Pedro Acosta moved up to second in the MotoGP standings following a wild Jerez sprint.
His second place finish behind Jorge Martin means that Acosta has now moved past Enea Bastianini and Maverick Vinales in the championship, with both riders crashing out at turn five.Bastianini went down when running closely behind Alex Marquez and Brad Binder, both of whom went down at the same corner on the same lap.
Speaking after the race, Acosta said: “It was tough. I mean, it is quite difficult to understand where the patches were in turn five with the uphill and the sand. “It was the first time in two years that I was able to go fast in the rain. I’m super happy for that. Following an impressive Friday, Acosta made hard work for himself by crashing in Q2 when he was about to go quickest.But although he made reference to it, Acosta didn’t let his poor qualifying stop him from being competitive.
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