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Before leaving his debut MotoGP test at Valencia last November, rookie Pedro Acosta pledged to take a picture of the KTM RC16’s controls.
Coming from Moto2 as the current world champion, the young phenomenon has to familiarize himself with the various electronic options in MotoGP, as well as utilize the ride height device and the front and rear holeshot devices. Acosta plans to study photos of the dashboard, buttons, levers, and other equipment during the winter break to ensure he doesn’t start from scratch again in Malaysia. His teammate, Augusto Fernandez, who made the same transition from Moto2 to MotoGP a year earlier, joked about Acosta being ahead of him in learning to use the ride height device. Acosta had a successful debut test, setting a fast lap of 30.4, placing him 18th overall but only 1.2 seconds off the top and within 0.4 seconds of Fernandez. As a rookie, Acosta will participate in the upcoming Sepang Shakedown test and the official test in February. He acknowledges that he needs to improve physically, as MotoGP riders have significantly larger back, arm, shoulder, and neck muscles to handle the demands of the bike, and he believes he will need the same to be competitive throughout the season.
