Marc Márquez and Pedro Acosta had an intense battle yesterday during the long race in Losail, with the rookie managing to overtake the veteran. The former world champion praised the way #31 passed him, considering it was the ‘attitude of a champion’.
In statements to the press in Qatar, Márquez, who ended up returning the maneuver to the rookie, recalled the moment he saw Acosta overtake him: ‘He passed me and I was expecting it, because on Saturday he did a good Sprint. Above all, when the pace is not very fast, you expect people to arrive who, well, as a rookie, surely when he passed me I wasn’t saving the tires much’.
Shortly after, Márquez overtook again and said that, for the Red Bull GASGAS Tech3 team, everything is part of their evolution: ‘And, in fact, in the end I don’t know if he made a mistake or something like that, but well, that’s how you learn’.
Para el piloto de Gresini, la forma en que Acosta estaba en pista fue muy interesante: ‘La actitud que tenía era la de un campeón, como lo hizo el año pasado en Moto2. Y la verdad es que estaba rodando rápido, tenía puntos muy fuertes y los va a pulir. Pronto estará luchando por el podio y asustará en alguna carrera’.
