The CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team rider arrives in Japan with a 97-point lead in the World Championship

CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team rider David Alonso has at the Japanese GP the first opportunity to seal a title to which he announced his candidacy with his victory at the Qatar GP almost seven months ago. Since then, and after competing in a total of fifteen GPs in eleven different countries, the Colombian rider has added eight more victories. Now, Moto3 is in the final stretch of the championship, with only five races left, and this weekend Alonso has his first “match point”. The Colombian has a 97-point advantage and, with 100 points at stake when the weekend ends in Motegi, it is up to him to mathematically seal the title. A victory, his tenth of the season, with which he would equal Joan Mir as the rider with the most wins in a year in Moto3, would be enough for him to stop thinking about the possible combinations of results that would give him the title. And, if he fails to reach the top of the podium, Alonso would only need to score three more points than Dani Holgado, and not to lose more than five to Iván Ortolá and seven to Collin Veijer to be champion.

His teammate Joel Esteban is heading to Japan after a positive weekend in Indonesia in which he managed to finish in the points. Now, the CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team rider arrives in Motegi with the aim of continuing to progress in the lightweight category and has set himself the challenge of fighting to be among the top ten. Motegi is, once again, an unknown track for Esteban, but the Spanish is confident that he will quickly adapt to the characteristics of the Japanese track and be competitive from the start of the GP.

David Alonso: "In Japan, the only numbers I am going to think about are the ones of the gears. I am going to listen a lot to my team and try to stay in a bubble. Jorge Martínez “Aspar” always tells me that I do not have to prove anything to anyone, that you have to race out of passion and not because you want to prove something. I do not have to rush to do things, that will be my mentality in Japan. I don't want the pressure of the numbers, on track I want to leave them aside.”

Joel Esteban: "Motegi is another new track for me. I think it is a track that will suit my style well because of the type of corners. I am confident I will do a good job and, if I continue with the progression of the last races, I think I will be able to fight to be in the top 10."