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 struggle for the rostrum, which is a optimistic he’s drawing from even when he’s annoyed 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 always on the high, I used to be quick alone, I used to be capable of cross to Q2 alone, I used to be capable of make a traditional qualifying,” Acosta, who began from fifth, mentioned.
“Discounting the crashes, it’s one of the best weekend of the season to this point.
“The bike was a motorbike to be on the rostrum. For this, I’m fairly offended as a result of I don’t actually wish to put a podium within the bin. However the bike was aggressive once more.”
Photograph by: Gold and Goose / Motorsport Pictures
Acosta was one in every of solely 4 riders to gamble on the mushy 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 pale.
Requested if he was completely happy together with his tyre selection, he replied: “Yeah.
“Was the tyre… I don’t know, perhaps 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 behind the group, we had been half a second quicker. So, worst case was P3.”
