The Casey Stoner MotoGP comparison being drawn about Pedro Acosta

The Crash.net team discuss Pedro Acosta’s Japanese GP weekend in the latest MotoGP podcast

Pedro Acosta once again took a step towards his first win in MotoGP at the Japanese Grand Prix, though a double DNF thwarted his hopes.

It was a bitter end to a weekend that promised so much for the 20-year-old, whose speedy but crash-filled debut year can be likened to that of double world champion Casey Stoner’s in 2006. “It looked like it was the perfect story for Acosta and Tech3. He took the lead, he was looking so good and he just went down.

“And that’s the thing. He’s got the speed. We’ve seen rookies that have come in and fallen off a lot. Casey Stoner comes to mind, when he was on that satellite Honda and trying to make a difference to the factory bikes and having to override it. “But in the sprint he got it to 2/3 distance and was starting to pull away and maybe just overdid it.

“We’ve seen in the two Misano races he’s had good pace but two crashes there. It’s easy to forget that Pedro is a rookie.

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