MADRID, 6 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Colombian rider David Alonso (CFMoto) has been proclaimed the new world champion of the Moto3 category after winning this Sunday the Japanese Grand Prix race, the sixteenth round of the motorcycle World Championship, ahead of the Dutchman Collin Veijer (Husqvarna) and of the Spanish Adrián Fernández (Honda), while the also Spanish Manu González (Kalex) has won in Moto2 in an event marked by rain and the choice of tires.
Alonso, born in Madrid 18 years ago, did not waste his first match ball in Motegi and tied the title with four Grand Prix still to be played. Poleman Iván Ortolá (KTM) and Dani Holgado (GasGas), the two men who could avoid the alirón, could only be sixteenth and fourth, respectively.
All despite the fact that Ortolá defended his privileged position at the start ahead of the South American, overtaken shortly after by Holgado who came back from ninth place. Thus, a compact group of 15 drivers was formed who rode relatively together for a good part of the event.
With less than 10 laps to go, Alonso launched his attack, gaining three positions, and, shortly after, he also overtook Ortolá. In the midst of the fight to catch up with him, the man from Calicanto suffered a fall and paved the way for the Colombian, who crossed the finish line in first position to celebrate his first world champion title.
Adrián Fernández finished third in the points; Baggy, fourth; José Antonio Rueda (KTM), fifth; David Muñoz (KTM), eighth; David Almansa (Honda), twelfth; and Joel Esteban (CFMoto), fifteenth. In addition, Ortolá was sixteenth and Xabi Zurutuza (KTM) eighteenth, while Ángel Piqueras (Honda) could not finish the race.
MANU GONZÁLEZ REIGNS THE CHAOS OF MOTO2
In Moto2, the Spanish Manu González (Kalex) took the victory in a race marked by rain, which forced the test to be interrupted. The decision to take a risk and install slick tires at the restart was key to deciding this Sunday’s ‘Top 5’, made up of the Madrid-born, the leader Ai Ogura (Boscoscuro), the Czech Filip Salac (Kalex), the Spanish Jeremy Alcoba ( Kalex) and the Dutch Zonta van den Goorbergh (Kalex).
In this way, González achieved his first victory in the World Championship, while Ogura, second this Sunday, will have his first match ball in two weeks at the Australian Grand Prix. The Japanese leader leads the overall standings with a 60-point advantage over the Spanish Sergio García Dols (Boscoscuro), who finished fourteenth.
Before completing the first lap, the red flag waved due to the appearance of rain, which forced the race to be stopped and restarted at 12 instead of the scheduled 19. Most of the drivers opted for wet tires, but Ogura and the other four riders opted for slicks.
The tires of Ogura and company began to bear fruit as the track dried, and everyone began to make up positions at an impressive pace; In fact, Manu González went from twentieth to second position, with only Ogura ahead. With four laps remaining until the checkered flag, the Spaniard managed to overtake the Japanese, and no one disputed his victory.
Meanwhile, Alcoba was fourth, Xavi Artigas (Forward) finished sixth, Alonso López (Boscoscuro) finished ninth, Izan Guevara (Kalex) was tenth, Fermín Aldeguer (Boscoscuro) finished twelfth and García Dols, fourteenth. Arón Canet (Kalex) finished outside the points, third overall and sixteenth this Sunday; Marcos Ramírez (Kalex), nineteenth; Albert Arenas (Kalex), twenty-second; Alex Escrig (Forward), twenty-third; and Jaume Masià (Kalex), twenty-fourth.