David Alonso and Ryusei Yamanaka face the final part of the championship with ambition and will try to get off to a good beginning in Indonesia

The Moto3 World Championship arrives at Indonesia with a new leader, Jaume Masià. The Spanish rider took the victory in Motegi and was able to overtake Dani Holgado for the lead after fourteen races. This weekend, the Mandalika circuit will host another battle where Masià, Holgado and Ayumu Sasaki will fight for a win that would allow them to face the final part of the season from the top. Masià has a lead of 6 points over Sasaki and 9 points over Holgado, so for either of them, not scoring in a race could be decisive for the future of the championship. Further back, but still with chances of winning the title, are Gaviota GASGAS Aspar rider David Alonso, Deniz Öncü and Iván Ortolà, who will be looking to close the gap to the top 3 to stay in the fight for the championship.

Gaviota GASGAS Aspar starts the final part of the season, the most intense of the last few years, with the Indonesian Grand Prix. The team competes in Mandalika for the second time, after the World Championship broke last year with more than two decades without visiting the Southeast Asian country and will try to shine again as it did in 2022, when Izan Guevara finished second and Sergio Garcia was fourth. This year, David Alonso arrives fourth in the standings and as the leader of the rookies, with an advantage of 60 points over José Antonio Rueda. The Colombian has been one of the best riders in the championship since the summer break and in Indonesia he will work hard to achieve a great result that keeps him among the strongest riders. His teammate Ryusei Yamanaka is looking forward to the weekend in Indonesia. The Japanese rider has been working well throughout the season, but his first podium in the category is still to come. Last year, Yamanaka was able to move up from the penultimate row of the grid to finish eleventh, and this season, the Japanese aims to complete a good weekend and fight with the best.

David Alonso: “In Indonesia we face another unknown circuit, as it will happen every weekend until Valencia. We will have to complete a lot of laps on Friday to learn the track. We will try to keep improving and to look more for the limits riding on my own. We will try to be well prepared for the race and to enjoy the Grand Prix.”

Ryusei Yamanaka: “We arrive at Indonesia after studying the circuit. We will be focused on keep working in the same way, because in Japan we were close to get a good result. I'm looking forward to ride there and have a good start of the first triple-header of races.”