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ROUND 11 / AUGUST 16-18, 2024 RED BULL RING / SPIELBERG, AUSTRIA MOTOGP I FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP P100 onds back of the leader on lap five, it soon became clear that victory hopes weren't over. Both Alonso and Piqueras had joined the leading trio, plus Collin Veijer (IntactGP Husqvarna) and Jose Antonio Rueda (Ajo KTM), by lap 10. And the Colombian hit the front for the first time on lap 15 before narrowly avoiding con - tact with Munoz into turn one on the last lap to win by one-tenth of a second. Having run off track and fallen back to fifth, Munoz made an eye-catching recovery on the last lap, passing Veijer and Piqueras in quick succession before out-dragging Holgado for second to the line. In the end, three-tenths of a second cov - ered the top five. Alonso's (224 points) lead has swollen to 71. Ortola (153), who fought back valiantly to ninth, holds second, with Holgado (149) and Veijer (142) close behind. MOTOE Hector Garzo (Dynavolt IntactGP MotoE) all but confirmed him- self as the 2024 MotoE World Champion by scoring a dramatic late victory in the second race of the Austrian doubleheader. The championship leader was in the thick of two dramatic fights with fellow title contend - ers Oscar Gutierrez (Axxis MSI), and Kevin Zannoni (Openbank Aspar Team), who, like Garzo, started on the front row, and Mattia Casadei (LCR MotoE), who fought through from ninth. There was a near miss in the start, as Gutierrez and Garzo His cause was somewhat helped by polesitter Ivan Ortola (MSI KTM) pulling off the grid and starting from pit lane. From there, BOE KTM duo Joel Kelso and David Munoz and Tech3 GasGas rider Dani Holgado led, while Alonso and Angel Piqueras (Leopard Honda)—also penalized for poor riding on Saturday—took their penalties on the third lap, dropping them to 10th and 11th, respectively. And despite being 3.5 sec- CFMoto) demonstrated ex- actly why he's the Moto3 World Champion-in-waiting with a stunning comeback ride to post his finest performance to date. The Colombian had endured a relatively tough weekend before Sunday, qualifying sixth—dismal by his standards. And he was handed a long-lap penalty for excessive slow riding in Q2. Yet his rapid recovery from that proved yet again he is the class of the field. David Alonso won again in Moto3.