David Alonso receives a cum laude doctorate in Moto3

There are no more adjectives to define David Alonso’s season, who has broken some record in each grand prix. And it was not going to be any less in the last event of the year, already proclaimed Moto3 champion several weeks ago. With his victory in Montmeló, the seventh in a row, he now has fourteen in 2024 and surpasses the thirteen that Marc Márquez won in MotoGP in 2014. That is, David Alonso has become the rider with the most victories in a single season and is living history of this sport, at only 18 years old.

Although Alonso started from pole, the driver from Torrejón del Rey did not appear ahead until the final part of the race. He took the lead with five laps to go and tried to break the group, but the slipstream of the long straight made it very difficult to escape, so he took out his magic wand on the last lap to lead it without giving him an option from behind. The celebration still on the track, with the ‘Doctor in Moto3’ cap, sounded like a farewell since Alonso will jump to Moto2 next season, after achieving honors in the small category.

Among the few things left at stake in Moto3 was the three-way fight for runner-up between Dani Holgado, Colin Veijer and Iván Ortolá. The three had to be the best of mortals in 2024 and the duel was won by the driver from San Vicent del Raspeig, second behind Alonso in the race and who tried for victory until the last corner. Holgado had to settle for second position on the podium in Montmeló and in the championship, in what will also be the Alicante’s last race in the smaller displacement, since he will also make the jump to Moto2 in 2025, as Alonso’s partner. Finally, the Dutchman Veijer finished the course third and Ortolá fourth; two other drivers who will be in the intermediate category next season.

The podium at the Circuit Barcelona-Catalunya was completed by the young rookie Angel Piqueras, despite the fact that he crossed the finish line fourth. A three-second penalty for his teammate Adrián Fernández, for skipping a corner on the last lap, placed him in the box in the last race of the year, just ahead of another Spaniard, Sevillian José Antonio Rueda, fourth.