MADRID, 17 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Spanish MotoGP rider Pedro Acosta (KTM) confessed this Wednesday that he considered whether it was “really” worth going through all this, in reference to motorcycling, going so far as to assure that “to cry, let someone else cry,” he even added that the injury in the first year of Moto2 “helped him a lot”.
“You wonder if it’s really worth it for you to go through all this, to cry, to let someone else cry. Getting injured helped me a lot that summer,” said Pedro Acosta in statements to DAZN, which premieres his documentary ‘Pedro Acosta, forced to win’.
Despite having touched the sky as the youngest Moto3 world champion in history, the category jump was difficult for him. Red Bull KTM team manager Aki Ajo believes Acosta “had too many expectations and didn’t know how to control them at the time.” “He changed his SIM card several times so as not to get distracted and to be able to maintain concentration,” he admitted.
For the 19-year-old pilot, Mazarrón is the reason why “the turkey didn’t go to his head.” “Every day I see older people leaving their lives in the water to bring home a plate of food,” he said about his town and fishing.
“My sister worked in a warehouse packing tomatoes. She worked the night shift and then I went with my grandmother, I didn’t see my sister. There was a time when I saw her on weekends, if that. As soon as I could, I brought her with me to races and now he takes my merchandising, helmet design or accompanies me to interviews,” he revealed.
Acosta acknowledged having explored other places to live such as Andorra, but assured that there are things in Spain that he cannot “lose.” His representative, Albert Valera, soon understood that for him there is no place like his land. “When he talks to me about Mazarrón he always compares it to the Maldives,” he said.
Regarding his way of being in the World Cup, Albert Valera stated that “he is like Jorge Lorenzo in the past, he does and says what he feels at all times and the championship needs people like him.” His coach and physiotherapist, Juan Mendoza, highlighted that he “didn’t like the gym at all, and he didn’t like running just enough.” “I’ve had to motivate him by making everything more fun and messing with him because of how competitive he is,” he concluded.
2024-01-17 10:37:49
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