Pedro Acosta in his debut in the MotoGP premier class, finished the testing day in Valencia in 18th position and with many laps completed at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo.
During the debrief, he talked about the feelings of the testing day and his debut riding a MotoGP bike for the first time.
After a day of testing it doesn’t make sense to talk about the championship. I will talk about the bike, which is incredible, I will be very competitive very soon. We can see the number of people working on the bike and we will definitely be very competitive, I don’t know if it will be next year, but I will be very competitive. I think managing the electronics from a distance is incredible, but what surprised me the most is the number of people waiting for us in the pits. It was good to see the help that the factory team is giving us and giving opinions on how I should ride it, I am very happy. I can’t just say one thing about the new sensations on the bike, but what stands out the most is the importance of keeping the brake temperature. Today I really enjoyed the bike, of course being 18th is not what I want, but in this case it was already very good. Pol helped me a lot, he understands very well how I have to ride and prepare the bike, I am very happy with this group and they have helped a lot, it was a good day.
Asked about the difference between riding a MotoGP bike instead of a Moto2 class bike, Acosta replied: ‘I watched some videos before riding and said to myself that I couldn’t see myself riding one of these bikes. The truth is that it’s not that different, in the end they are all competition bikes, but the most impressive thing is that the way to approach a corner is very similar to the approach on a Moto3 bike, but anyway it was good and the team helped me a lot to adapt to the bike as quickly as possible.
At the end, Pedro Acosta spoke about the crash that occurred during testing, the first since he got on a MotoGP bike.
– ‘ The accident happened because I entered turn 1 poorly and had the wrong body position, and before entering turn 2 I wasn’t in a good position, but one thing I noticed was the speed of Viñales or Rins in the corner and I thought to myself “I also have to be able to do that”, but I don’t think anything serious happened with the crash, it was good that it happened to understand what I can or cannot do’.
