The CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team rider has finished just 0.059 off pole after a crash in Q2

The CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team rider David Alonso will start tomorrow from second position after a crash in the Emilia – Romagna GP qualifying. Unlike yesterday, the sun has shone all day at the Misano World Circuit - Marco Simoncelli, which has allowed the riders to improve their times in the last practice session. Once again, Alonso has gone straight to Q2, after setting the second-best time in the last practice session. In qualifying, the Colombian has been very strong from the start. In the first few minutes, he has set the benchmark by achieving a time of 1:40.453. Thanks to this time, Alonso has held the first place for most of the session. However, in his last attempt, when he was trying to improve his time, he has crashed. Despite this, only one rider has been able to beat him: Taiyo Furusato. The Japanese rider, who has competed in Q1, has shone in the final minutes of qualifying to secure his first Moto3 pole after beating Alonso by 59 thousandths. Ángel Piqueras will complete the front row, after finishing just 66 thousandths off the best time. The Emilia-Romagna GP qualifying has been extremely tight, as only 0.067 separate Furusato and Iván Ortolá, who has finished fourth.

CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team rider Joel Esteban will start tomorrow from the eighth row of the grid. Esteban has finished the last practice session outside the top fourteen and, as a result, he has had to compete in Q1. In that session, the rookie has set the eighth best time, which has meant he has not managed to make it through to Q2. Tomorrow, he will have to start from twenty-second position on the grid. Esteban has gradually improved his times on the second day in Misano and he hopes to take another step forward in the race to fight for points again.

2nd David Alonso 1:40.453: “Today I had a clear objective: to go to bed knowing that I have given my 95% and that I have not left out any details, because perhaps yesterday I was too relaxed. There are times when, without meaning to, you lower the intensity and neglect details. In Q2 I have understood the crash, I was expecting it. I was going too fast. I already had a lap that seemed good to me and I was trying to find the limit. As I have entered the corner, I should have gone wide, but I have wanted to try and I have found the limit there. Then I have tried to keep pushing to forget the bad feeling from the crash, because tomorrow there is no warm up before the race. After two weekends here, everyone is learning and getting closer. In qualifying, the track was very good, if it holds up like this for tomorrow, it will be fast. We will try to have a fast race, but I think it will be in group and very tight.”

22nd Joel Esteban 1:41.903: “I am happy with today. We have progressed little by little. Each run we have improved, both in terms of the bike set-up and in my riding. I have managed to ride in 1:41 for the first time, even though it has not been a good lap because I have made some mistakes. Tomorrow, I will start from twenty-second position, it will be a tough race in which we will have to fight in the group. I will try to fight to get into the points and, in addition, continue learning for the races that remain.”