Pedro Acosta believes he is getting closer to his first MotoGP victory after being extremely competitive in the race for the Indonesian Grand Prix.
The Spanish debutant delivered arguably the most convincing performance of his short MotoGP career to date, as he managed to climb to second place during the early stages before closing the gap on race leader Martin.
He had no chance of winning in the final laps, but he did the driver GasGas Tech3 won the second place and equaled his best result of the season, just 1.4 seconds behind the winner.
His fourth podium of the season marked a welcome return to form for Acosta, after crashing out in both races at Mizano, and lifted the 2023 Moto2 world champion ahead of fellow KTM rider Brad Binder in their battle for top-placed rider status not he drives a Ducati.
With five rounds remaining in the season, the rookie is fifth in the standings.
“We have to be happy because we have this consistency inside the top five, which is not easy against Ducati”Acosta said.
“But we’re getting closer and closer.”
Acosta will join the factory KTM team next year, which will be led by Aki Ajo.
“I said since Thursday that this is a good track for us and KTM, so I’m happy because I was able to finish the race”he thought.
“At Mizan we had a good pace and I was competitive, but in both performances I fell. I tried to catch him but I had a moment on lap 16 that allowed him to pull away again, so I say maybe it’s better to have second place but another fall.”
Shortly after Acosta finished his performance, race control released a message stating that he Spanish driver under investigation for potential violation of tire pressure rules MotoGP.
However, technical checks after the race revealed that the loss of pressure was the result of a tire leak, and the marshals subsequently absolved him of any responsibility.
Source: www.moto-berza.com
