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Video: Kaito Toba leads the first Moto3 practice session on the day of Pedro Acosta's great emergence
2024 Author: Nicholas Abramson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-10 16:35
They finished the first Moto3 free practice in 2021 and they have done it with Kaito Toba at the head of the timesheets. The Japanese rider, winner at Losail two years ago, made his debut with his new team, stopping the clock at 2: 04.839. A more than surprising performance for someone who is often irregular.
But the big name of the day is Pedro Acosta, the 16-year-old Spaniard who is the reigning champion of the Red Bull Rookies Cup and that he set the best time in his first official training session, in the morning. After a stellar preseason, this performance by Acosta confirms that there is wood here.
The only crash of the day in Moto3 was Jeremy Alcoba
Acosta runs in the official KTM team and in the afternoon he was twelfth, but it still seems to be one of those that are competitive from the beginning. The KTM Ajo team is taking all the spotlight, because in addition to Acosta they have Jaume Masià, another young Spaniard, although with a bit more experience, who finished second.
Masià, who debuts dressed in orange, is marked by many as the great favorite to win the World Cup this year. He had an excellent preseason, and in his first two free practice sessions he was also very fast, being second in both. In addition, he has done teamwork with Acosta. Paint things right for KTM.
Gabriel Rodrigo finished in third position, another that by experience should be very high. The Team Gresini rider will go out on fire to find a podium to celebrate in the memory of his late crew chief. Romano Fenati, another of the veterans in the category from whom something more is expected, is currently seventeenth.
And it is that the great alternatives for this World Cup seem to be Spanish. Sergio García finished with the fourth best time, and let us remember that it was only a few days ago that he came of age. He has been in the World Cup for a while, but Aspar's pupil could hit the ball in 2021.
The only Moto3 crash we have experienced all day was Jeremy Alcoba, the other driver from Gresini and also Spanish, who was within thousandths of the best time when he went to the ground. Still, Alcoba finished seventh, and his sophomore season is off to a strong start as well.
Very well Frenchman Jason Dupasquier, fifth, and another veteran, Niccolò Antonelli, sixth. John McPhee finished eighth. A lot of mix between young Spaniards and veterans from other countries in the Moto3 category this year. Although at the moment Toba is in charge, but the official KTM riders are leaving their mark.
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