Although the Spaniard’s qualities have been known for some time, probably no one could have predicted the level that Pedro Acosta was able to show in his first year in MotoGP. After the first five races, the Spaniard has already managed to get on the podium twice (Portugal and Texas), results that confirm his competitiveness. The GasGas Tech3 rookie is sixth in the World Championship standings, where he is first among the KTM group riders, six points ahead of Brad Binder, who is seventh and who this weekend paid for the nervousness of fighting against the “phenomenon” murciano.
In addition to being fast, Acosta is consistent and has remarkable resilience. A quality that, however, he was unable to exploit this Sunday in France, where his team managed to overturn his GasGas to give the revelation of the season a prototype with which to aspire to full spoils.
Fifth behind Fabio Di Giannantonio on the second lap, Acosta tried to overtake the Roman driver, who in turn was trying to get rid of Aleix Espargaro. At the braking point of turn 8, the difference between his speed and that of the two riders in front of him led him to brake to avoid making a mess, even at the cost of ending up on the ground. And this cost him his first retirement in the premier class, but his third in the last four years at Le Mans.
“It has become a tradition to do a zero at Le Mans. But it is also true that, from here on, things usually go better,” said Acosta, who did not want to give too much importance to the causes of the accident.
“Aleix and Diggia were fighting in front of me, they were a little slower. They braked before me in that corner and I crashed because I didn’t want to destroy anyone’s race,” said the number 31, frustrated at having lost the opportunity to do something important.
“We are competitive, more or less fast in every situation. But this fall hurts a lot because I had a bike to win,” said the young man from Puerto de Mazarrón.
“Many things could have happened, but I saw myself in the group of Jorge Martin, Pecco Bagnaia and Marc Marquez. It was a day in which to be competitive, the speed was there”, said Acosta, who, despite this obvious slip, believes he is still on the rise: “There is still a lot to learn, we have a lot of confidence, but not yet the confidence we want to have,” he concluded.
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