The Dutch Collin Veijer (Husqvarna) is not giving up on his quest to be a ‘prophet in his land’ and set a new Moto3 absolute record to lead the time table for the official classification of Dutch Grand Prix of category.
Veijer stopped the stopwatch at 1:39,703where he broke the previous record set a few minutes earlier by the Spanish Iván Ortolá (KTM), first, with 1:39.790 and then Ángel Piqueras (Honda), with 1:39.777.
One of the negative notes of the session was the first crash of the Italians Riccardo Rossi (KTM) and Filippo Fairoli (Honda), which involved a particular ‘stupidity’ at turn seven that left them both out of the session with their bikes badly damaged and them with logical physical discomfort from the “spinning “.
The round did not register many initial changes, until its last ten minutes several drivers returned to the track, including the Spaniards Ivan Ortola (KTM), who was the first to beat the record of Dutchman Collin Veijer (Husqvarna), who on the first day ran 1:40.259, to run 1:40.192, a new absolute record for the category.
Ortolá’s strong pace did not slow down a bit and following the reference of his own teammate, the Japanese Ryusei Yamanaka (KTM), he lowered the record again and broke the barrier by one minute and 40 seconds to complete a lap on the Dutch track in 1 :39,790.
Both drivers completed an impressive team effort, giving each other a wheel for several laps, which put them together in the first positions, although almost all drivers were on track to get the best position for classifications.
The Spanish debutant Angel Piqueras (Honda) – who did not start the session well when he broke his motorcycle chain in the first lap – the next surprise of the session by setting the best time in a 1:39.777, a very fast record in which he climbed . in the first place.
Ortolá, David Muñoz (KTM) and David Alonso (CFMoto) followed in his wake, while the leader of the first day, Dutchman Collin Veijer, fell to twelfth position.
But Veijer He was waiting for ‘his’ moment and it came in the final minutes, where he set a time of 1:39.703 that took him to first place, in addition to once again showing an impressive pace by riding -one for a few laps there. second 39 .
Along with Veijer, in the second classification there will be, directly, Ángel Piqueras, Iván Ortolá, David Muñoz, David Alonso, Ryusei Yamanaka, Joel Kelso (KTM), Taiyo Furusato (Honda), Adrián Fernández (Honda), Luca Lunetta ( Honda), Daniel Holgado (Gas Gas), Stefano Nepa (KTM), Scott Ogden (Honda) and David Almansa (Honda).
For the first classification, riders such as José Antonio Rueda (KTM), Jacob Roulstone (Gas Gas), Tatsuki Suzuki (Husvarna) and the Spanish debutant Xabi Zurutuza (KTM), who returns after recovering from injury to his right arm suffered at Mugello (Italy).
Source: La Verdad
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