© 2024, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc. From A press release Given by Dorna
Moto3™ started an impressive weekend at the PT Grand Prix of Thailand, with David Alonso (CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team) taking Friday’s honors after a brilliant start to the weekend. The #80 had a tough day for the Colombian with a time of 1:40.703 on Friday afternoon, finishing the day 0.385s ahead of Joel Kelso (BOE Motorsports). The Australian had a great opening day in Thailand, improving in the closing stages of the session after setting 15 laps. Kelso placed ahead of Adrian Fernandez (Tiger Racing) as the #31 Honda rider who finishes Friday and has a strong starting point for this weekend.
Alonso had a busy morning, finding the limit in an accident at Turn 3 before reloading and later posted a 1:40.544 in free practice to finish at the top of the standings and with a new lap record. The temperature continued to rise and once practice started, Colin Wager (Leaky Molly Husqvarna Intact GP) was sitting at the top of the standings, before Alonso remounted and finished the session, improving 1 lap, suffering his second crash of the day. Friday at the top of the ladder.
Meanwhile, Daniel Holgado (Red Bull GASGAS Tech3) worked hard all day, claiming fourth place and finishing in front of Vejer on Friday. After leading early, the Dutchman dropped to fifth, 0.587s off Alonso’s benchmark time. Vejer rounded out the top five, while Luca Lunetta (SIC58 Squadra Corse) continued to impress, stealing sixth for Italy’s big day. Lunetta moved ahead of MT Helmets on the final fast lap – MSI’s Ivan Ortola, looking for redemption after a tough Australian GP. Ortola was ahead of the busy David Almansa (Kopron Rivacold Snipers Team) on the eighth day.
Further back, Jose Antonio Ruda (Red Bull KTM Ajo) and Angel Piqueras (Tiger Racing) took the top 10 spots with #36 entering the low 1:41 bracket. Meanwhile, David Munoz (BOE Motorsports) and Ricardo Rossi (CIP Green Power) were 11th and 12th, as Scott Ogden (FleetSafe Honda – MLav Racing) and MT Helmets – MSI’s Ryusei Yamanaka took the crucial final spots in the top 14.
 grabbing Friday honours after a brilliant start to the weekend. The #80 clocked a 1:40.703 on Friday afternoon on what was a hectic day for the Colombian, who ended the day with a 0.385s advantage over Joel Kelso (BOE Motorsports) in second. The Australian had a great opening day of action in Thailand, improving in the closing stages of the session after setting 15 laps. Kelso placed ahead of Adrian Fernandez (Leopard Racing), with the #31 ending Friday as the top Honda rider with a strong starting point for this weekend. Alonso had a busy morning, finding the limit with a crash at Turn 3 before remounting and later posting a 1:40.544 to end Free Practice at the top of the standings and with a new lap record. Temperatures continued to rise, and once Practice 1 got underway, Collin Veijer){kind=link}