P3 but Pedro Acosta calls Catalunya sprint “toughest of the season so far”
“It was super tough. The toughest one of the whole sea♑son so far”, says rookie Pedro Acosta after the Catalunya sprint.

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Pedro Acosta was once again in the thick of the podium battle during the Catalunya MotoGP sprint, finishing third behind fellow Spaniards 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Aleix Espargaro and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez.
Acosta momentarily led after an overtake on Francesco Bagnaia on lap three, before leading🍰 again when Raul Fernandez crashed from first place at turn ten.
But Acosta was unable to hold onto that position🌌 as overheating the tyres becamಌe an issue.
Asked if he had fun during🎶 the 12-lap race, Acosta said: “Not the most. It was super tough. For sure, the toughest one of the ඣwhole season so far.
“The moment you make a mistakꦡe with the throttle and you start to spin and overheat the tyre you are done.
“This happened when Raul went in front of me, he was pushing like hell, and I got a bit hot and I said ‘okay, I will go for it’. Tough but also a help for the g💧rand prix.”
🔜Acosta, who lost out to second spot on the final lap when Marc Marquez out-braked the rookie into turn one, admitted to overheating his front tyre when following Bagnaia and Brad Binder.
“I overheated the front tyre behind Pecco and behind Brad,” said the GASGAS rider. “Then I was struggling with the gas and started spinning. 🐼;
“Then it snowballed and every corner goꦇt bigger and bigger. Everyone wanted to be in front to save the front tyre but then it was so difficult to be in front because when you were alone and with a big distance to the guy in front, it was quite difficult to be fast in the last sector.
“Then it was easy for the other guys to overtake you in turn one, then it was difficult to avoid sli♈ding in turn five, it was quite tricky.”
Af🌼ter crashing out in Le Mans, the return to the podium was a🌠 very welcome sight for Acosta given the difficulties in the sprint.
But when asked if he believes꧂ his RC16 will be ready t𝄹o challenge for the win in today’s grand prix, Acosta remained hopeful.
Acosta began by saying: “I hope! The team is going to work but we don’t really know. The good thing is thatꦐ we are getting closꦚer.
“A track that last year the bike suffered a lot at, now we are P3. Taking out the crash from Pecco in the last lap 🔥because I know somebody will ask about that, but we were fourth. Maybe 1.2s from the win. It is not so far.”
Turn ten was Acosta’s chance!

When Marquez came through for second, Acosta looked l﷽ively as he seemingly wanted to snap straight back.
🐟The reigning Moto2 world champion admitted that was his initial feeling and that a move🧸 was planned for turn ten.
However, Acosta soon decided against such a manoeuvre: “I was trying to prepare turn ten because it was the safest one because if I went wide I had asphalt to rꦛun wide.
“But the gap to Martin was not massive and also, after seeing Pecco crash I said we had more to lose than wཧin, today.”