Arbolino and Acosta are the main focus, Holgado is increasingly prominent

The Italian Tony Arbolino (Kalex) and the Spanish Pedro Acosta (Kalex) is emerging as the main focus of attention in the category of Moto2, while the Spanish Daniel Holgado (KTM) clearly ahead of the World Cup Moto3, before this weekend’s dispute of Dutch Grand Prix at the Assen TT circuit.

For many years the TT Assen is considered the cathedral of motorcycling in Europe and a circuit complicated by constant changes in atmospheric conditions, even though what does not change are the protagonists in Moto2, where neither Tony Arbolino nor Pedro Acosta failed in the final rounds of the championship.

Slightly fifteen points separated the Spanish from the Italian, who still leads the points table, although he already has fewer victories than the Spaniard and, if not for some mistakes, the shark” from Puerto de Mazarrón he was about to lead a championship in which he added four victories and a second place, but he was penalized for twelfth place in Termas de Río Hondo, in Argentina, and the collapse in the French circuit of Le Mans.

In any case, both Tony Arbolino as Pedro Acosta is the main reference in the intermediate category of the motorcycling world championship, but not only, because in every grand prix there is a series of drivers who usually fight for victory, even if they lack the excellence shown by the first two in the necessary moments.

The list of those rivals starts with some Spaniards, Alonso Lopez (Darkwood) and Aron Canet (Kalex), which already adds two falls to the race, that of France and Germanyand he needs to turn his career around at least in that aspect, because for others he is very effective in training and only needs a victory to believe that he is a contender for the title.

In addition to them, and with the same need to achieve a victory to believe it, is the British Jake Dixon (Kalex), student of Jorge Martínez’s group “Aspar”, that race after race is usually among the best in the category, with almost no failures, which cannot be said about his compatriot Sam Lowes, A perennial title contender who for one reason or another, usually due to a slump, doesn’t end up taking the necessary step forward to compete for the championship.

the czech Philip Salac (Kalex) and the thai Somkiat Chantra (Kalex), They are other drivers who have possibilities in every Grand Prix, but they lack the necessary consistency to be in that fight where so far the most solvent names continue to be the Tony Arbolino and Pedro Acosta, the real enemy to defeat.

A step behind, but continuing their growth, are the Spanish Manuel Gonzalez (Kalex), Fermín Aldeguer (Boscoscuro), Albert Arenas (Kalex), Sergio García Dols (Kalex) or Jeremy Alcoba (Kalex), while Borja Gómez (Kalex) or Marcos Ramírez (Kalex) They are still a long way from the top group and have a long way to go, as do the Japanese Ai Ogura (Kalex), who went from being a solid contender for the title last season to fighting to qualify, after the accident he suffered at the end of last season.

A very different panorama is the one that exists in Moto3, Well, with his three victories and no defeats in seven contested races, Spaniard Daniel Holgado (KTM) is the firm leader, despite the fact that race after race his rivals increased and the Turk’s first victory Deniz Oncu (KTM) This could represent an incentive that will lead him to take a step forward, one that will unite him with the winners of the races in the category throughout this year.

Holgado achieved three of the seven possible, but they also climbed to the top of the podium Ivan Ortola (KTM), on two occasions, and on one occasion it was done by the wounded Japanese pilot Tatsuki Suzuki (Honda) and the Turkish Öncü.

They all count when thinking about success, as well as about Assen TT, but you can’t forget Spanish Jaume Masiá (Honda) and Xavier Artigas (CFMoto), the Japanese Ayumu Sasaki (Husqvarna), the Brazilian Diogo Moreira (KTM) or the Colombian of Spanish origin David Salvador (GasGas), that they are always in the leading group and it is a matter of time before they lead to achieving success.

As in Moto2, behind a little are pilots who can jump at any time, like the Spanish José Antonio Rueda (KTM) and David Muñoz (KTM), the Japanese Ryusei Yamanaka (GasGas) and Kaito Toba (KTM), the Italians Stefano Nepa (KTM) and Andrea Migno (KTM), the British Scott Ogden (Honda) or the “local” Collin Veijer (Husqvarna), which may be one of the big surprises in TT Assen this weekend.