Let's talk MotoGP: Here is the best rider currently

It's not just MotoGP as a discipline. In the smallest of the categories a new phenomenon stands out, certainly the best driver currently. David Alonso, Colombian by nationality, crushes a class that we believed to be strong, on the one hand, and homogeneous, on the other. Every race weekend, the Aspar Moto3 rider manages to achieve new feats, the likes of which I have never seen. Analysis.

 

Domination

 

For a long time, we thought Moto3 was completely open, with fierce battles on all sides, close finishes, and four-abreast brawls when braking. But all this is over; I already talked about it recently. The face of the smallest category is changing, and it's quite difficult to explain because Alonso is not the only one responsible. Perhaps Pirelli, which has given Moto2 a second lease of life, has its role to play. Well, that's not the point.

 

 

Because David Alonso, no matter the competition or the bike, he is in front. Hold on tight: since the United States Grand Prix, he's been arguing 25 sessions, between practice, qualifying and races. David Alonso finished 23 in first place, or 92% success rate. This is a first, of course. The only two he is missing are not the least: already, the race at Jerez, where he fell from first place shortly after the lights went out. And in Catalonia, where Ivan Ortola took pole position. In fact, he already has five victories in seven races, including three in a row, namely the last three. Of course, he is first in the championship, what's more with 37 points ahead. And he's only in his second season at the highest level.

 

The track says the same thing

 

Those are the numbers. We make them say pretty much what we want these days. But the track has a similar verdict, if not even more terrifying. We cannot remain indifferent to David Alonso's driving. He is perfect on every outing, and dazzles the grid with his talent all the time, without respite, even in the slightest P2 on Saturday morning, the one that stings the eyes.

At Mugello, he reached another milestone. While all the drivers were looking for a wheel so that the straight line of more than a kilometer seemed shorter to them, he was doing his times alone. And he was in front. On Friday, he was a full second ahead of his closest pursuer, so much so that they joked about it in the paddock!

 

 

During the race, it was worse. He played with his opponents, like a big brother with his younger brother. With a few laps to go, he hit overdrive and dropped everyone. Certainly, Collin Veijer was not unworthy and came back strong – I'll talk about that again, but he gave the impression of being easy.

 

He writes history

 

I tell you: I have never seen such a pilot in my life. This is unprecedented. It's the best in the small category that I've ever seen, quite simply. For the moment, the record for victories in a season stands at 10 (Joan Mir in 2017) if we only count the category Moto3, i.e. 250cc four-strokes, established in 2012. Before that, in the “equivalent” 125cc, the record was held by Valentino Rossi, who in his 1997 exercise – also awarded the title, had taken 11. After seven races, Rossi had five, like Alonso, and Mir, four. I seriously think he can go for them, because he seems unbeatable to me at this stage of the season. I don't know if it will last, of course, but the David Alonso of early 2024 is a machine.

 

The Aspar factor?

 

Which is even crazier, is that Moto3 nowadays is getting closer to the one-make category. Okay, Honda supplies a few teams, including the famous Leopard Racing Team, but this year, the cyans are in difficulty. I'm not talking about the Snipers Team and the Sic58 Squadra Corse, also far away. All the best ride the new KTM RC4, that they be rebadged as CFMoto, as is the case at Aspar, in Gas Gas under the Tech3 awning, or Husqvarna at Intact GP.

 

 

And there are good pilots: Daniel Holgado, Ivan Ortola, José Antonio Rueda, David Munoz, the young Collin Veijer, and so on. The rookies are also performing well, starting with Jacob Roulstone the Australian. But none can do what Alonso does.

Isn't that also thanks to Aspar? If you didn't know, despite the technical homogeneity of the field, only a few teams perform very well, all the time, year after year. And Jorge Martinez's team 'Aspar' is one of these leaders, just like the Ajo teams, for example, or Leopard Racing.

And it is clear that Aspar managed to win titles for drivers who were subsequently unable to confirm, in particular thanks to the excellent equipment at their disposal. I am thinking of Albert Arenas in 2020, for example, Nico Terol in 2011 – then in 125cc, or Gabor Talmacsi in the 2000s. It was enough to see Alonso's top speed at Mugello to be convinced of the effectiveness of his CFMoto. Aspar can make a pilot change dimensions. This is something to remember.

But that's not all, and I am convinced that David Alonso has something more. It will be necessary to monitor it with the greatest attention.

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Cover photo: Aspar Moto3