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Moto3™ kicked off a captivating weekend on the PT Grand Prix of Thailand, with David Alonso (CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Group) grabbing Friday honours after a superb begin to the weekend. The #80 clocked a 1:40.703 on Friday afternoon on what was a busy day for the Colombian, who ended the day with a 0.385s benefit over Joel Kelso (BOE Motorsports) in second. The Australian had an awesome opening day of motion in Thailand, bettering within the closing levels of the session after setting 15 laps. Kelso positioned forward of Adrian Fernandez (Leopard Racing), with the #31 ending Friday as the highest Honda rider with a powerful start line for this weekend.
Alonso had a busy morning, discovering the restrict with a crash at Flip 3 earlier than remounting and later posting a 1:40.544 to finish Free Follow on the prime of the standings and with a brand new lap report. Temperatures continued to rise, and as soon as Follow 1 received underway, Collin Veijer (Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP) was the rider on the prime of the standings as Alonso suffered a second crash of the day earlier than remounting and bettering on his Follow 1 time to finish Friday on the prime of the standings.
In the meantime, Daniel Holgado (Pink Bull GASGAS Tech3) labored laborious all through the day, claiming fourth spot and ending Friday in entrance of Veijer. After main early on, the Dutchman dropped again to fifth, 0.587s adrift from Alonso’s reference time. Veijer rounded out the highest 5, whereas Luca Lunetta (SIC58 Squadra Corse) continued to impress, stealing sixth place on an awesome day for the Italian. Lunetta improved on his ultimate quick lap to put forward of MT Helmets – MSI’s Ivan Ortola, who seeks redemption after a troublesome Australian GP. Ortola was forward of David Almansa (Kopron Rivacold Snipers Group), who had a busy day in eighth.
Additional again, Jose Antonio Rueda (Pink Bull KTM Ajo) and Angel Piqueras (Leopard Racing) rounded out the highest 10 locations, with the #36 lapping contained in the low 1:41 bracket. In the meantime, David Muñoz (BOE Motorsports) and Riccardo Rossi (CIP Inexperienced Energy) had been eleventh and twelfth, as Scott Ogden (FleetSafe Honda – MLav Racing) and MT Helmets – MSI’s Ryusei Yamanaka took the important ultimate spots inside the highest 14.
