David Alonso wins first race in Japan

Colombian david alonso (CFMoto) exclusive Moto3 Japan Grand Prix 1st free practice, This weekend, the 16th scoring event of the Motorcycle World Championship will be held at the circuit inside the Mobility Resort Motegi facility.

alonsowho could mathematically be declared champion in this event of the World Championship, recorded the best time 1:59.280.

Once again, Moto3 riders were the first to “check” the condition of the asphalt. At the Motegi circuit that morning, the asphalt was very wet in many places due to the rain that had fallen overnight, but it was not a problem. For them, the Spaniards soon appeared at the top of the table again. Angel Piqueras and Adrian FernandezTeammate of the Leopard Honda team.

These asphalt conditions forced all drivers to run on “hairy” or wet tires and to run at least 10 seconds slower than their fastest lap in dry conditions.

Piqueras He became the first benchmark with a time of 2:08.516, but his time was later improved by his teammates. Fernandezcompleted the turn in “local” in 2:08.095. Home of the sun (Honda) was behind them, although they had to take control of the bike during the escape off the track after “quickly” resolving an error connecting Turns 1 and 2 of the route.

Road conditions improved significantly, with some riders “taking the risk” of using dry tires for the first time, significantly lowering their times. Joel Kelso (KTM) took the lead first with a time of 2:04.085 and just one lap later with a time of 2:02.576.

Now that all drivers are on “slicks” (dry tyres), times will gradually start to drop, and with Joel Kelso as a reference and world leader, the main drivers in this category will be running much faster. It has become. david alonsoThey both put in a series of fast laps and had a great duel with him, until the Spanish-Colombian set a time of 1:59.828, close to the best record in the “small” category, but later dropped down the order. 1:59,280.

However, after achieving that record, rain began to fall again on the Mobility Resort Motegi route, which prevented David Alonso from improving his time.

Following Alonso were Joel Celso, Filippo Farioli, Iván Ortola, David Muñoz, Adrian Fernandes, Italians Riccardo Rossi and Matteo Bertel, Dutchmen Colin Weyer, Ángel Piqueras, Joel Esteban, David Almanza, Ryusei Yamanaka and Jose Antonio Rueda followed. First 14th place.