The Moto3 World Championship train is moving ever closer to David Alonso’s Aspar box. At the Sachsenring, the Colombian took his sixth win of the season after his two toughest competitors crashed. Taiyo Fursato showed a strong performance, taking second place despite going off into the gravel. Ivan Ortola’s third place is also remarkable, as he had to complete a long lap. Noah Dettwiler only came in 23rd after a crash.
Moto3 at the Sachsenring – the racing film
Starting line-up: 1. Veijer, 2. Alonso, 3. Lunetta, 4. Fernandez, 5. Rueda, 6. Munoz, 7. Ogden, 8. Furusato, 9. Suzuki, 10. Nepa, 11. Yamanaka, 12. Ortola, 13. Holgado, 14. Piqueras, 15. Kelso, 16. Roulstone, 17. Zurutuza, 18. Rossi., 19. Carraro, 20. Buasri, 21. Almansa, 22. Dettwiler
Joel Esteban, Matteo Bertelle, Joshua Whatley and Filippo Farioli all had to start from the pit lane due to dawdling in the second practice session.
In addition, other drivers were given long laps for this offence in the second practice session. Yamanaka, Almansa, Ortola and Nepa have to complete one. Buasri, Carraro, Rossi, Lunetta and Zurutuza even have to do the long lap twice.
Begin: Veijer confidently holds the lead. Alonso has to admit defeat to Lunetta and Munoz, falling back to 4th.
1 round: Taiyo Furusato with a strong first lap. The Japanese driver moves up to 5th place.
2nd round: Alonso grabs Lunetta. He is now on the hunt for Veijer and Munoz. The drivers who were previously penalized now have to start serving their long laps. Furusato also passes Lunetta. And then Veijer crashes out of the race! He loses the front wheel in turn 11, and that’s it for the pole man. He resumes the race lagging behind.
3rd round: Munoz now leads ahead of Alonso and Furursato, but the leading group is still a full 14 riders large.
4th round: Alonso takes the lead in turn 1. Yamanaka has made a false start and is given two additional long laps. Ortola and Nepa almost collide with him as they come out of the long lap themselves.
5th round: Furusato goes into the gravel at turn 7, but he doesn’t fall. The Japanese rider showed great bike control after being pushed off the track by Munoz. Furusato is still eighth.
6th round: Alonso is slowly starting to pull away. His first pursuers are now the Leopard duo of Fernandez and Piqueras.
7th round: Piqueras goes wide in turn 10 and loses several positions, again Munoz was the trigger with a hard maneuver.
8th round: Adrian Fernandez is putting pressure on the leader Alonso. Rueda and Furusato are also behind him. These four are able to pull away slightly, followed by Munoz.
9th round: The leading group is split in two and consists of eleven riders. They are separated by about 2 seconds.
10th round: The group now has 12 riders. Ivan Ortola has managed to catch up despite having completed a long lap.
11th round: Alonso is still in the lead. He can neither pull away nor be seriously challenged. His World Championship rival Dani Holgado is currently sixth.
12th round: Jacob Roulstone rides into the gravel after contact with Piqueras. He is lucky that he did not fall. This of course means he is out of the leading group and is not very happy about his Spanish competitor.
13th round: The battle for second place is fierce. But Alonso cannot really benefit from this, as it seems impossible to get away from this.
14th round: The leading group has grown by two riders again. Scott Ogden and Luca Lunetta have managed to catch up. Noah Dettwiler crashes in turn 4 and falls far behind.
15th round: Now Roulstone also falls, but his race was ruined by the previous ride anyway.
16th round: Alonso is still in the lead and still cannot get rid of his eleven pursuers. Furursato is now in second place, having recovered remarkably from his ride.
17th round: Ryusei Yamanaka is in 13th place despite having completed three long laps and is heading for the points. Rueda is next to Alonso, but the Colombian still holds the lead.
18th round: Now Alonso has lost the lead for the first time. Furusato has squeezed past. But it doesn’t take long before the Colombian counterattacks. Ivan Ortola makes a strong impression. He fought his way up to fourth place in the last few laps.
19th round: The leading group has now been broken up. It now only consists of Alonso, Furusato, Rueda, Ortola, Piqueras, Holgado and Fernandez.
20th round: Luca Lunetta crashes in turn 1. It’s a shame, the rookie drove a good race. Ortola pushes hard past Furusato in the final corner and is now third.
21st round: At the front, Rueda is putting pressure on Alonso. Behind him, Ortola and Furusato are trying to keep up. Piqueras, Fernandez and Holgado are now struggling.
22nd and penultimate round: Rueda crashes in turn 1! He can’t believe it. Furusato has passed Ortola and he hasn’t given up on the victory yet.
23rd and final round: Furusato wobbles in turn 10 and that’s the win for Alonso! The Japanese driver is able to hold on to second place against Ortola.
Finish line: David Alonso wins and takes another big step towards the world championship. Taiyo Furusato takes second place, his best result of the season. Ivan Ortola takes the next podium place. Adrian Fernandez comes fourth ahead of Angel Piqueras. Yamanaka takes sixth place despite three(!) long laps. Dani Holgado only comes seventh. The remaining points: 8th Munoz, 9th Suzuki, 10th Ogden, 11th Kelso, 12th Nepa, 13th Farioli, 14th Esteban and 15th Bertelle.