The praises for Pedro Acosta after the MotoGP Qatar GP continue. The rider fought in the top five during part of the main race, but tire wear pushed him to ninth place in the end – not overshadowing, however, his good performance, with battles and overtakes against riders like Marc Márquez (Gresini/Ducati) or Maverick Viñales (Aprilia).
Nicolas Goyon, team manager of Red Bull GasGas Tech3, spoke to L’Equipe newspaper about the rider who is part of the team: ‘He has incredible natural talent, but also a phenomenal ability to assimilate what is asked of him. He does everything as well as the other [KTM] RC16 riders: braking pressures, maximum angle to the nearest degree… he has a smile on his face when he gets off the bike because he’s enjoying it, which wasn’t really the case in Moto2’.
Another aspect that Acosta displays despite his youth is his maturity, as Goyon said: ‘He also surprises us with his maturity. In terms of sports and professionalism, he has the approach of a 30-year-old rider. He’s the person who gets up every day at 06:00 am to train. He has an incredible routine, and I’ve rarely seen a rider so determined in this discipline. And despite winning two world championship titles in the last three years, he doesn’t act like he’s the star of the team, and that’s him’.