MotoGP, Acosta: "We must race the last Grand Prix outside Spain."

Most of the riders took a stand against the possibility of racing in Valencia and, this time, Dorna and FIM listened to them. Before the decision to cancel the GP was officially announced, even Pedro Acosta had made it clear that it would not make sense to race in a flood-ravaged area.

"I think it's not logical to race in Valencia right now," he explained, " I think you have to have another Grand Prix, because you can't decide a MotoGP World Championship overnight, but it's not logical to go there with what they've been through and everything that's still going on. I think we have to see the human side of things and I don't think you have to go to any Spanish track, we have to go outside of Spain. MotoGP is a celebration for everyone, but whether Pecco or Martin wins, they couldn't celebrate, they would pass for bad. We have to take this show out of Spain."

MotoGP will not stop in Valencia, and now it will have to be figured out on which track the final round of the season will be run. Meanwhile, the penultimate GP is being held in Sepang, and Acosta missed direct entry into Q2 by 76 thousandths of a second.

"I had different feelings compared to the test, the track has changed compared to February and you have to understand that. I'm not doing bad, both in terms of pace and dry lap, but we need to fix the electronics, we are a little behind in that aspect. We already know where to look because it had already happened to us in Austria, it's not a very big problem," his summary of the day.

As always, testing is one thing and race weekend is another.

"In February we used to do time attacks in the morning, today at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. It's warmer and after the Moto2 and Moto3 bikes have lapped the track gets a little worse, however, now I feel a little more precise in my riding, I have everything more under control- Pedro pointed out - We lose a lot in acceleration and I also have to improve in the third sector of the track. I lack some experience, so I need some time to progress, but we know where to work."

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