‘Second row’ for Acosta
Fresh from the podium achieved just under a week ago in Mandalika, Pedro Acosta look for confirmation in Japan this weekend at Motegi. After the kind words expressed regarding the arrival of Aki Ajo in KTM as the new team manager of the Austrian manufacturer for 2025, the Spanish rookie of the GASGAS Tech3 team took to the track today, considerably improving his times, especially in the final stages of the Tests, until the 4th half.
Ever closer to the front
A placing, achieved thanks to the personal fastest lap of 1:43.583, which will allow the young promise of the MotoGP championship to fight for his first pole in MotoGP directly from Q2: “We feel very good and were able to get into the rhythm quite quickly in the afternoon, despite the little time spent on track this morning – explained Acosta – we have been in trials competitive with the soft tyres, not far from the leaders. We are getting closer and closer to them, so it’s a positive point for us. Saying how tomorrow will go is difficult, because the conditions seem rather uncertain, so let’s evaluate the situation in the morning, and then we will have important decisions to make for the Sprint.”
Further away Fernandez
Definitely more complex on Fridays Augusto Fernandezwhich will instead have to start from Q1 tomorrow at the end of a complex day for the Spaniard, fallen during the Tests and with a 19th place conclusive: “We are struggling with the bike, and here it is a huge problem due to sudden braking – he admitted – having missed most of the morning session due to the weather didn’t help much, because we didn’t have much time to work on the set up, so the feeling wasn’t there at all in the afternoon. We will work hard tonight to try to improve the bike and my feeling tomorrow. We have a realistic goal of getting back into the top 15 in qualifying, so we’re working to achieve this.”
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