The CFMOTO Valresa Aspar Team rider has finished just 123 thousandths off victory and has claimed his seventh podium of the season

Moto3 never disappoints and in the British GP it has provided an intense battle for victory until the last corner. Iván Ortolá has won the race in Silverstone just ahead of CFMOTO Valresa Aspar Team rider David Alonso. Throughout the race, several riders have tried to break away, but none of them have succeeded and the race has been contested in a large group until the end. Alonso, who has started from fourth place, has always been in that leading group, although he has taken easy in the first laps. It has been not until the last five laps that he has shown his cards and has begun to overtake his rivals to fight for the top 3. Alongside Alonso and Ortolá, Collin Veijer and Dani Holgado have battled for the podium. Everything has been decided in the last corners and, after multiple overtakings throughout the last lap, including several incidents, it has been Ortolá who has crossed the finish line first. The CFMOTO Valresa Aspar Team rider has ended just 123 thousandths off victory and thus has added his seventh podium of the year, the first that is not a victory. Finally, Veijer has been third and Holgado, fourth. With this result, Alonso maintains the lead of the World Championship and has a 53-points advantage over Ortolá, who consolidates his second place in the standings after winning his second race of the season. Holgado is in third place, 66 points off the leader, and Veijer is fourth, 68 points off.

CFMOTO Valresa Aspar Team rider Joel Esteban has completed a great comeback in Silverstone. After starting from twenty-second position, the young Spanish has crossed the finish line in thirteenth place and has been the best rookie of the race. Esteban is satisfied with the work he has done, although he believes he could have achieved a better result. The CFMOTO Valresa Aspar Team rider has homework to do ahead of the next race, to be celebrated in two weeks in Austria, as he is aware that a better grid position could have allowed him to fight in the leading group.

2nd David Alonso (+0.123): “The start of the race has been calm and I have learned a lot. With five laps to go we have started to push; everyone has started to make their moves and we have been active. There have been a lot of incidents, but all clean, and we have been able to finish the race. I have had a great time, although today I have not been able to clinch first position. I have started the last lap a little far because I have made a mistake and I have almost crashed because my foot has come loose from the footrest. We have fought until the end, although I should have gone another way on the straight to get a better slipstream. We learn for the next one.”

12+1 Joel Esteban (+12.642): “The race has not been as I expected. I am happy with my work, but not with the result, I could have finished in a better position. The group has broken due to a crash and we have fallen two seconds behind. I have tried to push to close the gap, but I have not managed to do it. I have fought with a group of four or five riders until the end. We have to keep working to improve on Saturdays. If we get a better starting position, I could fight for the positions at the front.”