The REAL REASON Why Acosta And Marquez Kept Swapping Places At Mandalika! | MotoGP 2026

Pedro Acosta and Marc Marquez spent the middle of the Indonesian Grand Prix swapping places again and again, not because they were fighting, but because of a tyre pressure number, and Acosta says it cost him a top four finish. He summed it up with one word, donkeys, Jorge Martin took third place and the championship lead while riding with the front tyre pressure set too high, and now Pirelli has confirmed that the rule behind it all is staying in twenty twenty seven. Here is what happened on track at Mandalika, what the riders said afterwards, and why the rule that is supposed to keep tyres safe is making a mess of the title fight.