Pedro Acosta crashes on sighting lap: “The most ridiculous mistake of my career!”
In wet and bleak conditions, the✱ championship leader dramatically fell at Mille🎀r Corner at Phillip Island to give his title rivals unexpected hope.
The Red Bull KT♊M Ajo rider 𝄹reacted: “We know that the wind was quite strong.
“I💖t’s true that it was not a lot, on the track, but rhe wind was strong. Close to 50 or 60.
“I did maybe the most ridic🍸ulous mistake of my career!
“I never thought I’d crash on the sighting lap!
“But life is like this. We managed not to lose a lot, after the comeback.💟”
Acosta was forced to start from 31st on the grid, a task made even harder by the conditions and the cautious nature of the riding from many of his riva⛦ls.
Tony Arbolino was leading when th♒e race was red flagged due to the weather conditions, and he was declared the winner🃏.
Acosta f༺inished in ninth, minimising the damage of his shocking pre-race error. He remains the championship l🥀eader.
“At the beginning of the 𝕴year, the wet conditions were not our best way to ra🅺ce,” Acosta reacted.
“♓It was tough in the beginning. The problem when you’re at the back, y💝ou cannot see anything.
“In the first five or six 𓆏laps I stood up to se🌠e anything!
“When𓆉 I was 17th or 18th I could watc🔯h more and be faster. But a lot of guys at the front were difficult to manage.”
Acosta is coming to the end of his final year in Moto2 bef🔴ore he steps into MotoGP with Tech3 GASGAS.
James was a sports 🅺journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
