Unlike Germany where Peter Acosta had crashed twice on Friday but managed to advance to Q2, the driver of the Red Bull GASGAS Tech3 team this time saw the door to Q2 of the Austrian Grand Prix shut in his face MotoGP, after 3 falls on Friday at the Red Bull Ring.
Oh, not by much, only 25 thousandths of a second despite his very good time of 1'28.659, but like Pol Espargaro et Miguel Oliveira, respectively 2nd and 3rd in Q1, had achieved the same time to the nearest thousandth, it was from 14th position that the young Spanish rookie set off for the Sprint.
There, despite contact with fabio quartararo at the start, the baby shark had a very solid race, but once again experienced frustration by finishing 10th, first of those who did not score points...
As usual, we report his words here without the slightest formatting, even if it is translated from English.
24 thousandths in Q1. Do you have a good idea where they might have been earned?
Peter Acosta : “Well, it’s hard to say. We were very close to moving into Q1, and we started from very far back on the grid, whereas even with my Q1 time, there could have been six or seven of us on the grid. With that, it could have made things a lot easier, you know, but that's how it ended. »
What is the feeling on the bike?
“Better, but there are still things missing. And more than anything, we had to ride with the medium in the race. It's certain that we lost performance, but it was also the only way to do 14 laps compared to the Soft. Tomorrow it will be easier for us to maintain the tires and everything else, but we also lost a lot of time at the start. At the start, we lost a lot of time due to the lack of performance of the medium tire compared to the soft tire. Anyway, we had a problem which was the same as in Barcelona, it was quite difficult to explain, you know. We had a problem in the race that it's quite difficult to say why. Ultimately the problem is that you didn't really know what to do on the bike. »
You said you wasted time at first. I think you had a little clash with Fabio…
“It touched me at first. This can happen in a race, and even on a circuit like this, where the distance between the start and the first corner is not very long. And we know from years past what happens at this circuit, so it's completely normal here. »
Yesterday you said you didn't feel any pain from the falls. But this morning, when you woke up, did you feel good?
“I put cream everywhere yesterday and I just fell asleep because of it. It's true that yesterday afternoon I was thinking that maybe there was something. But when I put balm all over and tried to sleep, everything was fine. »
2024 MotoGP Austrian Grand Prix Sprint Results at Red Bull Ring:
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