Pedro Acosta has not started off on the right foot in the Argentine GP. The Moto3 World Champion fell during the first free sessions at the circuit of Rio Hondo Hot Springs and, although he got up, and tried to look for the bike, he couldn’t do more and finished eighteenth.
For its part, Fermin Aldeguerwho rode for the first time on the Argentine track, marked his best time (1:43.356) on his last lap and took the first training session of Moto2. Behind, Augusto Fernández sealed second place and Somkiat Chantra, third.
After falling (in the same area that Joe Roberts also fell), the first reaction of Peter Acosta was to go for the motorcycle to get to the workshop as soon as possible and be able to repair the damage caused to the motorcycle.
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However, they could not: the semi-handlebars, the front area and the cooling radiator were quite affected. The Spaniard was only able to complete nine laps in total and suffered no physical damage.
First scare of @37_pedroacosta in Argentina!
The Shark went to the ground, although he immediately got up and went to look for the motorcycle#ArgentinaGP ?? #MotoGP ? pic.twitter.com/QqnlH28Cc8
— DAZN Spain (@DAZN_ES) April 2, 2022
Free practice is held this Saturday, occasionally, because it was postponed this Friday for logistical reasons (‘some components’ of the bikes did not arrive).