The appearance of Pedro Acosta (Gas Gas RC 16) is, without a doubt, one of the most positive news at the start of the MotoGP World Championship.
The young Murcian rider (19 years old), who made his debut this season in the premier class after being champion last year in Moto2, did not take long to become the main character (in a positive way), rubbing shoulders, race after race, with the best rider in the championship.
In fact, Acosta started the World Championship with a more than creditable 9th position at the Qatar GP, the first of the championship, and has not been off the podium in the following two races: third at the Portuguese GP and second yesterday at the GP of the Americas.
With this pair of great results, the Spanish rider entered the history of MotoGP by becoming the youngest rider in history to make two consecutive podiums in the top category of motorcycling: 19 years and 325 days.
The previous record was held by the ‘one certain’ Marc Márquez, who achieved his first two consecutive podiums when he was only 20 years and 63 days old.
Exactly, Cervera has another record that Acosta also ‘threatened’: being the youngest rider to win a MotoGP Grand Prix.
The Catalan achieved this in 2013, at the age of 20 years and 266 days, so Acosta still has room (almost a year, all that is left of the season) to try to surpass him and continue making history in MotoGP.
Source: La Verdad
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