Spanish Daniel Holgado (KTM) got his first win. motorcycle world championship By winning the Moto3 Portuguese Grand Prix held at the Portimao circuit, in front of his compatriot David Muñoz (KTM) and Brazilian Diogo Moreira (KTM). Moreira is the first podium finisher for Brazil since compatriot Alex Barros’ last podium at the Mugello circuit in Italy in 2007.
Turkish Deniz Öncü (KTM), who did not start the race very well, did not start his motorcycle and the mechanics had to take the motorcycle to the repair shop to try to fix it, so he left the workshop street. achieved despite entering the course in the last position.
At the start, Australian Joel Kelso (CFMoto) was the fastest., but the author of the “pole position” took Japanese Ayumu Sasaki (Husqvarna) and Spaniard Daniel Holgado (KTM) into the wind, while runner-up José Antonio Rueda (KTM) got off to a bad start and tried to save a position on the first pass from the finish line. lost several positions to eighth place. for Kelso was led by Daniel Holgado in the second round.Reaching a strong draw in the first place, to which only Kelso responded, but at that time the differences were still not significant and Brazilian Diogo Moreira (KTM), who started further back sixteenth, is already ninth. the second back is fully involved in the fight in the leading group.
Born to a Colombian mother in Madrid, Colombian David Alonso (GasGas) became the race’s second victim after colliding with Spaniard Iván Ortolá on the Pioneer and crashing on the third lap after taking turns. (KTM) in an incident that put Race Direction under investigation. On lap four Joel Kelso regained the lead, but neither driver managed to break through the rest of the group, leading to the assumption that this would be the case until the final laps. After the fifth round, Holgado takes the initiative againhowever, after waking up, Japan’s Sasaki began to attack when he learned a double long lap penalty for irresponsible driving by then-eighth-ranked Iván Ortolá.
Nothing is decided “hostilities” in the main groupConsisting of up to thirteen riders were fixed, so David Muñoz (KTM) could be seen as the lead on lap seven, but was once again overtaken by Daniel before reaching Turn 1 at the same finish line. unwind.
Actually, the situation did not change until the last two final rounds, the thirteen-member group constantly attack each other and play a leading role in overtaking to the border, as in the case of Diogo Moreira, who finished fourth in the tenth round, despite always leading Daniel Holgado in the category. race. After completing two long penalty rounds, Iván Ortolá was promoted to sixteenth place and relegated from the leading group.
With eight laps left, both Ayumu Sasaki and David Muñoz Abundant leader who does not give his arm to bend At the end of the round, he tried to reverse the overtaking as soon as possible to his opponents who failed to consolidate the first place. On lap fifteen, Brazilian Diogo Moreira led the race, but while both David Muñoz and José Antonio Rueda (KTM) and Jaume Masiá (Honda) were on duty, they attacked their opponents with constant “hacks”. initiated “hostilities” in the struggle for final victory. In the back, the Turkish Deniz Öncü was already eleventh, the leader was one second behind the group, at that time consisted of ten drivers and none of them gave up, always Holgado became a benchmark.
reached the final round with The stray leader with an advantage of 252 thousandths of a second He outstripped David Muñoz and Diogo Moreira, who were looking for the right moment to try and beat their opponent, but Daniel Holgado’s lead a few meters allowed him to consolidate his first victory in the motorcycle world championship ahead of his two competitors. Fourth place was taken by José Antonio Rueda (KTM), ahead of Jaume Masiá (Honda) and Ayumu Sasaki, Stefano Nepa (KTM), Xavier Artigas (CFMoto), Joel Kelso and Deniz Öncü.
Kelso had a serious accident It is a fact that the Australian, who, after crossing the finish line by hitting Daniel Holgado, who slowed down to celebrate the victory, from behind, flew into the air at the end of the finish line, did not realize.
David Salvador (KTM) placed thirteenth and female Ana Carrasco (KTM) placed twenty-third.