Pedro Acosta’s Aragon MotoGP was a positive one, as he took two pod𓄧iums and displayed a degree of ability to rebound from a difficult we⛎ekend.

Acosta endured his worst weekend of the s𒀰eason in Austria, finish𝓡ing 13th in the race, but was back on the podium in both races in Aragon.

The conditions in Aragon, which ha꧃d been recently resurfaced, meant that Acosta was reluctant to take too much from his performance at MotorLand.

“Difficult to say,” Acosta told the post-raceꦺ press conferಌence. “It was special conditions, was not any moment that was stable. For this, it’s quite difficult to say.

“It’s true that we make a big🌳 step compared to the nightmare that we🅠re in in Austria. We need to see how we arrive to Misano, and also how we handle Misano 2 because will be the first track that I repeat on a MotoGP bike. Still we need to understand where we are.”

Although Acosta isn’t jumping to conclusions based solely on Aragon, he does a✃t least feel that he has made a step forward this🎐 weekend.

“Coming from where we were in Austria that was the toughest race of the season, it was quite nice to be back being competitive and fight for something,” he said. “It’s true that today we were missing a bit the first part of the race that 🍎we were having yesterday to have a bit more gap, but it’s true that today, compared to our competitors, it was a bit difficult to manage the rear tyre.

“But anyway, we were just trying to be alive, and be even closer to𓂃 Pecco [Bagnaia] and these guys. For this, we need to꧂ be happy, because coming from where we were last couple of weeks it’s a good step back.”

Pa💟rt of the step forward for Acosta was found in returning to an ol𒁏der specification of the KTM RC16.

“At the end, we need to understand that our project is quite young,” he said. “Sometimes we are trying many things, and I was maybe t𝄹hinking too much. It was a combination of many things, that sometimes it’s better to take a step back to come back to the front.

“We were also coming back to a bike that I know, and it’s tru🔴e that maybe was not the f💜astest bike, but was better for consistency. We need to try in this way, because we see that it’s a good way to be competitive again.”