MADRID, 10 Abr. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Spanish MotoGP rider Augusto Fernández (KTM) defended this Wednesday that the arrival at GasGas of Pedro Acosta has not brought him “more pressure”, because he is “learning a lot” from the Murcian, at the same time that he admitted that the start of the season ” “It has been much more difficult” than I expected, since it is “still” “far away” from the goal of being “further ahead.”
“Acosta’s arrival has not put any more pressure on me, he is doing very well and the truth is that right now we are far from his level. His speed even helps us see the potential of the bike and knowing that when we are ready , the potential is there. We are learning a lot since Pedro’s arrival,” said Fernández in statements to Hawkers, who joins the pilot for the second consecutive year and present their new collection ‘The Rising’.
The 26-year-old from Madrid acknowledged that “now” they are “further behind” than Acosta, because he is not at his “best level” with the current benefits of GasGas. “We know that we can get there taking into account that we see that the bike is going well. We are paying attention to it, working and trying to have the speed again to be at the front,” he added.
“The start of the season has been much more difficult than we expected. We are improving race by race although we are still far away. We are understanding what we are missing and I think we will soon be ahead again,” he lamented, after finishing 17th in Qatar and 11th in Portugal in the first two races of the World Championship.
In Portimao, Fernández improved thanks to the improvements, although “we have to continue working.” “We are making very big changes to the base of the bike and that is the problem. We do not have the preseason base and we are a little late. It was a very big step and we have to put everything in place,” he wished.
“2024 is a very important year for me, more than anything because we finished the contract with GasGas. In addition, it is the year in which I am no longer a ‘rookie’ and we have to take a step forward in terms of results. Also because I want “Personally, it’s obviously not the goal to be so far back,” he said about this season.
The next stop will be this weekend with the Grand Prix of the Americas, in Austin, which he is looking forward to, because it is “a very fun circuit.” “It is a very large track, with very long straights and very strong braking. In addition, the atmosphere is incredible. It would be a good setting to start turning the situation around,” he said.
“I never complain about the calendar. There are sprints, there are a lot of races, but we are MotoGP riders and we run races, so I don’t complain. There are a lot of trips, but more than anything because of the time you are away from family and friends, that’s what I miss the most. But that’s what it’s like, we ride motorcycles, which is what we like,” he concluded about the longest calendar in the history of the competition with 24 races.
2024-04-10 10:00:33
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