Moto3
How good is David Alonso
(Aspar CFMoto)? Well, the
Colombian took yet another
victory when, he later revealed,
that wasn't even the aim. The
18-year-old's weekend had been
complicated by a Friday morn-
ing highside. Yet as the laps
ticked
by, he got closer to the
front and pounced on Adrian
Fernandez (Leopard Honda) and
David Munoz (BOE KTM) just
when it mattered for a ninth suc-
cess of the season.
Alonso's
day was already
looking rosy when Collin Veijer
(IntactGP Husqvarna) crashed
out of the lead at turn eight after
heading the pack for the first
when he dropped from third to
ninth. He recaught the fight for
third late on, and while able to
dispense with Manuel Gonzalez
(Gresini Kalex) and Darryn Bind
-
er (IntactGP Kalex), he couldn't
pass teammate Lopez.
In another pivotal
day for the
championship, MSI Boscoscu-
ro's Sergio Garcia (166 points)
crashed
out of 10th on lap 16,
meaning Ogura's (208) lead is
up to 42 points. Canet is now
tied with Lopez (156) for third,
52 back.
The Spaniard was aided early
on by SpeedUp Boscoscuro
teammates Alonso Lopez and
Fermin Aldeguer, Ai Ogura (MSI
Boscoscuro) and Jake Dixon
(Aspar Kalex) fighting among
themselves. At the same time,
possible challenger Tony Arbo
-
lino was as low as 22nd on lap
one
after running off track at
turn 10. Yet even when Ogura
took control of the fight for
second on lap 12, he was over
six seconds back of Canet and
nowhere near as fast. He rightly
motioned to silence the critics
on the slow-down lap.
Ogura was a comfortable
second, while Aldeguer was left
to pay for an erratic lap eight,
ROUND 15 / SEPTEMBER 27-29, 2024
PERTAMINA MANDALIKA CIRCUIT / INDONESIA
ROAD RACE I FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
P96
Aron Canet led from start to
finish in Moto2, winning by
more than six seconds.
