Moto3 Malaysia Race: Nothing can stop David Alonso

Once again, the competitors in the Moto3 category delighted us in Malaysia during this race. They gave it their all for forty minutes, but unfortunately there can only be one winner. Before the start, David Alonso (CFMoto Aspar Team) started favorite, because he was on a series of five consecutive victories. Moreover, he had finished first in P1. But yet, we still had to be wary of certain opponents, starting with the Honda Leopard Racing duo. The rookie Angel Piqueras, leader of the FP, was replaced by Adrian Fernandez in P2 as well as in qualifying. This pole position symbolizes the good dynamics of Raul's little brother in recent times. Of course, we had to keep an eye on the usual outsiders Daniel Holgado (Red Bull GasGas Tech3), Collin Veijer (Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP) and Ivan Ortola (KTM MT Helmets MSi).

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Starting from the first row, Ivan Ortola takes the holeshot at the start of the race. However, it was David Almansa, who started on a softer rubber combination, who completed the first lap in the lead.

The first lap was marked by an incident which eliminated Joel Esteban and Riccardo Rossi at turn 2. Daniel Holgado will be the third driver to have to retire from the event, after an overly optimistic overtaking attempt on Ivan Ortola which sent him to the carpet. This incident also compromised David Alonso's chances of victory. The Colombian, who avoided the crash, fell to eleventh position.

The agitation at the start of the race did not end there, however, as an engine failure then forced Adrian Fernandez to retire. Angel Piqueras will follow him a few loops later, returning to his garage to retire.

David Alonso does not give up, and from the fifth lap, he is already in sixth position, and is lapping five tenths faster than in the lead. It will then only take a few curves to get rid of Collin Veijer and Ivan Ortola. Joel Kelso, Taiyo Furusato and David Almansa are then these next targets. The hard front tire, however, seems to have the advantage over the soft, and the No. 80 continues at its breakneck pace.

David Almansa is indeed suffering with his tires, and David Alonso takes advantage from the sixth lap of the event, before other drivers take advantage of this difficult pass in the race for the No. 22.

At mid-race, the top-5 is unrecognizable compared to the order in which the drivers started. However, victory seems to be between Kelso, Furusato (starting from 17th position) and Alonso. Ortola cannot be ruled out either, and is starting to get back into the top three.

In a fight with Furusato, Kelso cracks under the pressure and comes out wide, which benefits his competitors. The Moto3 world champion then follows in the wake of Furusato.

As he stumbles behind the leader, preparing his attack. Ivan Ortola returns to the leading duo, and takes four drivers on his wheel. Veijer, Kelso, Yamanaka and Rueda complete a top-7 which can then fully believe in victory in Moto3, during this race in Malaysia.

It was then that David Alonso attacked Taiyo Furusato while braking, in the last corner of the circuit. The Colombian takes the lead and increases the pace. Only Furusato is able to follow him. Ortola's group quickly lost half a second on the two men.

David Alonso repels all his opponent's attacks on the last lap, braking to the limit in each curve. He thus won the Moto3 race of the Malaysian GP, ​​thirteenth victory of the season, his sixth in a row, equaling a new record of Valentino Rossi.

Moto3 Malaysian Grand Prix 2024 result:

Ranking credit: MotoGP.com