Pedro Acosta faced the “sprint” in Indonesia with many better feelings than in Misano. The Spanish are out third but ended up crossing the finish line in sixth place. Acosta analyzed the performance of the bike after the test and, although he assures that there are things to improve, he sees a good evolution.
“We have a little improved in terms of sensations. We were looking for grip to be able to stay with them (the Ducati) at the beginning, but this time we had so much grip that braking was a disaster“, admitted GasGas on ‘DAZN’.
Acosta also spoke about the end of the race and was partly responsible for Bastianini eventually overtaking him: “I think we found something very positiveeven though we missed the sprint, speaking clearly, but we have very good things for the next race, we just have to fix it a little and improve the start of the race. I was going slowly at first, when those in front of me were leaving, then I started going very fast and I missed the last lap“.
“It was a disasterwe had so much grip that it affected my strong point which is braking, I had the bike like a truckthat no matter how much he braked, he couldn’t stop it. I think we have to take the positive, we worked a lot for tomorrow and we found that grip that we were looking for so much, now we have to know how to use it”, concluded Acosta, who will start third in Sunday’s race.
Another madness from Márquez
Marc Marquez played in the umpteenth return of the season. This time in the ‘sprint’ thanks to a fantastic start from Gresini who left twelfth In the first corner, he was already installed in the fifth position. I crossed the finish line third behind the official Ducati.
However, the qualifying session was the most negative part for Marquez who fell twice and was only able to achieve the twelfth time. The one from Cervera finished the session angry.
“I’m not happy, because once again I failed in the most important stage and that penalizes you a lot. Then I saved it, but I still don’t know how. This podium made us forget a little qualifications, but These mistakes are written, I can’t repeat them in the future,” Marc admitted on ‘DAZN’.
