The CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team rider has fought for the podium until the end

CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team rider David Alonso has completed a great comeback to fifth position at the Dutch GP. The young Colombian has suffered a lot throughout the weekend, but in the race he has managed to take a step forward that has allowed him to fight for the podium until the last corner. Alonso has always remained in the front group, which has been made up of more than ten riders for much of the race, and has managed to ride in second position. In the last laps, the group has stretched and Collin Veijer and Iván Ortolá have opened a gap at the front. Until the finish line, Alonso has fought in an intense battle for the last place on the podium with David Muñoz and José Antonio Rueda. In the end, Muñoz has finished third and the CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team rider has ended in fifth position. Ortolá has won the race, after overtaking Veijer by just twelve thousandths, to achieve his first victory of the season. The Dutch’s second place takes him to second place in the World Championship, surpassing Dani Holgado, who could only finish eleventh in Assen, while Alonso has extended his lead to 39 points. The CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team also leads the teams' championship with a 23-point advantage over the second placed.

CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team rider Joel Esteban has finished in fifteenth position in Assen. The Spanish, who has started from ninth after achieving one of his best qualifying in Moto3 yesterday, has made a great start and has climbed to fourth. However, Esteban has had to complete a double long lap penalty that has conditioned his race. Esteban has fought until the end to recover the positions lost with the penalty and has finished fifteenth to score one point. With no time to rest, next week the Moto3 riders will have a new opportunity to score points in the German GP, the last before the summer break.

5th David Alonso (+2.460): “It has been a very hard race. The first sector was very complicated for me and every time I entered in turn 3 I was about to crash. I lost time in one place and made it up in another. If you add to that the incidents we have suffered, I have not been able to do more. Until the last chicane, Muñoz, Rueda and I were wheel to wheel. There have been a couple of impacts that have been at the limit, but we have been able to stay on the bike. We have to prepare better for the next race.”

15th Joel Esteban (+27.940): “I am happy with the weekend we have had. The double long lap penalty has been a shame because we have not achieved the result that we could have managed. When I have ridden alone, I had a good pace, but in the group of five I was in there were riders who were bothering me and have not let me ride at my own pace. I have learned a lot, especially by working alone. We have taken a step forward in a track that I did not know.”