Pedro Acosta finished the MotoGP Qatar Grand Prix in ninth place, but he left exciting signs for his debut season in MotoGP. The young Red Bull GasGas Tech3 rider was running close to podium positions before experiencing some setbacks, and despite being pleased with his performance, he acknowledges that there is still much to work on.
In an interview with Nico Abad, the Spanish prodigy stated: ‘I was pleased; it was just lacking a finish. The truth is what I say: I think we were at a level where we didn’t even think we could be. I believe that above all in the second race, which I think was difficult, we showed a much higher level than what we had in the Sprint. […]. I think we have to be more than pleased’.
According to Acosta, the conditions he found in the main race in Losail were more favorable, but also the bike of this year helped: ‘I think especially in the long race, it was a much more natural situation for me – much more weight with the fuel, many more laps… […]. I think this year we achieved much more traction with the bike than with the frame I had in Valencia – and it’s much more suited for racing. So it allowed me to brake much later, allowed me to enter much more confidently, which I think was something that I lacked a bit with the aluminum frame. So, I believe it was a consequence of many things. The truth is that I had a fairly good pace in the first part of the race. I think in the end we made a mistake in managing so much and that’s why we had that pace, but I think little by little we have to polish the details’.