Pedro Acosta, winner of Moto2 2023 at the Portimao circuit

Acosta, what He surpassed his immediate follower, compatriot Arón Canet, by more than 1.3 seconds. (Kalex) and almost five seconds behind third-grader Italian Tony Arbolino (Kalex), adding his fourth victory in Moto2 and tenth of his racing career.

But Spaniard Aron Canet (Kalex) Czech managed to surprise Filip Salac (Kalex), the author of the best training timeAt the moment of turning off the red light to pull hard and lead a race followed by both the Czech and Pedro Acosta at the start, Italian Celestino Vietti (Kalex) was expectantly fourth, but the transalpine O had to. Comply with a long double-lap penalty by Race Direction in front of the Spanish trio of Albert Arenas (Kalex), Jeremy Alcoba (Kalex) and Manuel “Manugas” González (Kalex).

On the second lap Pedro Acosta was already the leader of the race, followed by Arón Canet and Celestino Vietti.and trying to lay out the land for all his rivals, another Spaniard, Alonso Lopez (Speed ​​it up), He was penalized with a long penalty lap for throwing the Dutchman Bo Bendsneyder. (Kalex) and Borja Gómez (Kalex) were penalized by two long laps for skipping the exit light.

Why was Celestino Vietti’s first long lap? Acosta was left alone in the lead with his only rival, Aron Canet.When there is a cut behind the Italian-led group.

In the fifth lap, at fast lap tempo, Acosta and Canet already had a 1.7-second lead over the chasing groupLed by Spaniard González and Arenas, and also 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 no longer at a considerable distance.

That’s how the tour went with Pedro Acosta setting the pace, with Arón Canet standing behind him and the chasing group. 1.8 seconds led by Manuel ‘Manugas’ González and another large group led by Jeremy Alcoba, which included Tony Arbolino, Albert Arenas and Filip Salac a few meters ahead.