KTM’s Pedro Acosta says his bike was too weak in comparison with Alex Marquez’s Ducati within the last nook of Portimao, which is what misplaced him the MotoGP Portuguese Grand Prix dash.
The 21-year-old bagged his first entrance row of the 2025 season on Saturday morning in qualifying, as he put his KTM second on the grid.
From there, Pedro Acosta fought to the tip of the 12-lap dash for victory towards Gresini’s Alex Marquez, however was denied a primary win by simply 0.120s on the chequered flag.
Whereas Acosta was in a position to assault underneath braking on his KTM, he admits the possibility to win was misplaced attributable to his weak type within the lengthy right-hander on the finish of the lap in comparison with the Ducati.
“No, I imply, it was possibly essentially the most thrilling dash race in the entire season for the followers,” he advised TNT Sport.
“Additionally, I feel it’s not a query mark that I gave all the pieces I had in my fingers.
“We did a very good race. We had been 0.1s from the victory – the closest I ever was.
“For this, let’s attempt once more tomorrow. It’s clear we had been quick in the entire observe apart from this final nook, the place Alex and the Ducatis had been fairly aggressive.
“However anyway, I hope that everybody loved this present at house.
“I feel there’s not many issues to do in my braking factors now.
“However we now have to enhance on this final sector. I feel it’s clearly the purpose the place we had been dropping the chance to combat for one thing extra.
“However like I stated, tremendous grateful for the entire crew and all of the manufacturing unit.
“They’re actually making an attempt exhausting to present me a greater bike.
“However, like I stated, it’s what it’s now. Now we have to maintain going. Now we have discovered some consistency on the rostrum or near the rostrum. For this, we now have to maintain going.”
Tyre put on has been a continuous difficulty for KTM this season, however Acosta feels this can be a priority for everybody on Sunday within the grand prix because of the lack of mileage carried out on the rear choices.
“I feel it is going to be a query mark for everybody, as a result of nobody has carried out a variety of laps on the rear tyres. For this, let’s see what’s occurring.”
