Holgado succumbs to pressure from Kelso and Sasaki

Daniel Holgado (KTM) succumbed to pressure from Australian rider and rider in final minutes of third free practice Joel Kelso (CFMoto) Like the Japanese Ayumu Sasaki (Husqvarna) classification Moto3 Valencia Community Grand Prix.

kelso He set the best time in the smallest category with a time of 1 minute 38.569 seconds, which he beat by just 54 thousandths of a second. SasakiAnd in a tenth of a second Loosewas the last one to break records from day one.

Spanish David Muñoz (KTM) and david salvador (KTM) have lowered their times from the first day to 16th and 25th respectively, but there are still many sessions left to improve their times further.

The cold morning temperatures were not the best ally for Moto3 riders, with some of them falling to the ground, as in the case of the British rider. Scott Ogden (Honda) blamed it on not being able to warm up the tires enough, but that didn’t prevent the situation from improving by the minute and making the timetable “lively”.

The Japanese were the first to improve. Ayumu SasakiHe moved into third place with a fast first lap, and then moved into second place shortly after. Yamanaka Ryusei (Gus Gus) demoted him to third place shortly after.

However, the Spaniard who had been the leader on the first day remained the leader until almost the end of the session. Daniel Holgadostruggled to come close to Friday’s best time of 1:38.706, while his most direct competitors began to “scrape” their personal bests by thousands of times.

Thus, he “scratched” one thousandth and finally made himself the leader. Ayumu Sasaki1:38.623, which the Australian broke shortly after. Joel Kelsothe two drivers, despite their nationalities, know the Valencian track well, having competed in numerous races in this environment.

except for the Turks Deniz Oncu (KTM), in addition to the Spanish rider, suffered a severe fall on Friday and was very affected. Adrian Fernandes (Honda) and Jaume Macia (Honda) almost all the drivers at the top of the timetable broke records, but this situation did not prevent three of them from directly entering the second class.

A goal that Colombians of Spanish origin could not achieve, david alonso (Gas Gas) finished 16th after his best lap was canceled because he exceeded the limits of the track during his run.

In addition to Celso, Sasaki and Holgado, Vicente Pérez, Ryusei Yamanaka, Filippo Farioli, Iván Ortola, David Muñoz, Diogo Moreira, Denis Honchun, Colin Beichel, Stefano Nepa, Adrian Fernández and Jaume – Macia has moved to the second class.

In addition to David Alonso, pilots such as Jose Antonio Rueda, David Salvador, Matteo Bertel, Romano Fenati, Taiyo Furusato, Kaito Toba, and Xavier Artigas also failed to achieve success.