The Mazarrón rider took his first pole position in Moto2, the second in his career, after dominating free practice on the French circuit on Saturday.
Pedro Acosta (Kalex) is beaming again. On Saturday, he managed to inaugurate his box of best practice classifications by taking pole position for the Moto2 French Grand Prix at Le Mans, including a category record. The driver from Mazarrón set a best time of 1.35.803 and was just over a tenth of a second ahead of Briton Jake Dixon (Kalex) and his teammate, Spaniard Augusto Fernández.
Acosta prepared his seventh Grand Prix in the intermediate category on the French route on Saturday, in the morning he became the king of free practice and in the afternoon he added his first Moto2 pole position and the second of his sporting career. In his triumphant campaign in Moto3, he couldn’t beat the time until the last appointment in Cheste when he was already champion, this time it cost him seven grands prix.
The first big surprise in the category came from the leader, Italian Celestino Vietti (Kalex), who was left out just six thousandths of the second standings over Spaniard Jorge Navarro (Kalex), who finished fourth. Vietti will be forced to start the French race from nineteenth position, or what is the same, from the seventh row. Fermín Aldeguer from Murcia, for his part, improved during Saturday’s rehearsals and finished with the 18th fastest time (1.37.98).
Briton Sam Lowes was fastest in the opening laps of the second standings, with two fastest laps in his second and third laps, with 1.36.071 in the best of them but still with ten minutes of practice ahead of him, which is no longer The The Englishman was able to compete and on the next lap he crashed spectacularly at turn eight, even hitting his motorcycle.
Lowes grounded for a moment and left the danger zone ‘on all fours’, knowing the qualifying session was over for him, as well as for Japan’s Ai Ogura (Kalex), who at the same moments had an accident in turn six and also came out action, in the battle for a good position in the timetable.
In MotoGP, Bagnaia returned to pass on his lessons in one lap. The Italian secured his second consecutive pole position with a record time at Le Mans, challenging the dominator in France, leader Fabio Quartararo.
Everything that happened during the two days of practice at Le Mans could come to nothing if the weather forecasts are correct and rain hits the French circuit today, which is not uncommon. In fact, the last two MotoGP races were held under those conditions. But in the meantime, the tests left several details behind. The first, that of the exhibition in terms of pace by Fabio Quartararo, whose only hindrance will be the position on the grid.
“I know my ideal time was better, but I’m so on the limit that I have to make some mistakes in one lap, that’s normal. As for the pace of the race, I know we have something different, and most importantly, we have the opportunity to fight for the win,” the Yamaha rider confirmed after finishing fourth.
Source: La Verdad
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