Brilliant Pedro Acosta reacts to out-pacing fellow KTMs in COTA practice

Pedro Acosta fifth-fastest in COTA practice, other rid♐ers on the RC16 were 14th, 15th and 16th

Pedro Acosta, MotoGP, Grand Prix of the Americas, 12 April
Pedro Acosta, MotoGP, Grand Prix of the Americas, 12 April

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Pedro Acosta again shone during practice for the Americas MotoGP on Friday.

The talented rookie was fifth-fastest, the only RC16 rider t꧃o earn a spot in Qualifying 2.

The factory KTM duo Brad 𒊎Binder and Jack Miller were 14th and 16th, and Acosta’s Tech3 GASGAS teammate Augusto Fernandez was 15th.

Ac꧅osta was quizzed afterwards how he was able to deliver so much more perfo𓃲rmance than his more experience stablemates.

“It’s not important for me,” he said.

“At the end, we understand that they are fast.

“They will be in Q2.

“I’m not 🦩focused on that. I’m focused😼 on the work that we’re doing.

“We know that our base is good. We must ꦿenjoy 💫now when we can enjoy it.

“And, on the days that are mo🔥re difficult, enjoy the learning process.”

There have b🌟een few difficult days in Acosta’s MotoGP career so far.

Still♍ only 19, last time out in Portimao he became the third-youngest podium finish ever.

Acosta is already living up to the considerable hype that accompanied his promotion from Moto2, which he won la൲st season.

He said after Friday practice at the Circuit of the Americas: “Super h🌼appy. Top five overall.

“It was not the easiest track for a rookie in MotoGP 🙈but we passed it.

“It is super important in MotoGP to pass straight into Q2, for the races. The har🐭d job is done.

“I am happy because we made a step frꦅom the morn꧋ing to the afternoon.

“We know, more or less, the steps to improve.

The stability. There is a lot of bounce on the track. It’s not the easiest. But🧜 we’ll have something.”

Aওcosta explained the difficulties🐬 of the Texas track.

“It’s so long. Turn 1 i🐼s left, right, left, right, it’s trick♎y…

“The hard braking with overspeed is tricky.

“The balance… it’s not the same to hit a bump at 28꧒0kph a💖nd at 360kph.

“But we need to be calm.”

GASGAS Tech3 Team Owner Herve Poncharal added about his sensational new rider: “I don't know how to expr♓ess my fee🅺lings.

“Of course, it's going better than we expected. These firꦫst races have been a dream.

“The race in🌄 Portugal was unbelievable: the pace, the strꦿategy, the cool head he managed to have.

“When you are a rookie and are fighting with Pecco Bagnaia and Marc Marquez, you can often be fast, but of🙈ten you can make a rookie mistake, and I touch wood when I say that.

“COTA is a very special track, andไ with the Moto2, he had a very good feeling, but with the MotoGP, it's a different world.

“But [Friday] morning, within a few laps, he was P1, but we'll see what we 𓆉can expect.

“We are in a dream, I d🐠on't know how to e🉐xplain it, it's not normal.

“He is fighting with great riders like Pecco Bagnaia, Marc Marquez, and Fabio Quartararo who have been here for a few seasons and raced 💜here in Austin.

“ These guys do things that can't be e🍌xplained, they are 💟magic."

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