Amadeu Garcia

Updated Sunday, March 24, 2024-17:25

Portimao once again became a talisman for

Pedro Acosta

. The Murcian, a debutant in MotoGP, became the third youngest rider in history to get on a podium in the premier class of the motorcycle world championship. His team, of course, celebrated such a milestone in style in a Grand Prix in which the great victory and the leadership, for the first time with the entire weekend contested, went to the hands of Jorge

Martín

who signed a A simply perfect race from start to finish and he celebrated his triumph like

Cristiano Ronaldo

. For three weeks, he will be at the head of a championship in which, right now, he is 23 points ahead of two-time champion Pecco Bagnaia.

Nobody was able to overshadow him and the one from San Sebastián de los Reyes achieved an absolutely incontestable victory, also reinforced by the fall of Bagnaia

who

went to the ground along with

Marc Márquez

due to a collision between the two and who finally took the path of the pits while Cervera, on the other hand, decided to finish the race.

Maverick Viñales

, for his part, despite the fact that he managed to keep up with the new championship leader for many minutes, ended up also going to the ground. In this case, at the beginning of the last lap and, apparently, due to a mechanical failure of his mount.

"I didn't have any problems with the bike, I felt good since Friday and I knew what I had to do. After the start, I went step by step and saw that I could improve the times, I gave everything to create a distance that, In the end, it was enough to assure me the victory and I showed lap by lap that I could maintain the pace. I feel very competitive and I have made it clear that I can win again," Martín stated at the end of the race. "After that crash last year, it was important for me to return to the podium. At the start I made some mistakes, but afterwards, the race in general was very cool. In the end, I don't know what happened to

Maverick

, but I feel "very happy for this podium," said

Enea Bastianini

, who started from pole and finished in second place following the Aprilia rider's final fall.

The leader of the Moto GP world championship, Jorge Martín. PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRAAFP

However, the one who was happiest of the three was undoubtedly

Pedro Acosta

who, once again, became one of the great protagonists of the Grand Prix. Not only for his ability to overtake the two initially official KTM riders,

Brad Binder

and

Jack Miller

, but also for his courage in also doing the same with two figures of the stature of

Marc Márquez

and

Pecco Bagnaia

.

"The team has done an incredible job, the bike was perfect the entire race. This time there was no issue of tires, arms, or anything, I focused on riding. This time, the red one on the podium is the Gas Gas, not Ducati," said the Murcian rider, euphoric. A third place that, without a doubt, tastes absolutely glorious. Above all, because of the great effort it took to keep up with the drivers in the lead until, finally, fate smiled on him and, at the same time, was cruel to

Maverick Viñales

.

The failure of the bike of the winner of Saturday's

sprint race

was evident when

Acosta

managed to pass him on the finish line just at the time of starting the last lap. Then, almost immediately afterwards, he finally ended up on the ground. He wasn't the only one. In addition to him,

Bagnaia

and

Marc Márquez ,

Álex Márquez

,

Raúl Fernández

and

Fabio Morbidelli

also found their bones on the asphalt

who, despite everything, managed to finally finish the race. As for the rest of the Spanish drivers,

Aleix Espargaró

was eighth,

Augusto Fernández

, eleventh,

Joan Mir

, twelfth,

Álex Rins

, thirteenth and

Marc Márquez

, finally sixteenth.