The first day of official tests for the Moto3 World Championship season is complete. David Alonso emerged from Jerez with the fastest time this Tuesday, after being hampered by a fall during Sunday’s Spanish Grand Prix that prevented him from continuing his dominance up to qualifying.
And on the testing day, the Colombian continued to showcase his speed in southern Spain. In the first session, he was the only one to clock a time in the 1m44s range to beat Matteo Bertelle (Rivacold Snipers Team/Honda) by 0.509s. Collin Veijer (Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP) set the third fastest time, with Ryusei Yamanaka (MT Helmets-MSi/KTM) in fourth and Stefano Nepa (LevelUp-MTA/KTM) in fifth.
Lap times improved in the second session, with Alonso (CFMoto Aspar) once again leading the way: he lapped in 1m43.948s, 0.710s ahead of Luca Lunetta (SIC58 Squadra Corse/Honda). The other rider from Paolo Simoncelli’s team, Filippo Farioli, was third, with David Muñoz (BOE Motorsports/KTM) fourth and Nepa fifth again. In sixth, Veijer was already over a second behind the leader.
It was the Dutchman who set the pace in the third and final session. Despite setting his personal best time and being second overall for the day, it wasn’t enough to surpass Alonso’s time from the previous session. The Colombian finished second, with Tatsuki Suzuki (Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP) third, Yamanaka fourth, and Nicola Carraro (LevelUp-MTA/KTM) fifth.