David Alonso added his fourth victory and is now ‘rookie of the year’

Colombian Hispanic David Alonso is no longer the underdog of the Moto3 World Championship. This Sunday in Buriram he recorded his fourth victory of the year in which he mathematically decides the rookie of the year trophy, but also allows him to place third overall, 25 points behind the leader. Jaume Masia. Despite finishing fourth behind Alonso, Furusato and Veijer, the one from Algemesi extended his lead in the overall standings to 17 points over Sasaki, who crashed out in the third round.

The Turk from the post Deniz Oncu, who has experience on the Thai circuit thanks to his Asian Talent Cup career, kept the initiative against Moreira and Sasaki and the Japanese immediately took the wheel of the poleman and killed the Turk. Leader Jaume Masiá wasted no time either, as in T1 he progressed to second place, putting the spotlight on the man with the leadership at stake this Sunday. But they are just the first stages of a race that is expected to be very difficult due to extreme heat and humidity.

However, at the start of the third lap he suddenly lost speed at turn 10 without going into gear. David Munoz and Ayumu Sasaki, the second classified, could not avoid bumping into him and tripping. The incident also affected Dani Holgadothe third classified, which ended up in 27th place. In three turns, a theatrical coup for the general classification that affected some of the favorites except for leader Masiá who at the time was leading the group unrelated to the incident and had not been informed either. his team so they could focus what they did.

Holgado encouraged the return based on the fact that top speed was conservative, with Oncu responsible since the halfway point of the race to keep the group stretched out. And with six laps to go, he passed the baton to Veijer to prepare for a final attack.

With four remaining, Alonso, Masiá, Veijer, Oncu and Furusato gained three-tenths of a lead in the big group, but they regrouped for the final lap, which Veijer started in the lead ahead of Alonso, Masiá and Furusato. The Colombian Hispanic took advantage of the fact that Veijer took some time to gain a few tenths of the lead which was decisive to consolidate his fourth victory, his sixth podium, and decide in his favor the rookie of the year trophy and enter the fight for the older trophy, he is now third with 25 points.

Masiá lost the podium in the final corner, overtaken by Furusato and Veijer for excessive risks. Holgado’s comeback reached sixth place in the final, thus saving the defining disaster.

Moto3 Race Classification