Lost the first title ball in Moto2 for Pedro Acosta in the Thai GP, this Sunday (6.15h/DAZN) he will have a more possible second in the Malaysian GP to become the youngest Moto2 world champion in history at the age of 19 years and 171 days and the second youngest in the intermediate category after Dani Pedrosa in 250cc in 2004.
The account is simple, because the pilot from Puerto de Mazarrón will arrive with 63 points advantage and with 75 at stake. It depends on himself and it will be enough for him to be top-4 in the race or lose a maximum of 13 points with respect to Arbolino, the second overall and the rider who has shared the lead throughout the Moto2 campaign.
The Italian has an obligation to get on the podium to force the alirón delay in next week’s event at Lusail and from that premise the rest is in Acosta’s hands. And by placing himself in the top-4 at the end of the race he is already a champion in mathematics.
If Arbolino finishes second, Acosta must finish in the top nine, and if he finishes third, Acosta must finish in the top 13 to claim the crown with two races remaining.
It’s only three times against him
This year the assumption to postpone alirón in the next race has only happened three times: in Argentina (Arbolino 1st and Acosta 12th), France (Arbolino 1st and Acosta crashed) and more recently in Australia (Arbolino 1st and Acosta 9th)
Top-4 in all but four races
The 2023 history of Pedro Acosta In the Moto2 World Championship he pointed out that he was top-4 in all but four races. He won in Portugal, the Americas, Italy, Germany, San Marino, India, and Indonesia, he came second in Spain, Austria and Thailand 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).
He was leading after the first two rounds in Portugal and Argentina, then after Spain, and was unbroken from Silverstone (9th GP) onwards. The rest was led by the Italian.
For your part Tony Arbolino He was on the podium in only eight of the 17 GGPP. He won in Argentina, France and Australia, he came second in the Americas, Italy, Germany, India and Indonesia and third in Portugal.
last year
In the final stage of the Moto2 World Championship in Sepang, Tony Arbolino won the race ahead of Alonso López and Jake Dixon, a race where candidate Ai Ogura almost handed the title to Augusto Fernández with a crash six corners from at the end of the race when he was battling Arbolino for the win. Pedro Acosta was the victim of a pile-up in the second corner of the race, it came together again and fell in the middle of the return nine minutes from the end.
Also second in Moto3
Pedro Acosta He also scored the Moto3 crown in his second match-ball two years ago in 2021. The first time was at the Emilia Romagna GP in Misano and all he needed was to win and for his rival Dennis Foggia to be the 1st 12 or worse. . In the end he won the Foggia race. A more comfortable match-ball was left for the Algarve GP in Portimao, penultimate of the campaign, where he only had to take 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.
Acosta champion in Sepang yes
Win no matter what Arbolino does
He is second no matter what Arbolino does
He is 3rd no matter what Arbolino does
He is 4th no matter what Arbolino does
It was from 5th to 9th and Arbolino did not win
It goes from 10th to 13th and Arbolino is third or worse
He was 14th, 15th or did not score and Arbolino did not make the podium
Source: La Verdad
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