Pedro Acosta crashes on sighting lap: “The most ridiculous mistake of my career!”
In wet and bleak conditions, the championship lead♌er dramatically fell at Miller Corner at Phillip Island to give his 🌟title rivals unexpected hope.
The Red Bull KTM Ajo ๊rider reacted:൩ “We know that the wind was quite strong.
“It’s true t🧜hat it was not a lot, on the track, but rhe wind was strong. Close to 50 or 60.
“I did maybe the mos꧑t ridiculous mist💖ake of my career!
“I never thought I’d crash on the sighting lap!
“But life is like th�🔴�is. We managed not to lose a lot, after the comeback.”
Acosta was forced to start from 31st on the grid, a task🐎 made even harder by the conditions and the cautious nature of the ಌriding from many of his rivals.
Tony Arbolino wꦚas💞 leading when the race was red flagged due to the weather conditions, and he was declared the winner.
Acosta finished in nint🦄h, minimising the damage of his shocking pre-race er𒁏ror. He remains the championship leader.
“At the beginning of the 🧸year, the wet conditions were not our best w♔ay to race,” Acosta reacted.
“It w🌟as tough in the beginning. The problem🌸 when you’re at the back, you cannot see anything.
“In the ꦍfirst five or ⛦six laps I stood up to see anything!
“When I was 17th or 18th I could watch more and be fꦇaster. But a lot of guys at the front were dif꧋ficult to manage.”
Acosta🐻 is coming to the end of his final year in Moto2 before he steps into ꧅MotoGP with Tech3 GASGAS.
James was a spor𒆙ts journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American spo꧑rts, to football, to F1.
