The Spaniard has only been in the world championship for three years, winning the Moto3 title on his debut in 2021 before making the step to Moto2, where he managed three race victories in 2022.
Last year Acosta won the Moto2 crown and signed with the KTM-backed Tech3 GasGas team to step up to MotoGP this year.
Acosta has faced immense media attention since his first year in Moto3, which has only heightened now he is stepping to MotoGP.
Asked by Autosport during Tech3’s 2024 launch event how he has been able to separate this attention from his preparations for 2024 over the winter, Acosta said: “Well, the problem is since I started in the championship these question marks or this pressure from the media was always there.
“I was just living the last three years with pressure every day of my life for this.
“Now it becomes something normal, just trying to focus on myself and just enjoying when I go riding. Also just enjoying when we go to Austria with the guys from the Pierer Mobility factory.
“I’m just trying to be focused on myself, because I had some bad moments in the past with these things in the media. I just learn to switch off the sound and listen to what I want to listen to.”
Source: Autosport