was seeking to signal Pedro Acosta.
The reigning champion group introduced earlier this week that it had signed Pedro Acosta to a two-year contract from KTM.
This can be a deal that has been within the works for a while, however the official announcement was delayed as a result of ongoing discussions between MotoGP and the producer over the brand new deal.
Pedro Acosta will battle for victory with Marc Marquez within the 2026 Hungarian MotoGP.
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The lineup of younger, generational expertise in seven-time champion Marc Marquez and Acosta is already producing lots of buzz, particularly concerning the pair’s possibilities of locking horns in comparable vehicles.
Tardozzi stated Marquez didn’t intervene within the negotiations between Ducati and Acosta and stated “you made the appropriate resolution” when he was first knowledgeable.
“It was a straightforward resolution,” Tardozzi stated of signing Acosta.
“Marc did not say something about his teammates. Once we informed him we have been coping with Pedro, he clapped his fingers and stated, ‘Okay, you made the appropriate resolution.’
Marc Marquez, 2026 Brno MotoGP.
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“There is not any have to doubt…”
Ducati additionally confirmed Marquez’s new two-year contract forward of this weekend’s Dutch Grand Prix.
There have been ideas earlier this 12 months that Marquez was reluctant to signal a two-year deal as he continues to get better from a shoulder damage.
Nonetheless, Tardozzi says there was no query inside Ducati that he wouldn’t re-sign for the long run.
“Actually, I feel he was anxious about his well being,” he stated.
“However we by no means had any doubts about him as a result of he was very clear and confirmed us what he was doing by all of the medical personnel, all of the medical workers, an extremely big workers at a really excessive degree in Madrid.
“So I feel we have been saved knowledgeable about that and there was no query of constant with him.”
Concerning the prospect of managing two prime skills in Marquez and Acosta, Tardozzi added:
“So we’re used to it and we’re very, very joyful to be this robust group for the following two years.”
