Acosta fourth in Sepang practice but unhappy with bike feeling
Pedro Acosta ended the first day of the Malaysian GP fourth, three tenths behind Marc Marquez, and left Sepang unhappy with the front-end feeling on his KTM. The 22-year-old said the lap time was fine but the feeling was terrible under braking, while his KTM team-mates made the top 10.

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Pedro Acosta encerrou a sexta-feira no GP da Malásia de MotoGP 2026 como o melhor piloto da KTM, em quarto, mas o espanhol deixou Sepang apontando um problema na moto em vez de comemorar o tempo de volta.
O piloto da Red Bull KTM Factory Racing terminou três décimos atrás do líder do campeonato Marc Marquez, da Ducati, enquanto os companheiros Enea Bastianini e Maverick Vinales garantiram entrada direta na Q2 ao terminar dentro do top 10.
Para Acosta, o cronômetro escondia um problema na dianteira que o deixava brigando com a RC16 nas frenagens.
“É verdade que não estamos longe do Marc, mas não sei por que não tenho sensação nenhuma na frente da moto”, disse ele. “Estava tentando muito fazer a moto girar e acertar os pontos de frenagem. Só temos que checar, porque o tempo de volta não foi tão ruim, mas a sensação foi terrível.”
O piloto de 22 anos acrescentou que seu ritmo em uma sequência foi melhor do que o esperado e que o sábado deveria ser dedicado a buscar confiança, não tempos de volta puros.
Acosta também elogiou o passo dado por Vinales, oitavo no dia e em recuperação de lesão, dizendo que os dados do companheiro serão úteis.
Ele foi cuidadoso para não ler demais na posição. “Não é sobre posição; é sobre sensação”, disse, apontando os pontos de frenagem como a área em que mais perde tempo.
A Malásia raramente foi simples para Acosta, que observou já estar mais rápido do que sua própria volta de classificação do ano passado e tirou ânimo de estar calmo com a moto não se comportando como queria.
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