Marquez: “Acosta will mark an era in MotoGP”

Titled in Moto2 at the end of the Malaysian Grand Prix, Pedro Acosta left no one indifferent in the paddock following the exceptional season which saw him achieve his second success in the world championship.

Author of seven victories and fourteen podiums in eighteen rounds, the 19-year-old driver took three pole positions, and did not really give his rivals a chance, going it alone for the title race which he managed to win. win with two rounds remaining in the season.

Marc Marquez, too, was impressed by his compatriot and tries to predict the future by ensuring that the future GasGas rider will mark the history of the motorcycle world championships by leaving his mark.

“Pedro goes fast. He proves it and in the end the figures speak for themselves, comments Marquez in an interview with Spanish media AS. To aim for success, we must win when we must win, score points when we must score them, and not waste time getting started and devoting ourselves to our task.

That's when the results come in, and Pedro will have a great story to write in MotoGP, He said. I think his passage will mark an era of the discipline. »

When asked if the 19-year-old pilot's career will leave the same mark as a Valentino Rossi or a Marc Marquez, number 93 however prefers not to compare the eras.

"I won't put any labels on it, because I always hated doing it, He explains. Every driver has his time, every driver has his era and his own moment of glory. It's sports. No one is eternal.

Mick Doohan had his time, Rossi had his time, Jorge Lorenzo and Casey Stoner too, then I came and more will come. fabio quartararo, Francesco Bagnaia and Pedro Acosta have arrived recently and one of them will win many world championships in MotoGP: the one who does things best. » he concluded.

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