Pedro Acosta entered MotoGP this year and is not intimidated by the heavyweight rivals he has already faced in the fight for top positions such as Francesco Bagnaia, Jorge Martín, or Marc Márquez.
Indeed, the Red Bull GasGas Tech3 rider managed to step onto the podium in just his second Grand Prix, repeating the top three in the third round of the season – where he even led the race.
Despite significantly less experience, Acosta has already beaten some of these rivals in direct battles. But how does the Spanish rider justify that this has already been possible? That’s what the newspaper La Vanguardia asked him, and in response, Acosta stated:
– It’s competition. They are fighting for things more important than me; they are fighting for a World Championship, and I’m going race by race. They can’t take the same risks as me. For me, a crash like the one in Le Mans doesn’t take away or give me anything. For them, a crash, like Martín’s in Jerez or Bagnaia’s in the Sprint, weighs a lot.