Pedro Acosta secured his third premier class pole position at the Catalan Grand Prix today, but the Spaniard insists his KTM engineers still have ‘a lot of work to do’.
Saturday supplementary session in 2026 Catalan Grand Prix He threw many surprises Pedro Acosta He took the position of the second pole of the season.
For starters, the two leading title contenders are out of position for both races this weekend. Championship leader Marco Bezecchi You fail the session without setting a match time, and George Martin P9 can only manage with a check flag.
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KTMOn the other hand, he had a wonderful morning. Not only did Acosta claim a quarter-second pole, but Brad Binder, known for the single round of the poorPut in enough laps for P8 on the Barcelona grid.
Still, the young Murcian rider isn’t entirely satisfied with his performance this weekend, and KTM has identified areas where he still needs to make improvements.
Pedro Acosta identifies where KTM still has ‘a lot of work to do’ after Barcelona pole
In his post-race comments to DAZN at parc ferme, Acosta pointed to the RC16’s electronics as an area where Matighofen could improve.
Speaking through Motosan“Everything seems to be coming together well, but we still have a lot of work to do with the electronics, because there are still things that don’t work as we want them to,” Acosta said.
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Unfortunately, the Spanish electronics engineer detailed how he will not be in the Barcelona paddock as he recently became a father.
“But I’m happy,” he continued, “even though my electronics engineer isn’t here, because he was a father yesterday. Congratulations, Alessio.”
“So the team failed in trying to surrender even from Austria. So I’m happy.”
Acosta highlighted KTM’s delight at securing another pole position in the premier class. It marks his third front start in MotoGP after scoring his first pole at the 2020 Japanese GP.
Looking ahead to the rest of the weekend, the KTM star is hoping to stay as clean as possible to give himself the best chance of winning the maiden Grand Prix.
“It’s important to try and fight as cleanly as possible here and if not, at least set the record straight for tomorrow,” he said.
You could say a lot has happened since my first pole in Japan, but more importantly after the first pole for an official KTM, taken by a certain Pol Espargaro in 2020, imagine the excitement.
“They’re working really hard, even trying other things for me, for the little thing left in this rule.
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