Fall and record for Australian Joel Kelso

The Australian Joel Kelso (KTM) achieved the best time in the second official Moto3 practice despite an initial crash that did not prevent him from breaking the category record at the ‘Red Bull Ring’ circuit in Spielberg, scene of the Austrian MotoGP Grand Prix.

Kelso set a new absolute record by becoming the first and only driver to go under one minute and 40 seconds to complete a lap of the track, 1:39.921, taking down the previous record, set in Spanish Friday. Jose Antonio Rueda (KTM), with 1:40.171.

After Kelso, just 87 thousandths of a second behind, finished the championship leader, the Colombian of Spanish origin David Alonso (CFMoto), who is the ally, the debutant Joel Esteban, who was working with him, suffered a heavy fall near the end of the session, although he managed to qualify in eleventh.

tirethe fastest on the first day of practice had to settle for third position as he did not improve his record from Friday, the same situation that the Dutchman experienced Colin Veijer (Husqvarna), fourth, ahead of Spaniards Ángel Piqueras (Honda) and Daniel Holgado (Gas Gas), Italian Stefano Nepa (KTM), Spaniards David Muñoz (KTM) and Iván Ortolá (KTM) ), with the Japanese Ryusei Yamanaka (KTM), taking the top ten positions.

Like them, they are guaranteed a place in the second classification, in addition to Esteban, the Australian Jacob Roulstone (Gas Gas), the Spanish Xabi Zurutuza (KTM) and the Italian Matteo Bertelle (Honda).

Pilots such as the Japanese Taiyo Furusato (Honda) and Tatsuki Suzuki (Husqvarna), the Italians Ricardo Rossi (KTM) and Luca Lunetta (Honda), or the Spanish Adrián Fernández (Honda), David Almansa ( Honda) must go through the first classification. or Vicente Pérez (Honda), who also finished at the end of the session.