2023-10-29 09:43:08
Sunday, October 29, 2023, 07:11 | Updated 08:43h.
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Pedro Acosta had two possible combinations to become fast track champion in Thailand. He had to finish first or second, but it depended on his only remaining rival in the fight for the title, Tony Arbolino, not finishing in the top ten. And although the ‘Tiburón de Mazarrón’ fulfilled his part, adding another podium (he has 13 in 17 races), this time the Italian also did his homework and with his fourth place he postponed a title that the Murcian has closer every day.
The difference now in the general standings is 63 points, with 75 at stake. So Acosta will now depend on himself to be champion. It is enough for him to be fourth in the next event in Malaysia and also forces his rival to have to finish on the podium no matter what. Although the Murcian at the moment does not want to think about the multiple combinations that would make him champion in two weeks. «Now we are going to rest for a few days at home, as this tour has been very long. “I need a reset and start from scratch.”
In Thailand Acosta used his head. There was a driver with a slightly faster pace than him and he did not enter a hypothetical battle for victory knowing that a second man knew the title. Although he would hardly have been able to stand up to another Murcian from La Ñora, Fermín Aldeguer, who completed a perfect weekend with pole, fastest lap and leading all the laps, that is, a ‘Grand Chelem’ without opposition. An exhibition that he forged in a great start in which he already opened a gap with his rivals and expanded his advantage until he had a safety cushion of more than four seconds. Second World Cup victory for Aldeguer, another jewel of Spanish motorcycling, who is a year younger (18) than Acosta’s countryman.
Along with the Murcians, the local idol Somkiat Chantra completed the podium, the only Thai in the championship and who delighted a dedicated audience. And in this part of the world MotoGP is a mass sport. Although in current motorcycling the great power today is Spain, and the Moto2 classification made it clear where nine Spaniards finished among the top thirteen.
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