MotoGP, Acosta: "Good race, but when they started falling it was hard."

That he is a talent no one had any doubt, but certainly in the Sprint Race in Jerez Pedro Acosta proved to have an edge over many of his colleagues, proving himself good at not falling into the trap of the slippery track in spite of his young age and his rookie status in MotoGP.

"I also went on the wet and lost time," he said, satisfied with the second place he earned. "It was complicated to figure out where to put the wheels, in any case it was a good race for us, we were very fast in the first laps that we usually suffer instead, and the start was also good. When you are in someone's slipstream you can manage more or less, let's say you act accordingly because you are not really attached anyway. But then Alex Marquez and Binder crashed, shortly after that Bastianini crashed as well. When I lost contact from Marc and Martin it became critical. The strange thing is that at Turn 8 it was wetter, but no one slipped. Maybe precisely because the water was evident. Turn 5 also proved tricky."

About the anomalies presented by this Saturday's race he argued, "It is likely that as a track it is not the best in terms of drainage, plus it rained during the morning and the temperatures are not high."

Returning instead with his mind to the qualifying session that ended in tenth place, the Spaniard explained, "In the last corner there was more water on the inside.I came in strong, but then I thought I would take it easier and equally I lost the front. Basically compared to the other laps I only held one degree less of lean angle. Anyway, I want to take it well. To fail means to grow and today that happened. It's easy to talk from this position, however we have learned something," he closed by celebrating the many fans who are supporting him at the circuit.

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