David Alonso dominated the first round in Japan

The Colombian David Alonso (CFMoto) dominated the first free practice session of the Moto3 Japanese Grand Prix, sixteenth motorcycle world championship marking event that will take place this weekend at the circuit of the ‘Mobility Resort Motegi’ facilities.

Alonsowho was mathematically proclaimed champion in this world championship event, set the best time of 1:59.280.

Again the Moto3 riders were the first to ‘check’ the state of the asphalt, which was wet in many places at that time of the morning at the Motegi circuit due to the overnight rain, which was not a hindrance. for them in The Spaniards were immediately seen at the top of the table again. Ángel Piqueras and Adrián FernándezLeopard Honda teammates.

These asphalt conditions forced all drivers to go out and ride with ‘hairy’ or wet tires and run more than ten seconds behind the fastest lap in dry conditions.

Piqueras He was the first benchmark with a time of 2:08.516, later lowered by his teammate Fernandezwho completed the turn in 2:08.095, including the ‘local’ Taiyo Furusato (Honda), behind them, although after ‘quickly’ solving an error when connecting turns one and two of the route, where they had to leave the track and control the bike on the run.

Track conditions have improved so much, that some riders are ‘risking’ being the first to use dry tires and times have dropped significantly, due to entering the last third of the first round of Moto3, the Australian Joel Kelso (KTM), topped the table with a time of 2:04.085 first and 2:02.576 just one lap later.

Now with all the drivers on ‘slicks’ (dry tires) the times started to drop gradually and the main drivers of the category rode faster, with Joel Kelso as a reference and with the world leader , David Alonsostarring in a nice head-to-head with him, with a succession of fast laps from both until the Colombian of Spanish origin recorded a 1:59.828 close to the best records in the ‘small’ category and where he eventually fell. 1:59,280.

But after that record was achieved, light rain fell again on the ‘Mobility Resort Motegi’ route, which would hamper the improving weather, with David Alonso in the lead.

Following Alonso were Joel Kelso, Filippo Farioli, Iván Ortolá, David Muñoz, Adrián Fernández, the Italians Riccardo Rossi and Matteo Bertelle, the Dutch Collin Veijer, Ángel Piqueras, Joel Esteban, David Almansa, Ryusei Yamanaka and José the Antonio Rueda first fourteen positions.