“Angry” Acosta says Barcelona MotoGP podium «put in the bin» by bike issue
The Tech3 GasGas rider – who turned 20 over the Barcelona weekend – scored a second sprint podium of the season on Saturday and was in the rostrum hunt again in the grand prix. Acosta was running in second behind Pramac’s Jorge Martin when he crashed at Turn 10 on lap 11 of 24. The […]
2024 MotoGP title «not the priority» as expectations mount
Although there were high hopes for Acosta given his stellar record in junior categories, the Tech3 GasGas rider has defined even the loftiest of expectations by becoming the youngest rider to score back-to-back podiums, as he followed his third place in Portugal last month with a second-place finish in the Americas GP on Sunday. This has propelled […]
Fernandez grateful for KTM MotoGP support despite “not showing anything”
The 2022 Moto2 world champion scored a best result of fourth in an otherwise difficult rookie campaign last year, though earned a MotoGP stay with Tech3 over Pol Espargaro as KTM figured out how to solve its three-riders-for-two-bikes problem. Though on a factory-supported KTM with the new carbon fibre chassis, Fernandez has struggled to get […]
The real key in Acosta’s stunning start to life in MotoGP
Acosta’s impressive march through the field in the Qatar GP to run as high as fourth because sliding down to ninth already grabbed attention. But it was a similar charge from seventh on the grid last time out in Portugal that culminated in a maiden podium in third, after Aprilia’s Maverick Vinales crashed out on […]
Acosta “cannot expect anything” despite rookie MotoGP podium breakthrough
The 19-year-old Tech3 rider put in another headline-grabbing ride in Sunday’s grand prix at the Algarve International Circuit, as he came through from seventh on the grid. First dispatching his factory KTM counterparts Jack Miller and Brad Binder early on in the 25-lap race, Acosta then put overtakes on Marc Marquez and Francesco Bagnaia to […]