Indonesian Mario Surya Aji (Honda) surprised all Moto3 riders by being the fastest at the end of the first day of free training for the Portuguese Grand Prix in the category at the Portimao circuit, which had to be carried out in very bad weather conditions. .
Aji set the best time of 2: 02.491, where he surpassed by a thousand one seconds his immediate chaser, Brazilian Diogo Moreira (KTM), who set the best time of 2: 02.544, and the Frenchman Ricardo Rossi (Honda), 2: 02,566.
The second and final round of the Moto3 free tests didn’t quite start, again the rain became its protagonist and caused some initial crashes, some of which stood out, like the Spanish leader Daniel Holgado (KTM). of the first session, which soon tested the hardness of the Lusitanian asphalt, as well as his compatriots David Alonso (GasGas) or Xavier Artigas (CF Moto), among others.
The palm of bad luck went Adrian Fernandez (KTM), who crashed in the first free practice sessions and had a fracture to two fingers of his left hand and will disappear the rest of the weekend and is doubtful for Jerez next.
Conditions were very severe at times, not only because of the rain but also because of the intensity of the strong winds that, at times, “blown” the advertising panels of some teams, forcing a red flag to be displayed. in the eight minutes of the end. to recover material that has flown into the air.
Until then, the fastest rider was Indonesian Mario Surya Aji (Honda), a true specialist in extreme conditions, ahead of Diogo Moreira and Ricardo Rossi, with Carlos Tatay (CFMoto) the best Spaniard in the fourth position.
The world leader, Italian Dennis Foggia (Honda) did not venture more than strictly necessary on such a difficult day and finished in the nineteenth, along with his compatriot Andrea Migno (Honda) , eleventh, and one of his direct rivals for the title, the Spaniard Sergio García Dols (Scratch), fourteenth.
Jorge Martínez’s student “Aspar” suffered a fall with no consequences in the morning, but endured “pouring rain” like all his rivals to finish in fourteenth position, pretty much nothing another second away from the Indonesian pilot record.
It all depends on the conditions in which the second day of free training will be held, which will explain the fourteen riders who will compete in the second classification in Portugal, because the rain and wind on this first day are conditioned, and many, the evolution of all drivers and knowing that there will be two consecutive races on the weekends, Portimao and Jerez de la Frontera, the main figures do not want to take more risks than necessary.
Source: La Verdad
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