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 tho🐻ught he 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 afte💮r the conclusion of the race, when he was 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𓆏方开奖结果历史:16-second time penalty relegated Vinales to 14th.

He became the third MotoGP rider to lose a po❀dium finish due to the tyre pressure rule.

It has been criticised for 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:killing the possibility 🍎of shock reﷺsults, like Vinales sur♊ging from s𝔍ixth on the grid and briefly beyond Marc Marquez.

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖ಞ结果历史:Te✃ch3 KTM left Qatar with a “bitter taste” after a rare moment of optimism for the m☂anufacturer 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 criticising the rule which ended Vinales’ dream da꧅yꦬ.

Acosta also remembered Marquez tackle the tyre pressure rule in Thailand by intentionally dro✱pping back one place, before regaining the lead.

Pedro Acosta critical of MotoGP tyre pressure rule

“I don't think it's fair that a podium position like Maverick's ends up looking like the kid 🐠had cheated,” Acosta told ಌ.

“🍃I've ridden behind people and had the same problem. And Maverick, okay, maybe he h🥀ad more because he also rode alone.

“It's like Marquez ༒in Thailand. Who would have expected that there, 𒈔with the heat, he'd have pressure problems? Nobody.

“So this rule is a bit tricky, because you're not a fortune t🍷eller to know what the temperature will be during the race, and whether the tyres will fall off or not, or if thereꦐ's going to be a crosswind.

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

“Imagine the situation where Maverick had won the race anꦡd that victory is taken away from you after being the fastest.”

The difficulty for MotoGP teams is that must effectively predict the pre-race pres🗹sures, but circumstances can then change.

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

“We als🌊o have to take into account th🦂at the front of the bike gets very hot, because of the discs,” Acosta said.

“You get close to our biꦐke after the race and you can't touch it...

“It's delicate, and I understand that. But for a person toཧ have a podജium taken away from him…

“Going back to Marc in Thailand: having Marc's victory 𝓡taken away for not going backwards would have meant taking the victory away from tಞhe fastest.

“If hꦦe had the pressure right from the start, what was Maverick 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 financial woes were laid bare.

Pit Beirer has insisted🍷 that the money trouble and their MotoGP bikes’ performances are not related.

But chatter is among the issues facing KTM🧸’s riders, including Acost🎃a.

The brand is also dealing with rumours about star man Acosta’s future, amid links꧑ to Honda and𓆉 Ducati.

So ꦛVinales’ po👍dium represented a major step forward for KTM on Sunday - until it was abruptly taken away.