Acosta tops Practice as KTM chases home win

Pedro Acosta completed a perfect first day at KTM’s home race as the factory star led the way in Practice at the Austrian Grand Prix on Friday.

Acosta, who is seeking his first MotoGP win before leaving KTM at the end of the year, will be joined in Q2 on Saturday by joint championship leaders Marc Marquez (Ducati) and Jorge Martin (Aprilia), as well as their nearest challenger Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia).

Having topped the Free Practice 1 session in the morning, Acosta resumed his apparent domination of the day by shooting straight to the top of the timesheets in the afternoon. He remained there as most of the pac