{"id":509528,"date":"2026-02-28T10:46:56","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T10:46:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/509528\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T10:46:56","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T10:46:56","slug":"pedro-acosta-breaks-duck-with-sprint-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/509528\/","title":{"rendered":"Pedro Acosta breaks duck with sprint win"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pedro Acosta can finally call himself a MotoGP winner after taking victory in the sprint at Buriram on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The KTM rider went toe-to-toe with world champion Marc Marquez but emerged on top after a pulsating race that had everything.<\/p>\n

Pole position man and favourite Marco Bezzecchi had to witness it all from the Aprilia box after falling while in the lead on lap two of the race.<\/p>\n

With Bezzecchi out of the running, a likely battle between the Italian and Marquez turned into a scrap between Acosta and Marquez.<\/p>\n

The Spanish youngster would not leave the elder statesman – and likely 2027 colleague at the factory Ducati squad – in peace. The race looked set to be decided at the final corner as Acosta rehearsed a block pass there multiple times – twice succeeding in crossing the finish line first before Marquez re-took the lead.<\/p>\n

But the race was ultimately decided in very different fashion. On the penultimate lap, Acosta pounced on a slight error from Marquez in the twisty middle part of the lap, claiming the lead. But that wasn’t the end of it.<\/p>\n

Marquez produced a block pass of his own at the end of that lap – but it was anything but clean. He pushed his young challenger well wide, immediately triggering a stewards’ investigation.<\/p>\n

Working with remarkable speed, the stewards came to a decision with half a lap remaining. Marc received a dashboard message to the effect that he would have to drop one position.<\/p>\n

The 33-year-old complied at the final corner, allowing Acosta his long-awaited first race win in MotoGP.<\/p>\n

Raul Fernandez saved some pride for Aprilia by taking a solid third place aboard the Trackhouse entry.<\/p>\n

His team-mate Ai Ogura was fourth after passing factory rider Jorge Martin late in the race.<\/p>\n

Acosta’s team-mate Brad Binder had a strong afternoon to take sixth, ahead of Joan Mir (Honda) and Fabio di Giannantonio (VR46 Ducati), who lost time in a first-lap incident with Alex Marquez (Gresini Ducati).<\/p>\n

With Alex also dropping places in that clash, the way was cleared for Francesco Bagnaia to salvage the final point after missing Q2 earlier in the day and qualifying 13th.<\/p>\n

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