The gray side of the weekend in Motegi was that of Pedro Acosta. The Murcian fell to the ground in the race when He started from first position. He drove right behind Bagnaia ‘Pecco’with whom he had lost direction at the exit.
Even though he saw how with the “pole” he didn’t score any points, Acosta the fall is taken philosophically: “There are moments in life that we must play it and that we must force things to happen. And he (Bagnaia) wasn’t going to force me to win, so I had to force him to lose. So you have to accept things as they are. “Right now, we’re late.”
“It’s absurd. I was already above Pecco, I saw that from turn 6 to turn 10 he was quite strong. So my strategy was based on the same as yesterday, hit hard in the last sector, do the whole T1 together with him and I tried to overtake him in lane 5. It was a shame, because I started to prepare the chicane a little, maybe too much, and when I touched the accelerator, it made me stretch another hairpin and that’s what killed me“, said the Murcian in a statement collected by ‘Motosan’.
Acosta claims that the weekend also had positive things to take into account. Among the bad things, GasGas has proven capable of ride to the beat of the Martin, Bagnaia, Marquez and company. The fact of having won the “pole” shows that he can take his bike to compete for the first places.
Returns of Márquez and Martín
The two drivers completed the podium alongside Bagnaïa after making great returns. Jorge was able to minimize the damage and after leaving eleventh He managed to follow in the footsteps of the Turinese. Marquez came out ninth and from there, he climbed the positions until signing a superb third place.
