2023-11-14 16:40:23
On Sunday at the Sepang Circuit, Pedro Acosta secured the Moto2 title in a convincing manner with second place behind Fermin Aldeguer, which was hard to take away because the 19-year-old Spaniard had a 65-point lead over Tony Arbolino ( 23) had come to Malaysia.
Acosta has already won the Moto3 World Championship in convincing style in 2021 and has since been considered the “new Márquez”, also because as a teenager he appears very intelligent, mature and hardened – and, in contrast to his great compatriot, apparently always keeps calm and very rarely falls .
Acosta has already achieved 14 podiums in 18 Grands Prix this season, including seven victories, so he will even surpass Raúl Fernández (eight Moto2 victories as a rookie in 2021).
Amazing: In three years with the Red Bull KTM-Ajo team, Acosta won two world championships. For team owner Aki Ajo it was the third Moto2 title in a row following Remy Gardner and Augusto Fernández.
For eight-time world champion Marc Márquez, Pedro Acosta is an exciting MotoGP candidate for 2024. The young star will make his debut in the premier class next year in the GASGAS Factory Racing Tech3 team alongside Augusto Fernández.
«Acosta is a rider who will make a big name for himself in MotoGP. And he will have his time, like Doohan, like Valentino, then Lorenzo, Stoner or me,” suspects Marc Márquez. «At the moment I don’t see anyone winning many championships in a row. But Acosta can be one of those guys. He is still very young and he will 100% have his successful years in MotoGP. Maybe he’ll come up trumps next season. Because he is getting on a competitive motorcycle that has shown with Binder that it is capable of excellent results, as Brad is fourth in the world championship. We will see…”
Result Moto2 race, Sepang (12.11.):
1. Aldeguer, Boscoscuro, 17 Rdn in 36:04,378 min
2. Acosta, Kalex, + 7,128 sec
3. Ramirez, Kalex, + 9,558
4. Ogura, Kalex, + 9,992
5. Dixon, Kalex, +11,652
6. Chantra, Kalex + 13,675
7. Lowes, Kalex, + 15,200
8. Roberts, Kalex, + 18,482
9. Arenas, Kalex, + 20,004
10. Arbolino, Kalex, +20,990
11. Baltus, Kalex, + 21,570
12. Alcoba, Kalex, +23,489
13. Write, Forward, + 25,791
14. Salac, Kalex, + 29,853
15. Foggia, Kalex, + 29,923
16. Hada, Kalex, + 32,681
17. Bendsneyder, Kalex, +33,361
18. Van den Goorbergh, Kalex, + 38,800
19. Kelly, Forward, + 41,799
20. Skinner, Kalex, + 44,758
21. Casadei, Kalex, +53,217
22. López, Boscoscuro, +58,554
23. Azman, Kalex, + 1:09,940 min
24. Tulovic, Kalex, + 1:20,633
25. Garcia, Kalex, 1 lap back
Moto2 World Championship standings following 18 of 20 races:
1. Acosta, 320.5 Punkte (Weltmeister). 2. Tree 243.5. 3. Dixon 183. 4. Aldeguer 162. 5. Canet 159. 6. Chantra 153.5. 7. Lopez 127. 8. Gonzalez 122.5. 9. Ogura 119.5. 10. Salac 110. 11. Vietti 106. 12. Lowes 91. 13. Garcia 84. 14. Roberts 80.5. 15. Arenas 79. 16. Baltus 53. 17. Ramirez 49. 18. J. Alcoba 46.5. 19. D. Binder 32. 20. Bendsneyder 30. 21. Foggia 28. 22. Guevara 20. 23. Van den Goorbergh 17. 24. Tulovic 12. 25. Pasini 11. 26. Hada 4.5. 27. Escrig 3. 28. Skinner 2. 29. Kelly 1.
Constructors’ World Championship:
1. Kalex, 422.5 points (world champion). 2. Boscoscuro 236. 3. Forward 4.
Team World Cup:
1. Red Bull KTM Ajo 399,5 Punkte. 2. Elf Marc VDS Racing 334,5. 3. Beta Tools SpeedUp 289. 4. Idemitsu Honda Team Asia 273. 5. Pons Wegow Los40, 243. 6. Inde GASGAS Aspar 203. 7. QJMOTOR Gresini Moto2, 156,5. 8. Correos Prepago Yamaha VR46 Master Camp 122,5. 9. Italtrans Racing 108,5. 10. Fantic Racing 106. 11. Fieten Oli Racing GP 70. 12. Onlyfans American Racing Team 51. 13. Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP Team 35. 14. Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team 34,5. 15. Forward Team 4.
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