Pedro Acosta has criticised the tyre pressure rule which cost 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Maverick Vinales at the Qatar MotoGP.

Vinales thought h🧜e had completed a sensational and unexpected P2 at the Lusail circuit in Sunday’s grand prix.

But the feelgood moment was taken away two hours after the conclusion of the race, when he wa𝓀s hit with a time penalty for failing to reach the specified minimum pressure for at least 60% of the race laps.

A 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:16-second time penalಌty relegated Vinales to 14th.

He becꦗame the third MotoGP rider to lose a podium finish du🌃e to the tyre pressure rule.

It has been criticised for 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历ღ𝕴史:killing the possibility of shock results, like Vi𒈔nales surging from sixth on the grid and briefly beyond Marc Marquez.

168澳洲🍌幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Tech3 KTM left Qatar with a “bitter taste” after💮 a rare moment of optimism for the manufacturer this season vanished.

Marquez even admitted that when Vinales passed him, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:he briefly thought it was Acosta who is so often the fastest KTM.

Factory KTM rider Acosta was🔥 eighth in Qatar on Sunday before criticisi💝ng the rule which ended Vinales’ dream day.

Acosta also remembered Marquez tackle the tyre pressure rule in Thailand by intentionally dropping back 𝔉one place, before regaining the lead.

Pedro Acosta critical of MotoGP tyre pressure rule

“I don't think it's fair that a podium posit💧ion li𓆉ke Maverick's ends up looking like the kid had cheated,” Acosta told .

“I've ridden behind people and had t𝓀he same problem. And Maverick, okay, maybe he had more because he also rode alone.

“It's like Marquez in Thailand. Who would have expected that there, with the heat, he'd have pressure problems? Nobo𝓀dy.

“So this rule is a bit ꧅tricky, because you're not a fortune teller to know what the tempe🥂rature will be during the race, and whether the tyres will fall off or not, or if there's going to be a crosswind.

“They'd have to look at this rule and say that if the pressure was right from the start, you can't be leading a race and have to cu⛄t in to get behind someone. Okay, Marc, because he's got plenty of space!

“Imagine the situati🌠on where Maverick had won the race and that victory is taken away from you after being the fastest.”

The difficulty for MotoGP teams is ♛that must effe𓂃ctively predict the pre-race pressures, but circumstances can then change.

Weather, or a shock result like Vinales thought he’d pulled off, can render ༒a pre-race estimate useless and ♌cause a rider to fall foul of the rule.

“We also have to take into account that the front of the 🥂bike gets very hot, because of the ꦓdiscs,” Acosta said.

“You get close t🧸o our bike after the race and you can't touch it...

“It's delicate, and I understand that. But for a person to have a podi🦩um taken away from him…

“Going back to Marc in Thailand: having Marc's victory taken away for not going backwards would havꩵe meant taki📖ng the victory away from the fastest.

“If he had 🍸the pressure right from the start, what was Mavཧerick supposed to do? Like Marc and let people pass?

“It's a bit complicated to understand too.”

KTM have endured a rough time this year, ever since their finaಞncial woes were laid bare.

Pit Beirer has insisted that the money trouble and their MotoGP bik♛es’ 💞performances are not related.

But chatter is among the issꦫues facing KTM’s riders, including Acosta.

The brಌand is also dealing with rumours about star man Acosta’s future, amid links to Honda and Duc๊ati.

So Vinales’ podium represented a major step forward for KTM on Sunday - until it wasܫ abruptly taken away.