‘Alonso’ defended their lead in Moto2 and Moto3 in Portimao

The ‘Alonso’, Alonso López (Boscoscuro) in Moto2and the Colombian of Spanish origin David Alonso (CFMoto), in Moto3responsible for defend the leadership they holdafter their victories in Lusail (Qatar), this weekend with a dispute of Portuguese Grand Prix at the Portimao circuit.

Against the odds, at least initially as seen during training, Alonso López claimed victory in Moto2despite the fact that the fastest in training was another Spaniard, Aron Canet (Kalex), emerging as a favorite for the race, but after a brief lead he ended up giving up positions to finish the race tenth.

In a race from less to more, Alonso López, who ran out of fuel on his motorcycle during the lap of honor and had to reach the podium in the Medical Assistance car, he achieved a ‘strict’ victory, with only 55 thousandths of a second ahead of the Belgian Barry Baltus (Kalex) and already a few tenths of a second more than his compatriot that Sergio García Dols (Boscoscuro) and the Japanese Ai Ogura (Boscoscuro), who should be the main character throughout the season.

The Moto2 category, as will surely happen in Moto3 as well, It will be one of the most debated in recent yearsas there are several proper names that can be listed along with those already mentioned.

That relationship can be joined by the American Joe Roberts (Kalex), the Italians Tony Arbolino (Kalex) and Celestino Vietti (Kalex), the Thai Somkiat Chantra (Kalex), the Turkish Deniz Öncü (Kalex), the Dutch Zonta Van den Goorbergh (Kalex) and Bo Bendsneyder (Kalex) and the Spanish Fermín Aldeguer (Boscoscuro), Manuel González (Kalex), Marcos Ramírez (Kalex), Albert Arenas (Kalex), Jeremy Alcoba (Kalex) or Jaume Masiá ( Kalex), trained to win races at any time.

Fermin Aldeguer, winner of last four grand prix of 2023will have the ‘stimulus’ of Know yourself as a MotoGP rider for the next seasonafter Ducati has announced that it will make one of its Desmosedici GP prototypes available to you from 2025.

Something similar is happening in Moto3, although the victory of the Colombian comes from the Spaniard David Alonso with your new CFMoto, you are allowed apply as one of the clearest candidates for the title after a victory in the final round that he had already achieved four times last season.

Alonso He is the first leader and will surely be one of the outstanding figures of the seasonalthough with him will be a long list of Spanish drivers, Daniel Holgado (Gas Gas), Iván Ortolá (KTM), José Antonio Rueda (KTM), Adrián Fernández (Honda), Vicente Pérez 8KTM), Ángel Piqueras (Honda ) or David Muñoz (KTM).

But in Qatar it was surprising that the performance of the Japanese Taiyo Furusato (Honda), in addition to the Italians Riccardo Rossi (KTM) or Stefano Nepa (KTM), together with the Dutchman Collin Veijer (Husqvarna), an old acquaintance of the category, where Last year he climbed to the top of the podium, and ‘eternal promises’ of Moto3 such as the Japanese Tatsuki Suzuki, who replaced his compatriot Ayumu Sasaki in the Husqvarna team.