Pedro Acosta was near extending Rostrum Streak 4 straight in a row at KTM’s dwelling spherical, Purple Bull Ring, however finally needed to accept fourth place in Austria’s MotoGP on Sunday.
The Spaniard briefly took third place on 10 laps, overtaking the declined Francesco Bagnaia, however was handed over by Gresini Rookie Fermin Ardegea.
Acosta then settled in secure fourth place, 3.4 seconds from Marco Betzecchi (Aprilia) and a pair of seconds away from Tech3’s Enea Bastianini.
Pedro Acosta factors to his KTM limitations
The younger Spaniard praised the newest RC16 aero, which debuted in Austria, however mentioned it stays a serious limitation on others resembling Ducati and Aprilia.
“I pushed it till it destroyed the entrance tire,” Acosta admitted.
“We have made quite a lot of enhancements to the administration of the entrance tires, however on the finish we’re forcing the entrance to spin greater than the others.
“It isn’t simple, however we have now to be pleased. We had been within the prime 5 all weekend.
“We took a giant step into race time and the chances right here. I used to be about 30 seconds from the beginning of final 12 months and 7 seconds this 12 months.
“KTM nonetheless has a number of issues in its pockets, and it is true that there aren’t that many this 12 months, however we’re nonetheless studying.
“We had been tremendous quick with a totally totally different structure, Brno. Right here, the place KTM normally suffers, we had been actually near the rostrum.
“Let’s go to Balaton Park now.”
Acosta arrives in Hungary tied up with Fabio Digianntonio (VR46 Ducati) in factors within the MotoGP rankings.
