Pedro Acosta finishes hectic #DutchGP in 3rd place, Albert Arenas 9th

Pedro Acosta and Albert Arenas ended the Dutch GP strongly, with a sixth podium of the season for the former. His third place finish was accompanied by ninth for the latter, one of his best showings of the season to date.

High temperatures were a key factor in the Moto2 race at Assen. Acosta had been enjoying a positive weekend at the Dutch circuit despite it being the first time he had ridden there in Moto2. He climbed positions from his sixth place on the grid to occupy the podium spots with 9 laps to go. The Red Bull KTM Ajo rider remained in the fight until serving a long lap penalty late on, but still held on to finish on the rostrum. It was his third consecutive podium this season, and his sixth overall, as the man second in the standings on 140 points moved to within 8 of the series leader.

Arenas concluded the weekend twelfth overall, with 41 points, after placing ninth at the Dutch TT. A great start allowed him to reach the Top 5 quickly, moving up from eleventh on the grid, and he stuck with the frontrunners for several laps. Despite some tough track conditions and his being separated from the leading group, he kept inside the Top 10 and crossed the line ninth, continuing his progress from recent rounds. Arenas is currently in twelfth place with 41 points.

Following the conclusion of an intense month of June, Red Bull KTM Ajo will return to action after the summer break, with the British GP from August 4-6th.

PEDRO ACOSTA

I am really happy with the result. It was our first time at Assen with the Moto2 bike and we achieved our third consecutive podium. I think this will be good preparation for Silverstone, which will be another new circuit for me. The team worked really hard for a tough race, in which with the grip issues we made the odd mistake, but we have to be very happy with the result. We’re going into the summer break competitive, which I think is the most important thing.

ALBERT ARENAS

I would consider it to have been a hard race. I had a good start and a good pace, but then I just had to survive. I suffered with the front end and it was a time to try to ride consistently, bring home points and more data. I think the work we did was useful this weekend, and also last weekend in Germany. This will help us to come back stronger and with clearer ideas, with a good base to start the second part of the season. Thanks to the team for the work they have done over these three intense weeks and I can’t wait to start training and preparing for the second part of the season.