Pedro Acosta entered MotoGP through the front door. The Moto3 (2021) and Moto (2023) world champion, in his first season in the premier category of the Motorcycle World Championship, occupies the fifth position in the general classification in the absence of a Grand Prix until the end of the 2024 season.
In his year of newbiethe ‘Tiburón de Mazarrón’ did not win any races, but He celebrated four podiums in the Sprint races and five in Sunday’s tests. In the table it is the first non-Ducati motorcycle behind Jorge Martín, Pecco Bagnaia, Marc Márquez and Enea Bastianini, so Starting next year he will be a driver for the official KTM team taking over Jack Miller’s position and partnering with Brad Binder.
Furthermore, the Murcian, in a championship where it is especially important to qualify on the front line or as high as possible, He achieved one pole position (Japan), two second places on the grid (Austin and Aragón) and one third place (Indonesia). But that’s not all, because, of the 19 Grand Prix held, only three (Austria, Australia and Malaysia) failed to compete in Q2. Or another way, He managed to fight for pole position in almost 85% of the MotoGP Grands Prix he participated in..
Zarco reveals Pedro Acosta’s strategy
Johann ZarcoCastrol Honda LCR pilot, recently declared the alleged strategy used by Pedro Acosta during the last Grands Prix in Q1 and Q2 on Saturdays: “After using my first tire, I didn’t know how to go faster and I wanted to follow someone. But I didn’t catch Pedro Acosta because I was too fast in the pitlane.”
According to the French, the ‘Tiburón de Mazarrón’ may commit a breach when he leaves his box on the way to the track: “I think he has disconnected the pitlane speed limiter. He has done it twice, in Australia and in Malaysia. You know that the penalty is 1,500 euros. So he knows that, when he wants to catch someone or not catch him, it’s a fine of 1,500 euros. “This is MotoGP when you earn more (money)!”
now, MotoGP regulations establish that riders will receive a financial penalty for the first violation of the speed limit of 60 km/h in the pitlane. as long as they don’t travel too fast. However, the regulations also emphasize that “repeated violations at the same Grand Prix will result in higher fines each time, and any driver who commits three violations in one event may be subject to additional penalties .”
Source: La Verdad
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