The Spanish GP is only Pedro Acosta’s fourth MotoGP race. Therefore, he’s still in a phase of adaptation and learning, where each circuit is new to him—despite having competed there in other categories, such as Jerez.
The Red Bull GasGas Tech3 rider took advantage of yesterday to shadow Dani Pedrosa (Red Bull KTM), observing what the veteran was doing on the track: ‘For sure it helps. At the end it’s easier when you have one of these top legends in front and who knows exactly how to ride here and how to manage everything in Jerez. For this it was super helpful. It’s true that FP1 is our worst session in all weekend because I need to be focused on many things, but we are on the way’.
Despite showing speed—he was the only KTM rider to advance directly to the second qualifying – Acosta admitted that it’s still difficult for him to set fast laps without following another rider on Friday:
– At the end I’m still not ready to make the laps by my own on Friday afternoon. Because the problem is, how many laps I make in FP1 or in the practice? Less than 40. For this, on Friday afternoon is quite difficult to say I’m ready to push alone. In the qualifying I’m a little bit more ready, on Friday afternoon it is what it is. It’s already tough to learn a track with a MotoGP bike, imagine also on Friday afternoon start to push for time attacks.