What a great race and again with a lot of uncertainty in Moto3 at this French GP. The winner? David Alonso, who achieved his third victory of the year.
David Alonso took pole position and was joined by Daniel Holgado and José Antonio Rueda on the front line.
And at the start of the beginner class race, Alonso got off to a good start and Holgado overtook him seconds later, with David Muñoz being the star of the first lap, going from eighth place to second quickly. Filippo Farioli was the first to abandon the race after one lap, while Adrian Fernández and Joshua Whatley received a warning that they had a double Long Lap penalty.
Angel Piqueras was, after three laps, the fastest on the track and rose to fourth place, in a race he was still led by Holgado, with Muñoz in second and Collin Veijer in third.
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Veijer meanwhile rose to second place in the race and was 0.146s behind Holgado, with Muñoz in turn 0.294s behind the lead.
Riccardo Rossi was also on the rise, who, shortly after beating Muñoz and reaching third place, was slightly wide and when trying to regain his line he was touched and fell at turn 11. Holgado lost the lead in the race to Veijer and an intense fight with Muñoz ensued, with a penalty possibly on the cards in light of the incident with Rossi.
Moments later Muñoz was penalized with two Long Laps for irresponsible riding due to what happened, and seconds later Holgado returned to the lead of the race in Le Mans! This is how the top ten looked with the race halfway through:
After completing the first Long Tour, Muñoz went from the lead to 17th, with Scott Ogden falling and abandoning the race.
Holgado and Veijer exchanged positions once again, and #95 was leading. With seven laps to go the difference between first and third (Alonso) was 0.365s. Holgado second was at 0.090s.
Another rider to show up among the first was Joel Esteban who reached fifth position and placed himself in a very good position and within the potential winners. Everything is open at Le Mans.
And Muñoz? His day went from bad to worse, with the Spaniard from BOE Motorsports crashing, even though he returned to the race right away. Matteo Bertelle also abandoned the race but due to a problem with his bike.
Four laps to go and Holgado was once again at the front of the race, with Veijer in second, Alonso in third, Ivan Ortolá in fourth and Esteban in fifth.
The GP was quickly approaching the end, with Muñoz effectively out and with Veijer once again taking the lead in the race, but everything was changing quickly, and the #95 went from first to third, with Alonso reaching second, behind Holgado. Two laps to go!
At the start of the last lap Alonso took the lead with 0.101s over Holgado, Veijer was 0.214s behind. An intense moment followed with Holgado standing next to Alonso and the two touching.
The race ended soon after with Alonso confirming victory, with Holgado in second and holding the lead in the championship, while Veijer was third.