The Tech3 GasGas rider – who turned 20 over the Barcelona weekend – scored a second dash podium of the season on Saturday and was within the rostrum hunt once more within the grand prix.
Acosta was operating in second behind Pramac’s Jorge Martin when he crashed at Flip 10 on lap 11 of 24. The Spaniard remounted and completed thirteenth.
A disillusioned Acosta mentioned of his crash: “We had an issue with the entrance a part of the bike that’s not so clear. It’s troublesome to say why.”
He added that it was not associated to entrance tyre pressures.
It marked his second successive crash in a grand prix whereas having tempo to combat for the rostrum, which is a constructive he’s drawing from even when he’s pissed off about not fulfilling that potential.
“On the finish, we have to see that Le Mans and right here [at Barcelona] had been the one two weekends the place I used to be continually on the prime, I used to be quick alone, I used to be capable of go to Q2 alone, I used to be capable of make a standard qualifying,” Acosta, who began from fifth, mentioned.
“Discounting the crashes, it’s the perfect weekend of the season to date.
“The bike was a motorcycle to be on the rostrum. For this, I’m fairly offended as a result of I don’t actually prefer to put a podium within the bin. However the bike was aggressive once more.”
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Acosta was one in every of solely 4 riders to gamble on the smooth rear tyre as the remainder went for the medium.
Marc Marquez used this technique to go from 14th on the grid to 3rd. Acosta felt that was the tyre to win the race with and was heading in the right direction for no less than third even when his grip light.
Requested if he was pleased together with his tyre selection, he replied: “Yeah.
“Was the tyre… I don’t know, possibly Marquez overheated the tyre a bit as a result of he was at the back of this entrance group.
“I don’t actually know the place, however he misplaced extra time [than in the sprint] to overhaul the fellows.
“However for me, it was the tyre to win. I cannot say I used to be going to beat Pecco [Bagnaia] and Martin, however to be sincere with the tempo I had and the hole I had between Pecco and Marc in the back of the group, we had been half a second quicker. So, worst case was P3.”
