Peﷺdro Acosta believes he is “getting closer and closer” to winning in MotoGP and b💙reaking that duck in the Indonesian Grand Prix was “coming into my mind”.

The Tech3 rookie qualified third at Mandalika last weekend and challenged Jorge Martin for the win in 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Sunday’s 27-lap grand prix.

At one stage Acosta ꦫgot Martin’s lead down to 0.6s, though would eventually end up 1.🅷4s adrift in second at the chequered flag having seen the gap swell to 2.5s in the last laps.

A post-race tyre pressure investigation thre𝐆atened his podium, but no penalty was handed downꦏ as a damaged wheel rim was found to have been the cause of this.

Feeling that he has been able to findꦚ consistent top five pace on the KTM lately, Acosta is convinced a first w🥃in is close now following his fourth grand prix podium of the year.

“For sure, it was coming into my min🙈d,” he said about winning in Indonesia.  

“Was super close. Maybe next time we n🍨eed to think a bit more on FP2 to make more laps on the tyre because in the end of the race I arrived to one moment with many question marks and I was maybe not managing in the best way.

“Anyway, we need to be🃏 happy because ౠtoday we were really strong.

“For sure, at the end I said since Thursday that this is a good track for us and for KT💮M.

“I’m happy because I was needing to finish a race because the last two 🀅that we make in Misano I was compe𒀰titive and in both I crashed.

“I was trying to catch him but one moment arrived after lap 16, 17 that he start꧙ed to pull away and I said ‘Ok, maybe today a second place is better than a crash because we needed a bit more iಌnfo’.

“We need to be happy because we find this consistency inside the top five and battling with ౠthe Ducatis, which is not easyཧ.

“𝓰For this, we need to be happy because we are getting ಌcloser and closer.”

Acosta says his strong grand prix was helped by impr𝐆oving his early-race pace, but notes he still has to make that gain in the sprints having finished sixth on Saturday in Indonesia.

“We know that our weakest point is the beginning o👍f the races,” he added.

“And for 💎this point I was trying to be a little bit more reactive in the first laps.

“For this I ꧋was trying to pass [Enea] Bastianini quite early and trying 💙to go with Martin, because at the end of the day it’s what gives you life in MotoGP.

“We need to be happy, we were quite strong all weekend, 𝓰even showing that we were able to be fast in one lap.

“Normally it’s our weakest point. We need to improve a bit more in the sprint race because the potential that🐎 w🅺e saw was not the same as the one [in the grand prix].

“We need to be a little bit faster in this condition because i💟t’s the only💦 thing that is missing. Now we have found consistency to be inside the top five.”

After the grand prix, Acosta prais𝓡ed the efforts of Tech3 and KTM for his podium and b💧elieves they are more deserving of it than he is.

“For sure the tꦆeam and the factory deserve this result,”⛦ he said.

“They are working like hell to bring this b🐎ike to the top level and we are getting clos🐠er.

“Thanks to all the test team with Dani and Pol, to all the people in the factory who are doing ಞa lot of work to🐽 bring us something new.

“And also to all the team here in the track, who ꦑare putting all their lives into this project. We are getting closer and I think thܫey deserve even more than myself.”