The Colombia David Alonso (CFMoto) added his ninth victory of the season by winning the Indonesian Grand Prix in Fire3 in the area of Mandalika from the island of Lombok, which would allow him to achieve the status of world champion within seven days in Japan.
David Alonso he could become Colombia’s first world champion and three more points on the Japanese circuit ‘Twin Ringo Motegi’ than his closest rival, Daniel Holgado (Gasi Gasi) -sixth-, after beating the heat with the opposition at work in Mandalika, where he accompanied him in Spanish. Adrián Fernández (Honda) and David Muñoz (KTM) finished on the podium.
Iván Ortolá, the secretary of the ‘pole position’, was responsible for the successful launch of the attempt to find the best position so that following the penalty given for ‘two legs’ did not stop him. to be in the leading group of the competition. But Ortolá was surprised at the start by the Japanese Taiyo Furusato (Honda), who took the lead of the test although he was closely followed by the Dutchman Collin Veijer (Husqvarna), and the Spanish Adrián Fernández (Honda) and the world leader, David Alonso (CFMoto).
Already in the second stage, Iván Ortolá ended his ‘long legs’ when he fell in the nineteenth position while at the head of the race who ran was Veijer, followed by Fernández, Furusato and Alonso, and the rest. the main group led by the Spanish Ángel Piqueras (Honda) and also Daniel Holgado (Gas Gasi).
Holgado was in doubt until the last minute because of his body after a terrible fall what he experienced during training, when the motorcycle of his friend, the Australian Jacob Roulstone, hit his body, but he knew. bear the pain and come out very well from fourteenth place to ‘enter’ the leading group of the competition without too many problems.
In just two legs the first injury occurred, falling in a row of eight in which the Italian Filippo Farioli and the Spanish David Almansa were involved, both on Hondas, without any of them suffering serious physical damage.
In just six laps, a large group of ten drivers was assembled and included Collin Veijer, Adrián Fernández, David Alonso, Taiyo Furusato, Luca Lunetta, Tatsuki Suzuki, Daniel Holgado, David Muñoz, Ángel Piqueras and Joel Kelso, who followed just beyond three. seconds behind the second group that Iván Ortolá was already leading after finishing his two ‘long races’ penalties. Ortolá began to appear in the group that was establishing a kind of bridgehead between the two, although his movement did not allow us to know that he could meet the leading group, especially since he was. allowed by the third ‘long lap’ by cutting the railroad in nine years.
While Ortolá finished third in the twelve laps, the leader of the race, Collin Veijer, fell in a row of eight without continuing the race because his motorcycle was badly damaged and his position was assumed by the Spaniard Adrian Fernandez. Fernández held himself at the head of the leading group, in which a great change took place later, although it was Holgado who found strength from his weakness to always fight for the first place.
In the seventeenth round, four from the end, the first attack came against Adrián Fernández, who found himself alone. they passed up to four drivers Daniel Holgado, David Muñoz, Taiyo Furusato and David Alonsowhich really warned that the fight for victory began and the leader of the world championship rang the ‘bell’ again and took first place a few meters later.
In a fight where no one gave an inch to the opponent, mistakes were paid dearly and the first to make it was Furusato, who fell in a row with three spears from the end. With just over three laps to go, Adrián Fernández regained the lead and pushed hard to try to break the pack and make a final push for victory.
This is how the final stage came to be, where David Alonso stuck to the motorcycle of Adrián Fernández, as did David Muñoz, who caught up with him, although the Honda rider gave back to the KTM rider soon after.
No one can prevent the victory of David Alonso, the ninth of the seasonwho mathematically could become world champion next week in Japan, ahead of Adrián Fernández and David Muñoz. Fourth place went to Ángel Piqueras, with Luca Lunetta, Daniel Holgado, Tatsuki Suzuki, Joel Kelso, Iván Ortolá and Nicola Carraro completing the top ten positions.
