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Apr142024 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Acosta: Marquez and Martin were smarter

Pedro Acosta admitted after the sprint race at COTA that Marc Marquez and Jorge Martin outfoxed him, but ahead of Sunday's main race he warns that he has learned a lesson from them that he will try to use against them. The GasGas Tech3 rider won the second starting position in qualifying behind Maverick Vinales and ahead of Marco Marquez. Although he spent most of the race in third place after being overtaken by Marquez, he lost another place to Martin by the end of the sprint test and had to settle for fourth place. "Marc and Jorge were smarter," he admitted after the race. "The engine is good, the tires weren't too bad either, maybe just a bit worse than we expected. Marc and Jorge were smarter than me, so they were able to overtake me, but I remembered the lessons and

Mar262024 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Miller: We must learn from Acosta

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After the MotoGP Portuguese Grand Prix, Jack Miller also spoke about the sensational rookie Pedro Acosta, who scored his first elite class podium on the same Tech3 GasGas KTM bike. Only Jorge Martin and Enea Bastianini were too strong for the rookie, and the 19-year-old Spaniard attracted a lot of attention with his driving style. Factory KTM racers Miller and Brad Binder got a first-hand taste of the mastery, passing Acosta in the first corners of laps five and seven, and Miller was asked after the race what made Acosta so special. "Murder doesn't sit on a motorcycle, he hangs from it all the time," said the Australian, who could be forced to give up his place in the factory team's garage to Acosta at the end of the season. "He touches with most of his body

Nov292023 by PRNo Comments

Pedro Acosta impressed by the speed of the MotoGP motorcycle

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Pedro Acosta was impressed by the raw speed of the MotoGP bike after his first test day. The rookie in the MotoGP class, who will race next season on a KTM bike for the GasGas Tech3 team, was 1.2 seconds behind the best time of the day set by Maverick Vinales, but at the end of the day he was delighted: "Super satisfied. From the first photo shoot at nine in the morning to the fall at five in the afternoon, I really enjoyed it. I saw how a MotoGP bike works, how the carbon brakes behave, the tires, and what the difference is between riding with a full or empty tank of fuel. The engine is really fast.At first I rode without the height adjustment device to help me get used to the weight transfer, but with the device the ride was completely different again.I started driving

Nov102023 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Pol Espargaro confirmed Honda's interest, but remains a member of the KTM team

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Pol Espargaro has confirmed rumors that he was contacted by Honda about the possibility of participating in the next season, but the Spaniard has decided to remain part of the KTM team. The younger of the Espargaro brothers competed for the Honda factory team in the 2021 and 2022 seasons and then returned to KTM before the start of this season. This time to their satellite team GasGas. The Spaniard lost his seat to Pedro Acosta after just one season and will therefore be a test driver for the Austrian team next season. Today, Alberto Puig admitted to the press in Sepang that Espargaro, along with Luca Marini and Fabio Di Giannantonio, was among the main candidates to replace Marc Marquez. At Honda, they want to offer the racer only a one-year contract and thus have more choice at the end of the next season,

Mar312023 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Pol Espargaro left intensive care

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The recovery of Pol Espargaro after a serious fall in the second free practice in Portimao is going very well. As the manager of the Tech3 GASGAS team confided, the Spaniard has already left the intensive care unit and is already able to walk. "I have very good news about Polo's condition. Today he was transferred from the intensive care unit to a regular room. He has already managed to get out of bed and take a few steps. He is doing well." "During the past few days, when he was alone in intensive care, his mood was much worse. But now it has improved a lot, as progress in his recovery is visible. As he said, he wants to get back on the motorcycle as soon as possible. Meanwhile, he is sending a lot to the team positive energy. He is very pleased that he will replace Jonas Folger in the team, as they get along very well." "Only yesterday we were worried, because

Mar312023 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

The injured Espargaro will be replaced by Folger

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The Tech3 GASGAS team has confirmed that the injured Pol Espargaro will be replaced by Jonas Folger. The German racer, who, in addition to Dani Pedrosa and Mike Kallio, performs the role of test rider for the KTM team, will replace the injured Spanish racer in the third race of the season in Austin. https://twitter.com/Tech3Racing/status/1641765272905187328?t=iVh3LMNyK4Wy5B8Vy8KYCg&s=19 This will be his first appearance in the elite class after 2017, when he also competed for the Tech3 team, but then still on a Yamaha motorcycle. In the aforementioned season, he won second place at his home race at the Sachsenring. He then missed the last four races of the season due to illness. However, after one year, his career in the elite class ended. In 2021, he competed in the Superbike championship, and before this season he became a test driver

Mar262023 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

The Tech3 GASGAS team has no plans to replace Pol Espargaro

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In the Tech3 GASGAS team, as a sign of respect, there are no plans to replace the injured Pol Espargaro in the next two races. Let us remind you that the Spaniard suffered a serious injury during the second free practice when he fell in the tenth turn. In the process, he suffered a fractured jaw, cervical vertebra and lung damage. At least today, he will remain under observation in the hospital in Faro. But when he gets permission from the doctors, he will be transferred to a hospital in Barcelona, where further interventions await him. Although it is not yet entirely clear how long the recovery will take, it is certain that Espargaro will be released at least for the races in Argentina (next weekend) and Austin in mid-April. At least for the first three races in the Tech3 GASGAS team, they will not look for a replacement for him. "Out of respect for Polo, we decided to race in the first three

Avg192022 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Pol Espargaro will race for the Tech 2023 KTM team in 3

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Pol Espargaro will join the Tech 2022 KTM team at the end of the 3 season, where he will race for at least two seasons. The Spaniard already confirmed at the race for the British Grand Prix that he had signed a two-year contract and that he would be riding a motorcycle he was familiar with, and before KTM's home race at the Red Bull Ring, the Austrian manufacturer confirmed that the Honda racer is coming back to the their camp, with which he debuted in the MotoGP championship in 2014. Tech3 KTM breaks up with sponsor Red Bull, and in its place in the 2023 season comes KTM's GasGas brand. receives full factory support from KTM. For now, it remains an open question who will race alongside Espargaro.