Best time on Friday, Pedro Acosta wants to "forget his fall"

Victim of a highside two minutes from the end of Friday's second session, Acosta avoided injury, thanks in part to a rather controlled landing. Already the fastest timer, the KTM rider was not beaten, and he therefore finished at the top of the timesheets, a satisfaction for a rider who has been gaining momentum over the past few Grands Prix. It is this newfound confidence that motivates him to put this crash, which he is unable to quite explain, directly behind him.

🚨 Two crashes at the end of Friday's practice!

Johann Zarco and Pedro Acosta crash into the gravel in the final minutes of practice for the Hungarian Grand Prix 🇭🇺 #HungarianGP | #MotoGP pic.twitter.com/B5JTvl4gm8

— CANAL+ MotoGP™ (@CanalplusMotoGP) August 22, 2025

“Thank God I'm okay! I landed pretty well. It's a pretty strange fall but I don't want to make a big deal out of it because I had a pretty similar fall at Phillip Island last year, for no reason, or at least it was hard to understand why. It's the same here, so I'd rather forget about it and prepare for a good day on Saturday. Friday was a good day overall, we handled it all very well.”

ALSO READ > Quartararo impatient with Yamaha: "They still have a few months"

Like the rest of the peloton, this Friday was mainly dedicated to discovering Balaton Park, where only Pol Espargaró has previously ridden a MotoGP bike. A circuit slowed down compared to the first version presented, to increase safety, Balaton Park is very unforgiving of mistakes, according to Pedro Acosta. It shouldn't be easy to overtake there either.

“The circuit is very slow, clearly. The problem I see is that with all these chicanes, if you miss the line on the first corner you pay for it all the way, and for a very long time. We try to be very precise, not to make mistakes. Sometimes not pushing too hard on a long race actually makes you faster. I was already struggling to overtake this Friday! I tried to pass Bezzecchi, I was faster than him but it was difficult to overtake cleanly, when I say that I mean an overtake where I pass him but he can't overtake me afterwards! It will be difficult, but of course you don't push as much in practice as you do in the race.”

Interview by Luca Bartolomeo, in Hungary.