Pedro Acosta raises “question mark” about Ducati in Barcelona
"We know the protocol of Ducati. On Friday they suffer a bit, then on Saturda🍸y…"
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Pedro Acosta offered a typically cheeky response to a꧂ quꦯestion about his confidence in Barcelona.
Acosta was asked if a productive Friday practice at the Catalunya MotoGP has rebuilt his broken confide🧜nce ♕after he crashed out in Le Mans.
But he sharply respoꩲnded: “Who said to you that I lost confidence? Your opinion? I have another. Everything is fine.”
On Friday in Barcelona, Acosta was third-fastestဣ ov🤡erall behind Aprilia’s Aleix Espargaro and KTM’s Brad Binder.
Du꧃cati riders were left complaining about a lack of grip which did not seemingly affect the KTMs or Aprilias are harshly.
Acosta was asked if he no🧸ticed any problems with his Ducati rivals during practiꦗce.
He smiled: “I didn’t follow a Duc🍸ati in the whole day…
“Last year, Pecco was ready to win if he d🤡id not crash, to be ⛎honest.
“We need to wait until tomorrow. We know the protoco💙l of Ducati. On Friday they suffer a bit, then on Saturday…
“There is a question mark aboutꦦ how Ducati will be tomorrow.”
Tech3 GASGAS rider Acosta laid down a marker for his Barcelona weekend: “From Le Mans, we were ready to win. Eveᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚn when we crashed.
“Toda💃y, I say that we are improving with the base that we had before.
“It is a c🐭onstant snowballꦫ. We are experienced and we are improving. We are on the way.”
He described ⛦the challenges with the track: “Barcelona is not the grippiest track.
“It is difficult to understand how the tyജres 🍸will drop. If you are riding and you never stop, it works well.
“But if you stop in the box for eight minutes…
🐟“It 🌼is unpredictable, the feeling after stopping in the box, with the same tyres.”
His teammate Augusto Fernandez 🍰endured difficulties with his stability, but Acosta explained why there are few similarities between their bikes♒.
“On our side we im𒁃proved the stability,” Aco🌳sta said.
“We made a big step in this area.
“Our bikes are completely different becaus𓆏e he is tall and heavy compared to me.
“T⛄he way he has his foot pegs and handle🐼bars is different.”
Acosta enters the Catalunya Mot🧸oGP, the sixth round of 2024, sixth in the standings.
Hi𓆉s incredible displays in the earliest rounds of his rookie season have resulted in predictions that he will soon win a grand prix.
Acosta could be promoted into KꦐTM’s factory team as his exciting rise continues.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering eve🎃rything from American sports, to football, to F1.
