Spanish driver Dani Holgado (KTM) won the race this Sunday from start to finish Moto3 of the French Grand Prix, It consolidated its lead in the small category in the fifth round of the World Motorcycle Championship and a test where Jaume Masià (Honda) took the third podium.
With Portugal’s second victory on the track and Spain’s 100th win in Moto3Holgado leads further with 21 points over Iván Ortolá (KTM), who is fourth this Sunday and second so far in the championship, Brazilian Diogo Moreira (KTM) moved up to second place in the World Cup.
Thus, the man from Alicante became the third Spanish winner in a row at Le Mans.After Sergio García Dols in 2021 and Jaume Masiá in 2022. Definitely, the man from Algemesi finished the podium this Sunday and was third in the season for him after the Japanese Ayumu Sasaki (Husqvarna).
After the traffic lights go out, Holgado took the lead in the test, beating Saturday’s ‘poleman’ Ayumu Sasaki. The winner of the last two races, Iván Ortolá (KTM), also moved up from sixth to fourth.
Up to nine drivers took the lead in less than a second, as Italy’s Andrea Migno (KTM) crashed with 14 laps to bid farewell to victory. With nine laps to go, the general classification was reversed in another accident, with Brazilian Diogo Moreira (KTM), second so far in the championship.
Holgado, Sasaki, Ortolá and Jaume Masià (Honda) swept away from the rest of the group in the final stage when the Alicante man managed to complete his spectacular race to see the checkered flag first.. However, Holgado and Xavi Artigas (CFMoto), who finished seventh this Sunday, remain the only ones to score in all races.
As for the rest of SpanishOrtolá finished fourth, José Antonio Rueda (KTM) ninth, David Salvador (KTM) fourteenth and Ana Carrasco (KTM) twentieth.