The MotoGP shakedown ended this Saturday in Sepang, with Pedro Acosta setting the fastest time of all three days. Promising indications from the Red Bull GasGas Tech3 rookie, who continues to adapt to the premier class.
On a Saturday where rain was present throughout, affecting the final phase of the day, according to the Crash.net website, Acosta even had a mishap with a fall in the early afternoon. A situation that repeated itself towards the end, when he suffered another fall in the rain without major consequences.
Before the incidents, the Spaniard had already set the best time of the day, 1m58.189s. With that, he surpassed Pol Espargaró (Red Bull KTM) by only 66 thousandths, followed by Johann Zarco (LCR Honda): considering only the best times of each rider, as some were classified in the time charts with more than one bike.
Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha) finished fourth ahead of Dani Pedrosa (Red Bull KTM), with a top five separated by only 0.289s. Joan Mir (Repsol Honda) was sixth, on a Saturday when 13 riders were on the track – including test riders, like Lorenzo Savadori from Aprilia, who tried out six (!) different bikes throughout the day.
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