Pedro Acosta says his crash out of🍌 the lead of the MotoGP Japanese Grand Prix sprint was “a personal mistake” and completed an unwanted hat-trick for the Tech3 rider.

The 20-year-old secured his first pole position in MotoGP on Saturday morning after Marc Marquez had a 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Q2-topping time cancelled at the end of the session.

It marked Acosta’s first grand prix pole since the 2023 Austrian Moto2 round, though he couldn’t convert it to a win in the Motegi sprint as he cꦦrashed out of the lead on lap nine of 12.

It’s the third time in grand prix car🍸eer that Acosta has crashed after securing his first pole, 🌠having done the same in Moto3 at the 2021 Valencia GP and in Moto2 in the 2022 French GP.

“Well, was it was a pe🌱rsonal mistake,” he to🔯ld Motogp.com.

“I w🔥as little bit wide in Turn 6 and then [I had] a little bit more angle and [was] a little bit wid🏅e in Turn 7.

“Anyway, it’s becoming a tradition to crash from my first pole position in any class. Tomorrow, this is t🌃he second time we st🐬art from P1. Normally second times are better.”

Acosta’s lꩲead had grown to over six tenths when he c🦩rashed out of the sprint and doesn’t feel like he was under any pressure before he fell.

“I was quite safe because we were not riding su💫per-fast,” he added.

“It was a stupid mistake, but any💖way we need to accept it was my mistake.

“Sorry to KTM, sorry to the ✨whole team, sorry to all the people around this proje🅰ct because today was my fault.

“But we are becoming much closer tha💧n what we expected this sea🌊son. Sure it was tough to accept, but we need to continue this way.”

Francesco Bagnaia, who won the sprint after Acosta’s fall, pegged the Spaniard as being a threat in Sunday’s grand prix - having done so also on Friday after looking at his ෴long run pace.

When asked about this, Acosta said: “We hope. Minimum be calm. It’s going to be a difficult race. Also about choice of the tyre, because no one made many laps on the med💟ium. But let’s see.”