Alonso, who could mathematically be proclaimed champion in this event of the world championship, set a best time of 1:59.280.
The Colombian David Alonso (CFMoto) dominated the first free practice session of the Japanese Moto3 Grand Prix, the sixteenth qualifying round of the motorcycle world championship that takes place this weekend at the ‘Mobility Resort Motegi’ facility circuit.
Once again the Moto3 riders were the first to ‘check’ the state of the asphalt, very wet in many places at that time of the morning on the Motegi circuit in the morning. rain fell during the night, which was not an impediment for the Spaniards Ángel Piqueras and Adrián Fernández, teammates on the Leopard Honda team, to immediately return to the top of the table.
These asphalt conditions forced all the drivers to go out and ride on tires ‘hairy’ or water and running more than ten seconds behind the fastest lap in dry conditions.
The track conditions improved considerably, so much so that some drivers ‘risked’ being the first to use dry tires and the Times dropped considerably, as entering the last third of the first round of Moto3, the Australian Joel Kelso (KTM) led the table with a time of 2:04.085 first and 2:02.576 just one lap later.
But after achieving that record, a timid rain began to fall again on the ‘Mobility Resort Motegi’ route, which was going to prevent the times from improving, with David Alonso as the leader.
Following in Alonso’s wake were Joel Kelso, Filippo Farioli, Iván Ortolá, David Muñoz, Adrián Fernández, the Italians Riccardo Rossi and Matteo Bertelle, the Dutchman Collin Veijer, Ángel Piqueras, Joel Esteban, David Almansa, Ryusei Yamanaka and José Antonio Rueda. the first fourteen positions. EFE