Pedro Acosta, Augusto Fernandez Tech3 tangle a “scary, shit happens” situation

Team-mate clash brought out red flags in the opening minutes of Fridꦅay practice.

Pedro Acosta, Augusto Fernandez
Pedro Acosta, Augusto Fernandez

Opening practice for the Solidarity Barcelona MotoGP season finale began with a bang when GASGAS Tech3 team-mates 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Pedro Acosta and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Augusto Fernandez collided, bringing out the red flags.

Fernandez was attempting to go around the outside of Acosta, who was ꧋caught up behind Brad Binder, at Turn 5. But the rookie was unaware of Fernanꩲdez’s presence and the pair clashed on the exit.

Both went down, damag🍃ing an air fence and forcing the session to be stopped. Fortunately, the pair were unharmed and back on track for the restart.

“It was strange,” said Fernandez. “It was a scary one, but I was speaking with Pedro and𒀰 it’s all okay in the end.

“I didn't see him picking the bike up and he did✨n't ꦿsee me.

“They [riders ahead] were slow into the left and I went to the outside - not to pass, not to try to overtake, just to avoiﷺd them.

“I was running on the outside l🔯ine and the🔯n on the pick-up [we made contact].

“Just a normal incident but not the ideal way to start the weekend. I also crashed in the afternoon, so 🧜it﷽’s been a tough day.”

Acosta, who rebounded to finish second in ꦡthe morning☂ session, brushed off the incident.

“Everything that can happen in one situation, happened,” he said. “We are ok♑ay. Was not the fault of anyone. Was a combination of factors. For this, for🃏get it… Shit happens!”

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Marc Marquez, just behind the pair on track, took evasive actio🐽n and raised his hand to warn others of the incident.

✤“It was an unlucky, dangerous situation,” said the Gresini rider. “If somebody did a mistake it was Augusto, because I t♔hink Acosta didn't see him.

“But 📖they a🦄re team-mates, so I think it will not be a problem!

“It was a very strangeꦚ situation because everybody was going super sloꦜw.

“Pirro had crashed on the first lap at that same♈ corner, then all the guys were slow and Augusto was optimistic on the outside.

“These things happen in racing. Lu🎉ckily, they are team-mates and then no casino [draꦿma]!”

Pedro Acosta, 2024 Solidarity Barcelona MotoGP
Pedro Acosta, 2024 Solidarity Barcelona MotoGP

Acosta fini😼shed the day in ninth place, as the only KTM rider w𓃲ith direct Qualifying 2 access. But he felt far from comfortable in the cold and slippery conditions.

“The grip is the same shit that we have when we come in May! Th🍷e only prob🧜lem is that now it’s even easier to lose the front,” Acosta said.

“The lap time was not faster, the spin was even more, the movement was even more. For �꧒�this, difficult to say something positive about the grip."

Exactly why the 🌃Catalunya circuit has "the worst grip on the calendar" is also a mystery.

“It’s diffi▨cult to say because we don't have bumps, we don't have cracks, we don't have many black patches. But we don't have grip,” he said.

“It's quite strange, also because not many ye🃏ars ago the track was resurfaced.

“Then you have track surfaces like Japan, that have been there many years, and the gri꧙p 💃is there.

“It's quite strange to analyse. But anyw💫ay, it'🐓s the same for everybody.”

Acosta added:𒊎 “The question right now is which tyre we a✃re going to use. 

"Because even with [the usual] three fro🍎nts and two rears, we have a lot of work to do.&nbsဣp;

"So imagine now, with𝔉 four fronts and three rears!”

Barcelona is the ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚfinal weekend for both Acosta and Fernandez at Tech3. 

Acosta will move to the factory KTM team next se༒ason with Fernandez expected to become a Yamaha test rider.

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