Spanish Pedro ‘Shark’ Acosta (Kalex) is considered by all to be the biggest favorite for the title. Moto2 He starred in “first bite” to achieve this goal in 2023. Clearly winning the Portuguese Grand Prix At the Portimao circuit.
Acosta, what surpassed its closest follower by more than 1.3 secondsHe is almost five seconds behind compatriot Arón Canet (Kalex) and third-year Italian Tony Arbolino (Kalex), adding his fourth Moto2 victory and tenth victory of his racing career.
However, the author of the best training time was Spaniard Arón Canet (Kalex), who managed to surprise Czech Filip Salac (Kalex) when the red light came on. pull hard and lead a race at the start Following both Czech and Pedro Acosta, Italian Celestino Vietti (Kalex) was expectantly fourth, but the transalpine had to comply with a long double lap penalty handed down by Racing Direction, ahead of a Spanish trio. By Albert Arenas (Kalex), Jeremy Alcoba (Kalex) and Manuel ‘Manugas’ González (Kalex).
In the second round, Pedro Acosta was already leading. Race followed by Arón Canet and Celestino Vietti to the middle ground Compared to all his opponents, other Spaniard Alonso López (Speed Up) was penalized with a long penalty round for kicking the Dutchman Bo Bendsneyder (Kalex), while Borja Gómez (Kalex) was given a two-round penalty. exit light skip. Celestino Vietti’s first long lap meant Acosta was left alone in the lead with his only rival, Aron Canet, as the Italian-led group had a cut in the back.
In lap five, Acosta and Canet at a fast lap pace, 1.7 second lead The follow-up group, led by Spaniard González and Arenas, and including Salac, Tony Arbolino, South African Darryn Binder, who crashed shortly afterward despite being able to return to the competition, and Thai Somkiat Chantra, among others, but already at a considerable distance.
This is how the tours went Pedro Acosta sets the pace, Arón Canet continues behind him and 1.8 seconds behind, the chasing group led by Manuel ‘Manugas’ González and including Tony Arbolino, Albert Arenas and Filip Salac is a larger group ahead of the same group as Jeremy Alcoba a few meters ahead. Acosta and Canet held firm in their positions with Italian Tony Arbolino as bridgeheads, with Spaniard Alonso López coming back after a long lap penalty, further back, falling in the five corners that followed.
With three laps left, Pedro Acosta small change of speed that allows it to get away from itself Arón Canet, with Arón Canet and Tony Arbolino behind him, is just enough meters to score the tenth victory of his sports career. ‘Manugas’ González finished fifth and closed the top ten, ahead of Brits Jake Dixon and Sam Lowes, Spaniards Albert Arenas, Thai Somkiat Chantra and Spaniard Jeremy Alcoba, all at Kalex. Fermín Aldeguer (Speed Up), thirteenth, Sergio García Dols (Kalex), fifteenth, Borja Gómez (Kalex), seventeenth, Marcos Ramírez (Kalex), twenty-first, Jordi Torres (Kalex), twenty- third and Alonso Lopez (Speed Up), twenty-fourth.