David Alonso looks like MotoGP's next Pedro Acosta given the speed and Valentino Rossi-like racecraft he showed in his record-breaking Moto3 career.
But plenty of other rising stars have stumbled between there and MotoGP. Can Alonso avoid that fate and get to MotoGP even sooner than expected, or is the bubble about to burst?
That's what Val Khorounzhiy and Simon Patterson debate in the latest video from our MotoGP YouTube channel:
We're winding the clock back to the epic and hugely contentious 2015 MotoGP season in a series of mini-podcasts exclusively for The Race Members' Club on Patreon this year - and you can sample the first episode here!
Stefan Pierer, the CEO of KTM and its eponymous parent company Pierer Mobility, is being replaced
The KTM crisis that threatens the future of its MotoGP team drives home the need for F1 owner Liberty Media's takeover to go through - and for Liberty to work its "magic" on the championship
Simon Patterson reports from a pause in the four days of festivities, multiple unveilings and ski races that kicks off Ducati's 2025 MotoGP season to join Val Khorounzhiy and Matt Beer on The Race MotoGP Podcast
Ducati's 2025 MotoGP launch has given us an early taster of how new team-mates Marc Marquez and Pecco Bagnaia plan to handle their partnership - and their near-certain title fight
Check out every MotoGP team's 2025 look as they're unveiled during the pre-season