Pedro Acosta faced his last option to end a historic MotoGP record

Pedro Acosta He has the best record of his career in the World Championship at the Sachsenring circuit. This weekend he can close the Triple Crown since 2021, his first year in Moto3, he won and did the same last year in his second year in Moto2. Furthermore, he has always been on the podium at the Saxon circuit since 2022 he was only second to his teammate again this year Augusto Fernández.

But this weekend, the closing of that Triple Crown was accompanied by the making of history in MotoGP: becoming the youngest race winner in the Reiba category in history and taking the record from Marc Márquez himself.

The one from Cervera was 20 years and 63 days when he won the MotoGP in Austin, his second race in the premier class in 2013. Pedro Acosta will be 20 years and 43 days this Sunday and has a month off in between No that he will have chances to beat that record.

Acosta had just two options to close out the Triple Crown. His first time at Portimao has already passed in 2024, resulting in third place behind the Ducati of Martín and Bastianini. But because of his second place in Austin Acosta did not return to a podium in a long race.

“We are going to see how Friday starts, we will have a different approach to see if the issue improved, we will see. It is difficult to understand where we can improve the bike. In the end, I think we are missing small things, intentionally what we put together is a huge thing that I think that at times we are not as far as we think and we make mistakes and others tell us a little more and. we solve it a little, in quotes So, let’s see if we can make a difference that we need,” the man from Murcia said this Thursday on Media Day.

So far, like Marc Márquez, he comfortably placed himself in the top-10 of Free Practice 1, but instead suffered a crash at turn 13, the tenth of the year.