Holgado gave in to pressure from Kelso and Sasaki

Daniel Holgado (KTM) gave in to the pressure given to him in the last minute of the third free practice session by the same Australian Joel Kelso (CFMoto) like the Japanese Ayumu Sasaki (Husqvarna) in classification for Grand Prix of the Valencian Community of Moto3.

Kelso set the best time in the smallest of categories with a record of 1:38.569, which he beat by only 54 thousandths of a second. Sasakiand in a tenth of a second in Loosewhich was one of the last to improve its record from day one.

The Spanish David Munoz (KTM) and David Salvador (KTM) were the first to lower their time from day one to place sixteenth and twenty-fifth, respectively, with many sessions ahead to improve further.

The low temperature in the morning is not one of the best allies of the Moto3 rider, some of them ended up on the ground, as in the case of the British rider. Scott Ogden (Honda) by not being able to warm up the tires well, although that situation did not stop the conditions from improving minute by minute and the time table becoming ‘animated’.

Among the first to develop were the Japanese Ayumu Sasakiwho on his first fast lap rose to third place and soon after he did so to second, although his compatriot Ryusei Yamanaka (Gas Gas) demoted him to third place shortly after.

But until almost the end of the session, who was the leader on the first day remained the leader, the Spaniard Daniel Holgadowhich struggled to come close to Friday’s best time, 1:38.706, while its most direct rivals began to ‘scratch’ 100ths off their personal bests.

And so, ‘scratching’ the 1000th, he ended up putting himself in charge Ayumu Sasaki1:38.623, beaten by the Australian moments later Joel Kelsotwo drivers who know the Valencian track despite their nationality, having competed in many races in this setting.

except turkish Deniz Öncü (KTM), badly affected after the heavy fall he suffered on Friday, apart from the Spaniards Adrian Fernandez (Honda) and Jaume Masia (Honda), almost all the drivers at the top of the time table improved their records, although this situation did not prevent the three of them from being in the second direct classification.

A goal that the Colombian of Spanish origin did not achieve, David Alonso (Gas Gas), who finished in sixteenth position after having his best fastest lap invalidated for exceeding the track’s time limits.

In addition to Kelso, Sasaki and Holgado, Vicente Pérez, Ryusei Yamanaka, Filippo Farioli, Iván Ortolá, David Muñoz, Diogo Moreira, Deniz Öncü, Collin Veijer, Stefano Nepa, Adrián Fernández and Jaume Masiá moved to the second classification.

Apart from David Alonso, pilots such as José Antonio Rueda, David Salvador, Matteo Bertelle, Romano Fenati, Taiyo Furusato, Kaito Toba and Xavier Artigas, among others, did not succeed.