This weekend the MotoGP caravan changes Australia through Thailand for the 17th Grand Prix of the season and the first of three titles in contention in Moto2 could already fall. The pilot of Puerto de Mazarrón Pedro Acosta He will enjoy his first match-ball this Sunday to secure the second crown in his three seasons in the MotoGP World Championship at the age of 19.
It is not an easy match-ball to change to a title for the first time because everything involves adding 19 points over its direct rival. Tony Arbolino, the driver whose lead is shared throughout the competition, and so far that has not happened in any of the 2023 Grands Prix. Pedro just needs to be 1st or 2nd. In case of winning the race, the Italian must finish 10th or worse and in case of being second, his rival must finish 15th or worse.
The Murcian can choose, otherwise, to leave a very affordable match-ball for the next appointment on November 12 in Sepang when he still has two races ahead in Losail and Cheste.
The 2023 history of Acosta pointing out that he was leading after the first two rounds in Portugal and Argentina, then after Spain, and uninterrupted from Silverstone (9th GP) onwards. He won in Portugal, the Americas, Italy, Germany, San Marino, India, and Indonesia, he was second in Spain and Austria and third in the Netherlands, Great Britain and Japan. He was left without a prize in the four GGPP Catalunya (6th), Australia (9th), Argentina (12th) and France (fall).
In its part, full He leads the Moto2 World Championship in 2023 after the Americas and between France and the Netherlands for a total of five GGPP. He won in Argentina, France and Australia, he came second in the Americas, Italy, Germany, India and Indonesia and third in Portugal. He has always crossed the finish line in the race and with the exception of Catalunya (17th) he has scored points in all of them.
This weekend in the Thai province of Buri Ram where the Chang International Circuit is located, another busy Grand Prix awaits them as a storm is forecast for three days, Friday and Saturday mid-afternoon, a classic in the South- east Asia, although Sunday seems to be the day most affected by water, if the forecast is correct. The heat will not be intense, 23ºc minimum and 32ºc maximum.
In Moto3 he won second
To mathematically win his Moto3 championship title in 2021, his first campaign in the World Speed Championship, he needs two chances. The first is at the GP Emilia Romagna of Misano and it’s as complicated as in Buriram this year: the only thing that matters is winning and his rival then. Dennis Foggia is 12th or worse. He eventually won the Foggia race against opposition from Pedro’s Red Bull KTM Ajo teammate, Jaume Masiaand the Murcian came third.
A more comfortable match-ball was left for Algarve GP in Portimao where he only had to get five points from his rival and up to 11 combinations were entered. And he made good on the first assumption and the one that depends on himself: winning the race. He also cooperated in the last turn Darryn Binder when throwing Foggia breaking the unwritten law that two heroes should be allowed to fight. But the victory had already dissolved any consequences of Foggia’s delay in the alirón at the end of the Cheste party.
Pedro Acosta title options
– Win the Race and make Arbolino 10th or worse
– Be 2nd and Arbolino is 15th or worse
Source: La Verdad
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