“The results we wanted are already coming,” says Pedro Acosta

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“My goal this year is that of all seasons; that is, win the maximum number of races and keep improving»

The ‘Shark of Mazarrón’ made a stopover yesterday to travel to Murcia and, ahead of the German Grand Prix at the Sachsenring, on the 19th, attended the presentation of the book about his career written and edited by the former pilot Jaime Arguersuari.

Pedro Acosta faces the second half of the season with more ambition after becoming the youngest rider in history to win a race in the Moto2 category, following his win at the Muguello circuit in the Italian Grand Prix and after finishing sixth in Barcelona after a spectacular come back. Pedro Acosta has therefore already gained enough experience to participate in a category in which, for his first victory, he chained a series of four races without finishing.

Just turned 18 [25 de mayho de 2004],,The man from Mazarrón is in excellent shape: “The results we wanted are already in and I feel better than a month ago,” he said yesterday at the Párraga Center, where the book ‘Pedro Acosta: The 17 World Champion’ year’ state. The untold story.” The Moto2 rider started the season with a new challenge in an unknown category, but from which he starts to take advantage later than desired, not because of his shortcomings, but because of the results his rivals are showing. “It’s not that I started worse, but that my opponents did better than us. Little by little the results are coming in and I think we are doing the work that we should have done since the beginning of the year. Everything is coming,” said the man from Mazarrón. With 55 points to his name and one race won in nine Grand Prix races completed, Acosta, in his first year in Moto2, achieves legendary results thanks to his confidence on the asphalt. looseness that also stands out off the track.As he himself has been saying since the season started, it is a drastic change as everything is different.

“It’s not about changing the bike, it’s more about changing the mentality of the race. In the end, I don’t care if I start 25th in Moto3. On the other hand, now you start in 12th position and it’s already difficult to come back from the race, it’s about changing the mentality a little bit before the races and making it clear that you’re already halfway through the Grand Prix on Saturday,” the Kalex driver explained yesterday.

Regarding his great progress in the last Grand Prix, thanks to the better control of the situation and driving, Pedro Acosta is careful and prefers to keep a realistic mentality and, as the driver himself says, “don’t let our heads If I only focus on myself, everything becomes easier in the end. There are less things to think about.”

Despite winning and making history in Italy on May 29 and with an amazing comeback at the Catalonia GP on Sunday, Acosta remains grounded. “The goal I have this year is that of all seasons; that is, win the maximum number of races possible and learn in each Grand Prix. The goal is to keep improving.”

The former driver Jaime Alguersuari presented yesterday in Murcia the book ‘Pedro Acosta, the 17-year-old world champion. The untold story.” It was an act attended by the pilot, who was accompanied by President López Miras, who said: “To write a book about an athlete means that athlete is good, but if a book is written about someone who is 17 years old , means it’s very good.”

Source: La Verdad

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