Pedro Acosta: 'The bike went one way, I went the other. It was a big one'

Pedro Acosta: “Thank God🐽, theౠ bike went in one direction and I went in the other."

Pedro Acosta, 2024 Austrian MotoGP
Pedro Acosta, 2024 Austrian MotoGP

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Pedro Acosta emerged unharmed from an incident packed Friday at the Austrian MotoGP but will need to battle through𝓰 Qualifying 1 after missing out on a top-ten place.

The MotoGP rookie fell three times from his RC16, a small lowside at the Turn 2 chicane being swiftly followe🍌d 🌌by a scary, session-stopping 300km/h accident as he touched the brakes at Turn 4 in the final minutes of the morning.

“In Turn 2 it was a cold tyre to b🥂e honest, because I was waitin𓄧g for Pol who was behind,” Acosta told MotoGP.com

“So I crashedꦺ, restarted the bike, made a full lap. And I said ‘OK, if the tyre is cold, I will have time to warm it up.’

“The only thing I was not expecting was that the centre of the tyre was [stil🌳l] cold, because it was cold-cold… And at the moment when I touchඣed the brake, I was losing the front.

“Thanks to God, the bike went in one direction and I went in the other. Because iꦿt was a big one. 

"Anyway, everything was OK.”

The final accident, again a low♎side, came on an out lap in the afternoon and saw Acosta jump to his feet bef⛎ore his bike had stopped moving.

But it ended any direct Q2 chances.

“Wit🌠h the hard front [tyre] it was quitꦗe tricky to ride because also in FP2 [afternoon] I tried and crashed in the out-lap. This one was quite strange and I still need time to understand why,” said the GASGAS Tech3 rider.

“We lost a lot of time today with the crashes... But tomorrow, if we are calm and have time to wor🗹k, for sure we will be better.”

Acosta’s Saturday morning goal will be to advance through Qualifying 1 and claim a top-six place in q𒁏ualifying.

“First of all, we need to pass to Q2 and then be in the first two rows of th❀e🌱 grid. I see ourselves and Pierer Mobility in general with the pace to be in these two rows.”

Brad Binder was the only RC16 rider to claim di🌜rect Q2 access wit🎀h fifth place on Friday.

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