This weekend’s Spanish MotoGP at Jerez has many people inside the sport predicting 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Pedro Acosta as a possible winner.

MotoGP legend Jorge Lorenzo was the first to claim that the brilliant rookie will win at Jerez, in ju♊st his fourth round in the premier class.

The start of the European leg of the 2024 season m🍷eans Acosta is now racing at circuits which he has𒀰 experienced before, an added weapon to his growing arsenal.

The Tech3 ๊GASGAS rider’s hopes were debated 𒁃on the Crash MotoGP podcast.

“I can’t see anything phasing him,” said journalist Robert Jones. “What we’ve seen so far, 🌃it will just be a contin🎃uation.

“If anythin🍎g, being a home round, it will spur 🐽him on to do even better.

“It’s all there fo𝓡r him to put together a🌜 potential win.

“His form alone is up there with the best riders on the grid. He has b🍌een incredible this season.

“Brad Binder is carrying a♚n injury, he should be competitive with Jack Miller in the factory team but we don’t know how competitive.

“Acosta could be the top KTM rider.

“What’s great is that he knows these circuits and h🌌as had success at a lot of them🥂.

“His knowledge of the circuits - even th🅷oug♔h he hasn’t been there on a MotoGP bike - it won’t phase him at all.

“This week🃏end is a real opportunity for him to not only win, but t🐷o stake a claim as a title contender, which does sound mad to say considering he’s four rounds in.

“But we have to start taking him seriously as a race-winning thr⭕eat every weekend, and a potential title conte🤡nder.”

Pedro Acosta: 'Jerez is one of my favourite circuits...'

Acosta, 19, became the third-youngest podium finishe𝓀r in MotoGP. He has two podiums in three grands prix, and led a race for the first time in Te🦹xas last time out.

He has overtakes of Marc Marquez, Francesco Bagnaia, among others, under his bel🍃t too.

Acosta said as he returns home to Spai🔜n: "The first race at home arrives and it coꦆmes at a very good time.

“We have just made two podiums in a row and I am looking forward to racing in💦 Jerez.

“I h🅠ave no pressure, what I have is the desire to go out on the track in front of what are probably the♔ best fans in the world.

“Our objectives for this weekend remain the same as always, to ✃enjoy ourselves to the fullest and try to continue with this work dynamic.

“It is true that Jerez is one o🔯f my favourite circuits, and in addition, our test team has trained here a lot so I am sure that the bike will do well.

“We also know as a fact that the RC16 does well in🍒 Jerez looking at 2023 results, and it motivates me even more to go out and give it my all since Friday in the first session.”

Nicolas Goyon, Tech3 GASGAS team manager, added: "It is now time for us to start the main European part of the MotoGP World Championship, as we are hea♎ding to the famous Circuito de Jerez - Ángel Nieto, for the Gran Premio de España.

“This Andalusian layout is very well known by all riders, as there is always😼 a lot o🧜f testing going on at this track.

“Pierer Mobility will have high expectations, after we saw Brad Binder aไnd Jack Miller take the podium in both sprint and race last year, so we know that the RC16 is working well there.

“From the Red Bull GASGAS Tech3 side, Pedro Acosta has been dꦜoing an excellent start of the season, with already two podiums and a front row start, and it is now quite clear that he is already riding at a high level in the premier class.

“Last season in Moto2, he was on the podium, so it is a layout that he enjoys, and we are excited to see whaꦚt he can do this week on home soil.

“Augusto Fernandez has initiated some changes in his working method in Austin, and even if the results did not come right away, I am surဣe that the sun will start to shin෴e in Spain for him.

“Expectations are high for tꦆhe Red Bull GASGAS Tech3 squad, and we are excited for a new weeken🔯d full of action and excitement.”

Acosta’s teamm🎐ate♔ Fernandez said: "Austin was a difficult weekend, because even though we scored points, we wanted much more, so I am looking forward to a new race week in Jerez.

“We have in mind that our bike works well on this track, and ourꦜ test team has been working a lot, with positive re💝sults, so it is an extra boost for us.

“We are back ꦦracing in Europe, in front of our Spanish fans, which I am really excited about. Jerez is one of my favourite weekends of the calendar, so let's try to enjoy and get a bit closer to the top guys.”