Pedro Acosta ignored Pol Espargaro’s message on the Catalan sprint grid during his battle with Alex Marquez.

In Sprint, Marquez and Acosta are locked in a close battle for the lead.The former dominated the front tire and eventually won by a margin of 0.041 seconds.

Meanwhile, VR46’s Fabio Di Giantantonio finished third ahead of Raul Fernandez and Yohan Zarco.

Championship leader Marco Bezecchi finished ninth while Jorge Martin crashed out.

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Pedro Acosta ignored Pol Espargaro’s message during his fight with Alex Marquez.

Speaking after the race AcostaEspargaro, 21, revealed his advice on the grid before the lights.

However, the young Spaniard admitted that he did not think about the message during the fight with him Marquez.

When asked what Espargaro said, Acosta replied to the Italian news channel He died: “The usual thing: ‘Don’t mess around and put the bike back in the garage.’

“That’s our main goal this year. And to warm up the tires well, remembering a little bit how to drive.”

Acosta was then asked if he thought about the advice on the final lap as he chased Marquez down. He said, “No, the last round is the last round.

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Although he eventually gave up in the sprint, Acosta said his pace was good and he was happy to be fighting at the front of the grid.

Acosta added: “The pace was good, the start was good, but we lacked a lot in the first part of the race and then we always have to recover.”

“We have to find something because at the beginning the Apria and Ducati seemed to have a lot of grip, so we couldn’t be that fast in the first laps. But I’m happy with the speed and how we handled the rear tire because we were very fast in the end.

“It’s hard to say what happened in qualifying, really, it was amazing, there was a lot of pressure, let’s see if it’s the same tomorrow.”