Acosta was as soon as once more the highest rider within the KTM contingent at Le Mans, with a fast launch permitting him to leap from seventh on the grid to run fifth within the opening laps.
It has been described by many because the Spaniard’s first main mistake of 2024, with the MotoGP rookie having exceeded all expectations with a sequence of starring performances within the first 4 rounds of the yr.
However whereas KTM scored its worst factors haul of 2024, Acosta feels the RC16 has by no means been as fast because it was at Circuit Bugatti final weekend.
“It was a superb day. [It was] the primary day in the entire season that the bike was actually aggressive to combat for one thing massive,” he stated.
“The potential was excessive, actually excessive. We had been quick in FP1, we had been quick in follow, we had been quick in qualifying, we had been quick in FP3. Within the dash, we managed to take factors.
Pedro Acosta, Tech3 GASGAS Manufacturing facility Racing
Photograph by: Marc Fleury
“The largest step was within the warm-up. For me, I say once more it was essentially the most aggressive KTM bike we had in the entire season.
“It is a mess to make one of these mistake, however anyway, we’re on the way in which.”
Sensing a chance to overhaul two bikes in fast succession and snatch third, Acosta despatched his KTM up the within of Di Giannantonio’s Ducati into the right-hander at Flip 8.
However whereas he managed to get previous the Italian, he fell off the bike close to the apex and slid onto the gravel run-off, retiring on the spot from the race.
Acosta defined that he tried to keep away from crashing into the again of third-placed Espargaro as they braked for the nook, however ended up locking the entrance and crashing out of Tech3 group’s dwelling occasion.
“Diggia and Aleix had been having a battle in entrance of me, at Flip 7,” he stated. “Possibly it was coming to T8 they had been doing [staying at] the suitable, and so they braked fairly early to as an instance to go to the left.
“And after they realised that they had been fairly gradual, they began to launch [the brakes] and it was in the intervening time that I used to be coming so quick.
“On the finish, I did not wish to hit Aleix and destroy the race of all the fellows. I attempted to cease the bike after which I locked the entrance.”