Pedro Acosta believes he’s “getting nearer and nearer” to a primary win in MotoGP after pressurising winner Jorge Martin through the Indonesian Grand Prix.
The Spanish rookie produced arguably essentially the most convincing efficiency of his brief MotoGP profession to this point, as he muscled his approach as much as second place through the early levels earlier than closing the hole to race chief Martin.
Whereas his bid for victory ran out of steam within the closing laps, the GasGas Tech3 rider introduced his KTM house second to equal his finest end of the season, just 1.4s shy of the win.
His fourth podium of the season marked a welcome return to kind for Acosta, after crashing in each Misano races, and lifted the 2023 Moto2 world champion again forward of KTM stablemate Brad Binder of their battle for standing as the very best positioned non-Ducati rider within the standings.
With 5 rounds of the season remaining, the rookie sits fifth on the leaderboard.
“We should be pleased as a result of we have now received this consistency inside the highest 5, which towards Ducati will not be straightforward,” mirrored Acosta.
“However we’re getting nearer and nearer.”
Pedro Acosta, Crimson Bull GASGAS Tech3
Photograph by: Gold and Goose / Motorsport Photos
Acosta, who will be a part of the manufacturing facility KTM squad subsequent 12 months that the Austrian manufacturer confirmed on Monday will be headed up by Aki Ajo, admitted to prioritising a protected return house over taking dangers to get on phrases with championship chief Martin’s Pramac Ducati.
“Since Thursday I’ve stated it is a good monitor for us and KTM, so I’m pleased as a result of I wanted to complete a race,” he mirrored.
“In Misano we had good tempo and I used to be aggressive, however in each I crashed.
“I attempted to catch him however I had a second on lap 16 that allowed him to drag away once more, so I say that possibly it’s higher to have second place than to have one other crash.”
Shortly after Acosta had taken the chequered flag in second, the race management issued a message stating that the Spanish rider was beneath investigation for a possible breach of MotoGP’s tyre strain guidelines.
Nonetheless, post-race technical checks revealed that the lack of strain was all the way down to a leak within the tyre rim, and the stewards subsequently cleared him of any wrongdoing.