Alicante pilot’s dream Dani Holgado His dream of becoming a Moto3 world champion was extinguished this Sunday in Malaysia when he crashed during the 5th round of the Grand Prix in the Asian country, when he was involved in a multiple fall caused by one of the title hopefuls, Colombian David Alonso. he also said goodbye to almost the same fight.

There are two tests left before the end of the World Cup (Qatar and Valencia), Holgado was 41 points behind the leader with 205 points in the general classification, trailing Spaniard Jaume Masià., when there are only 50 people left in the game. The category’s title is currently contested head-to-head between Masià and Japan’s Ayumu Sasaki, who sit in second place with 233 points from 13 away games. In Malaysia, Sasaki finished second, just ahead of Masià, and could have won another four points had the race winner, the Japanese teammate Dutchman Colin Veijer, used teamwork.


Moto3 riders are in the Malaysian race, including Dani Holgado in number 96. Technology 3 Race


Veijer led the race in the first meters, but Masià and Iván Ortolá were close to him. At the end of the first lap, the leader was leading the race, which was planned to be 15 laps, and in the first stages he changed the tempo of the race to break the leading group, but he was followed by Sasaki, Veijer and Deniz. Pioneer.

Veijer won the race

Masià’s first futile attempt to break the race left a group of fifteen riders ahead, which included all the favorites. Then, in the fifth round, When the big fall occurred in which Alonso fell to the ground and Holgado, Diogo Moreira, Ricardo Rossi and Taiyo Furusato were unable to avoid the accident.

Holgado regretted his fall

“It’s been an unfortunate day for us and it’s hard to digest right now,” Dani Holgado said after the race in Malaysia. “We must try to stay positive, do our best in the next two rounds and strive for what we can still achieve, starting with the Qatar GP next week. I thank my team and family for their incredible support.” The man from Alicante, who said goodbye to his chance to become a champion in the championship he led in the first half of the year, was also added.

For Alonso and Holgado, who returned to the track only to take the bike to the pits, this moment meant saying goodbye to their chances of a world title in practice, leaving two riders in the battle at stake: Masià, who won the race outright. warning from the workshop’s street wall that they were both outside, and Sasaki.

Masià defended his options throughout the race, but neither Sasaki nor Veijer ever made it easy for him, and Turkish Öncü’s entry into the fray in the final stretch further complicated the situation for the Spaniards in the championship. Losing too many points against the Japanese.

With less than three laps to go, the leading group experienced another drastic change in their situation as Masià applied the brakes to the last point, getting inside both Veijer and Sasaki, and José Antonio Rueda tried to do the same with Öncü and Matteo from the rear. Bertelle but put them both ahead. This left three candidates for victory in the race.

To his surprise, on the final lap, Veijer took the lead and got ahead of his teammate Sasaki, who was playing for the title with Masià, and crossed the finish line in the same order. Next weekend is the penultimate event of the year in Qatar.