Pedro Acosta (Gas Gas RC 16), known at the exit of sprint race of the Portuguese MotoGP Grand Prix He was ‘a bit confused’ and remembered that at the third corner he was fifteenth and he finished eleventh.
“We got through the three worst stress zones there are: Q1, Q2 and sprint. It’s true that we had a bit easier time in Q1, although it’s a shame that those tires wore out going into Q2 and they weren’t used afterwards. , but we also improved Qatar’s classification by riding alone and In the sprint I was a bit confused at the beginning and in the third corner I was fifteenth, and then I crossed the finish line eleventh on the first lap,” recalled ‘Tiburón’ Acosta.
“If we remove what we lost in the first lap, which was two and a half seconds, we only gained another two and a half seconds, but we lost less time than in Qatar and we improved the sprint position in Qatar. , for We are slowly making progress,” he insisted.
When looking for the cause of his problems, he acknowledged that: “The way of releasing the clutch came to me a little bit from Moto2, from having a cable clutch, and tomorrow we will have the opportunity to try a different set-up to see if it works better for us. the ‘warm up’, and moving forward, but we still touch handlebars, levers, changing many things on the bike that gradually is better for us , so it’s another aspect that we have. to hold on to throughout the year.”
“I think sprint, versus long-term, are two different mentalities and people know it; I passed four guys… in the sprint in Qatar I didn’t improve much either, people were more aggressive than expected or the races were faster, but in Qatar we were on the same tire compound that we were going to start with. the race and here it is the other way around,” commented Acosta.
“We have advanced well, because Aleix and Quartararo have been good,” explained Acosta on his overtaking to gain positions.
Pedro Acosta insisted that he is not thinking about “results” and instead he needs to “improve what was done in Qatar, in the way of management and in the way of driving. I hope the result will be good.”
However, the 2023 Moto2 world champion admitted he has to ‘make mistakes’, but ‘not the same every time’.
“We have to see how we can position ourselvesespecially on the first lap and hopefully we can get there and not break the tires,” Acosta commented on his strategy for Sunday’s race.
Source: La Verdad
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