Pedro Acosta He has a new number for his MotoGP debut. The Murcian driver must change his #37 as he already has an owner in the main category: Augusto Fernandez. That’s why he will debut this Tuesday with bib #31 on his GASGAS team KTM.
With this number change, this is the second time the number needs to be changed. He won his rookie year with the #37 in Moto3 in 2021 and, moving up to Moto2, he had to change because he was also caught behind. In that case it was number #51 was chosen to start his career in the intermediate category. Augusto Fernández was again the first in ‘Tiburón de Mazarrón’. In fact, both Spaniards have joked on many occasions about the coincidence of numbers, but the experience of the native of Madrid is in his favor.
When Augusto moved up to MotoGP, Acosta put the #37 back on his bike and won the championship again, this time in a higher category. Hence, it can be said that this number has been with him during the most glorious moments in his early career.
With #31 instead of #37 the change on the aesthetic level doesn’t change much and allows the pilot’s marketing to be less affected. So, in the early days it would not be strange to see him with a new travel companion
Source: La Verdad
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