Pedro Acosta’s epic victory at Austin in Moto2

Arbolino, who led almost the entire race and lost in the final lapHe remains at the top of the championship with 61 points, compared to Pedro Acosta’s currently adding 54 points and his third place in the world championship with 41 points, with another Spaniard, Arón Canet (Kalex), who finished eighth.

One of the favorites to win in Austin, the Brits Jake Dixon (Kalex) was eliminated immediately after he had an accident during the warm-up lap that damaged his motorcycle. He could hardly object to his sadness.

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When the red light went out, the first leaders were the Spaniards. Alonso Lopez Resisting the attacks of Pedro Acosta (Kalex) as much as he can (Speed ​​Up), the leader of the training is Italian. Celestino Vietti (Kalex) appeared too late then after a bad start.

Strong start from Acosta

Pedro Acosta took command of the race after corner one, followed by Italian Tony Arbolino and Alonso López, as well as Arón Canet and Czech Filip Salac, both with Kalex.

But in the fourth round Pedro Acosta made a mistake that took a long time At one bend of the track, at Turn twelfth with a few potholes, but the “Shark” from Puerto de Mazarrón was back in the race and it didn’t take long for him to connect with the start of the race. The best beats among all pilots in the category.

Gradually, Arbolino, López and Acosta stood out with a follow-up quintet of Arón Canet, Jeremy Alcoba (Kalex), Filip Salac, Barry Baltus (Kalex) and Fermín Aldeguer (Speed ​​Up).

The following error was out of hand Alonso López, who moved in a wide line to avoid an accident, leaving Arbolino and Acosta alone at the start of the race.He was soon dropped by Belgian Baltus, who fell with no possibility of continuing, to rejoin the chasing five, now a six, and Marcos Ramírez (Kalex) was withdrawn soon after due to technical problems.

Sergio García Dols (Kalex) was the next victim of the race and was again forced to retire due to technical problems.

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To the rhythm of the arbolino

At the start of the race, he set the pace with Tony Arbolino. Pedro Acosta is close to him and already has a two-second advantage over the following groupLed by Arón Canet, Fermín Aldeguer, Jeremy Alcoba, Filip Salac and Alonso López, who went long at various points on the track, among others.

Thus, Arbolino and Acosta they left alone He is seeking victory that will be the second for both since the Spaniards won in Portugal and the Italians won in Argentina. Behind them, more than 3.5 seconds behind, is a four-man band consisting of Fermín Aldeguer, Jeremy Alcoba, Arón Canet and Filip Salac, and Alonso López is a little far from this group.

At the start of the thirteenth lap of the 16 laps scheduled for Moto2, Tony Arbolino made a mistake at Turn 1 and had to open there, and there the Spaniard took the opportunity to overtake him before it was over. The Italian had already regained the position.

fight in the last round

It wasn’t until the last round Pedro Acosta decided to attack Tony Arbolino in the first part of the track to overtake him and from there to close all the gaps until he saw the first checkered flag fall.Despite the attempts of the Italians to overcome.

Behind them, everything seemed to indicate that third place on the podium would go to a Spaniard, Fermín Aldeguer or Jeremy Alcoba, but behind them was the Dutchman Bo Bendsneyder, who was not even in that group during the race, but together. Final Spectacular defeated all its rivals to achieve the first podium of his sports career.

Fourth place went to Jeremy Alcoba, Filip Salac fifth in front of Fermín Aldeguer, who badly damaged the middle finger of his left hand after yesterday’s fall, Alonso López, Arón Canet , Celestino Vietti and Manuel “Manugas” González (Kalex) who made a magnificent save during the race closes the top ten places.

Albert Arenas (Kalex) was twelfth, Borja Gómez (Kalex) twentieth, ahead of Izan Guevara (Kalex) and David Sanchís (Kalex).