Pedro Acosta believes he had the pace to fight for victory at Le Mans, however, the sensational Mo🎃toGP rookie has played down expectations heading into this weekend.

Acosta has been fast at every circuit so far in 2024 but Le Mans💖 was perhaps his first real shot at claiming a m♚aiden MotoGP win.

Acost🔥a crashed when trying to put his KTM machine between Fabio Di Giannantonio and Aleix Espargaro, nearly wiping out both riders in the process.

But when asked if he believes the same potential can be shown this weekend in Catalunya, Aco𒁃sta gave a cautious response𒁏.

The Spaniard said: “Well let’s see. Again it is a new track for us on ♌a MotoGP bike. We need to start from zero.

𝓡“It’s true that KTM were working like hell this wee𝔉k to avoid the problems we had in Le Mans.

“On Sunday we made a really big step but here we need to start f𒊎rom z💞ero.

“We know th♎at this track is quite tricky with the grip and so we need to understand how our bike is working. Last season it was not very easy and Bra✤d [Binder] could not finish the race.”

Every circuit he goes to is his first expe🐎rience at that track 🃏on a MotoGP bike.

However, that hasn’t fazed the reigning Moto2 world champion, who is aiming to improve his starts this we⭕ekend, which he feels is his weakest area at present. 

“Like wh🍨en I went to Malaysia for the first time, like when I went to Qatar, in the end it is not going to be easy,” added Acosta.

“Let’s try to make a good qualifying and let’s try to makඣe a good start which is maybe our worst area at the moment.

“The other riders arrive as fast as you and this is going🏅 to be the case [again].⛎”