Iván Ortolá won the Moto3 race in Assen. The MT MSi rider was able to beat Veijer at his home and with a brutal pass in the final meters. David Muñoz was third. In the general classification, David Alonso, ‘only’ fifth, is the leader with 39 points compared to Veijer and 43 with Holgado. Iván, at 49 points.
The time had changed: less heat, with 20 degrees in the environment and 32 on the asphalt. It was cloudy with some wind.
In the start, rookie Ángel Piqueras held on the position on his first World Cup pole. Ortolá He placed second, but it took him very little time to attack and pass to the ‘rookie’. Furusato hit both of them. David Alonso went up to eighth place in the first step across the finish line, with Holgado, tenth.
Tatsuki Suzuki was going to the ground when I was ninth. Bad weekend for the Japanese.
Iván sought to tighten the race seeing that his rivals were behind, but the strongest were taking positions. Furusato and Veijer were passing Piqueras and David Alonso had a hard time with Rueda.
There had been rain of sanctions For competitors who ride in the middle and rear area. They had to pass through the ‘Long Lap’ area: Zurutuza, once, Joel Esteban, twice, Dettweiler, twice, Carraro, twice, Farioli, twice, Whatley, twice, and Bertelle, twice. They were doing it.
Piqueras was not cut before the local idol, Veijer, and fought him, with several passes between the two, which made Ortolá and Furusato take a few meters. Alonso was involved in skirmishes with David Muñoz or Adrián Fernández.
With 10 laps left, Veijer took charge at turn 15. The crowd roared and stood up.
The ax blows were constant. In two corners one went from second to fourth. Or from eighth to sixth. Muñoz had a touch with Alonso. To avoid this, the Dutchman pushed a little harder, stretching the group even further.
David Almansa had been penalized with going through the penalty zone for cutting a chicane. Soon, she had an incident.
Furusato was going for a loophole gravel at high speed. He was able to control the fall, but lost nine seconds… and his chances of winning.
Almost instantly, David Alonso placed second and determined to reduce the distance with a Veijer who had gained meters with so much fighting.
However, Ortolá and Muñoz surpassed the Spanish-Colombian… giving Veijer air. David got tired and had another contact with his Sevillian namesake. At the moment, there was another impact between Muñoz and Rueda.
Ortolá took advantage and escaped in second place. Iván wanted to stick to Veijer. The Valencian he threw himself outside before the chicane and passed Collin. Then they matched up in the final meters. The one with the MT MSi won to the despair of the local fans and boxing joy of the Madrid team.
Huge victory for 12 thousandths. And controlling not to touch the green areas. Awesome.
The fight for the third step of the podium was won by David Muñoz. He overtook Rueda, who was able to keep David Alonso behind.
