Pedro Acosta Slashes Sprint Time, But Ducati’s Dominance Persists in Emilia Romagna

Pedro Acosta is "significantly quicker than last week," but…

Pedro Acosta improves his San Marino Sprint time by reducing it by 6.8 seconds, although the race-winning Ducati also shows similar progress.

Pedro Acosta improved his Sprint time by 6.796 seconds compared to his performance at Misano 1, achieving a speed that would have placed him close behind race winner Jorge Martin just a fortnight ago.

Regrettably for the GASGAS Tech3 MotoGP newcomer, Francesco Bagnaia's winning time in Saturday’s Emilia Romagna Sprint was 6.265 seconds faster than Martin's performance from two weeks prior.

Acosta improved his position by one spot, finishing fifth instead of sixth, and remained the highest-placed rider not on a Ducati. However, he acknowledged that the distance to the leaders is still intimidating.

“It was a pretty great day. Additionally, we were significantly quicker in the Sprint race compared to the previous week, which is something to be pleased about,” Acosta remarked.

"However, we continue to strive because ending up six seconds behind the leader is a significant difference. We need to identify areas for improvement for tomorrow."

Acosta was spotted using the notable swingarm wings that had earlier been featured on Pol Espargaro's prototype bike during a wild-card entry.

Tech3 team manager Nicolas Goyon stated that they incorporated certain aerodynamic features they had experimented with, and some of these ultimately aided in maintaining their speed.

"We met our goal, but Pedro understands that there is potential for improvement, and that's what we will strive for in tomorrow's race."

Brad Binder was the second-fastest KTM rider, trailing Acosta by one position and 1.5 seconds. Acosta's teammate, Augusto Fernandez, ended up in 20th place.

Times for the Emilia Romagna/San Marino Sprint race (consisting of 13 laps):

1. Francesco Bagnaia clocked a time of 19'50.237 in Emilia Romagna.

2. Jorge Martin finished with a time of 19'50.522 in Emilia Romagna.

3. Enea Bastianini recorded a time of 19'51.556 in Emilia Romagna.

4. Marc Marquez completed the race in 19'55.623 in Emilia Romagna.

5. Jorge Martin achieved a time of 19'56.502 in San Marino.

6. Pedro Acosta posted a time of 19'56.817 in Emilia Romagna.

7. Francesco Bagnaia registered a time of 19'57.997 in San Marino.

8. Franco Morbidelli finished in 19'58.334 in San Marino.

9. Brad Binder had a time of 19'58.38 in Emilia Romagna.

10. Enea Bastianini marked a time of 19'58.543 in San Marino.

11. Fabio Quartararo completed his race in 19'58.642 in Emilia Romagna.

12. Marco Bezzecchi finished with a time of 19'59.202 in Emilia Romagna.

13. Franco Morbidelli recorded a time of 19'59.508 in Emilia Romagna.

14. Maverick Viñales posted a time of 19'59.775 in Emilia Romagna.

15. Miguel Oliveira achieved a time of 20'1.779 in Emilia Romagna.

16. Aleix Espargaro registered a time of 20'2.286 in Emilia Romagna.

17. Marc Marquez clocked a time of 20'2.971 in San Marino.

18. Pedro Acosta finished in 20'3.298 in San Marino.

19. Brad Binder completed the race in 20'6.481 in San Marino.

20. Alex Marquez recorded a time of 20'6.803 in Emilia Romagna.

21. Jack Miller posted a time of 20'7.228 in San Marino.

22. Fabio Quartararo finished with a time of 20'7.517 in San Marino.

23. Alex Marquez achieved a time of 20'7.854 in San Marino.

24. Maverick Viñales clocked in at 20'8.160 in San Marino.

25. Aleix Espargaro recorded a time of 20'8.585 in San Marino.

26. Jack Miller completed his race in 20'9.648 in Emilia Romagna.

27. Luca Marini posted a time of 20'10.338 in Emilia Romagna.

28. Johann Zarco finished with a time of 20'10.835 in Emilia Romagna.

29. Raul Fernandez achieved a time of 20'10.979 in Emilia Romagna.

30. Fabio Di Giannantonio registered a time of 20'13.056 in Emilia Romagna.

31. Takaaki Nakagami clocked a time of 20'15.631 in Emilia Romagna.

32. Augusto Fernandez posted a time of 20'15.668 in Emilia Romagna.

33. Joan Mir recorded a time of 20'17.445 in Emilia Romagna.

34. Johann Zarco completed the race in 20'17.621 in San Marino.

35. Pol Espargaro finished with a time of 20'18.044 in San Marino.

36. Miguel Oliveira registered a time of 20'18.497 in San Marino.

37. Augusto Fernandez clocked in at 20'19.944 in San Marino.

38. Raul Fernandez achieved a time of 20'20.782 in San Marino.

39. Luca Marini posted a time of 20'21.249 in San Marino.

40. Alex Rins recorded a time of 20'21.375 in San Marino.

41. Takaaki Nakagami finished the race in 20'21.656 in San Marino.

*Time penalty of 8 seconds added after the race.

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