Can Öncü entered the international Grand Prix scene with a bang by shaking up all the established values in Moto3. In a single Valencia Grand Prix, it has become the major event of a season which was nevertheless experiencing its last race. At 15, he hit the goal on his first appearance at this level, he made history as the youngest to achieve it, and his Turkish nationality, unprecedented in the paddock, only exacerbated the feat. Here he is now a KTM official and starter for the 2019 season. In view of the off-season tests, the rider must now forget this success...
Will this rapid realization prove to be a curse for Can Öncü ? We don't know yet but, to avoid this backlash, the young Turkish hopeful will have to digest it, consider it as an exception which confirms the ruthless rule which states that at this level of the competition, nothing is ever taken for granted. . The compatriot of Kenan Sofuoglu who follows him closely is not fooled. He didn't make it past the top twenty during the Jerez tests, and the first evening in Qatar delivered the same verdict. So there is still a long way to go. Valencia will not be a shortcut.
The multiple Supersport World Champion also specifies on speedweek : " the most important thing was to achieve this victory and make Turkey happy. We are writing history, no one will forget it in our life. But we must not be blinded by it now, we must forget it and concentrate only on the next races, with both feet on the ground ».
The father of the prodigy who also has an equally talented twin brother insists: “ it was a good victory and we are very happy with it. We need to forget about that and focus on the new season. It was a great emotion and a good outcome, but now it's better to think about the new year and be ready ».
Can Öncü finished twenty-sixth and antepenultimate the first evening of testing at Losail.
Moto3, KTM: times
| 1 | 14 | Tony Arbolino | Honda | 2:07.753 | ||
| 2 | 55 | Roman Fenati | Honda | 2:07.854 | 0.101 | 0.101 |
| 3 | 48 | Lorenzo Dalla Porta | Honda | 2:08.283 | 0.530 | 0.429 |
| 4 | 42 | Marcos Ramirez | Honda | 2:08.313 | 0.560 | 0.030 |
| 5 | 27 | Kaito Toba | Honda | 2:08.608 | 0.855 | 0.295 |
| 6 | 23 | Niccolo Antonelli | Honda | 2:08.634 | 0.881 | 0.026 |
| 7 | 79 | Ai Ogura | Honda | 2:08.784 | 1.031 | 0.150 |
| 8 | 21 | Alonso lopez | Honda | 2:08.844 | 1.091 | 0.060 |
| 9 | 22 | Kazuki Masaki | KTM | 2:08.846 | 1.093 | 0.002 |
| 10 | 19 | gabriel rodrigo | Honda | 2:08.926 | 1.173 | 0.080 |
| 11 | 17 | John mcphee | Honda | 2:08.943 | 1.190 | 0.017 |
| 12 | 44 | Aron canet | KTM | 2:09.200 | 1.447 | 0.257 |
| 13 | 11 | Sergio Garcia | Honda | 2:09.246 | 1.493 | 0.046 |
| 14 | 84 | Jakub Kornfeil | KTM | 2:09.252 | 1.499 | 0.006 |
| 15 | 77 | Vicente Perez | KTM | 2:09.261 | 1.508 | 0.009 |
| 16 | 75 | Albert Arenas | KTM | 2:09.310 | 1.557 | 0.049 |
| 17 | 25 | Raul fernandez | KTM | 2:09.478 | 1.725 | 0.168 |
| 18 | 71 | Ayumu Sasaki | Honda | 2:09.541 | 1.788 | 0.063 |
| 19 | 7 | Dennis Foggia | KTM | 2:09.728 | 1.975 | 0.187 |
| 20 | 12 | Filip Salac | KTM | 2:09.815 | 2.062 | 0.087 |
| 21 | 24 | Tatsuki suzuki | Honda | 2:09.896 | 2.143 | 0.081 |
| 22 | 16 | Andrea Migno | KTM | 2:09.920 | 2.167 | 0.024 |
| 23 | 76 | Makar Yurchenko | KTM | 2:10.343 | 2.590 | 0.423 |
| 24 | 13 | Celestine Vietti | KTM | 2:10.523 | 2.770 | 0.180 |
| 25 | 40 | Darryn binder | KTM | 2:10.646 | 2.893 | 0.123 |
| 26 | 61 | Can Oncu | KTM | 2:10.749 | 2.996 | 0.103 |
| 27 | 54 | Riccardo rossi | Honda | 2:11.959 | 4.206 | 1.210 |
| 28 | 69 | Tom Booth Amos | KTM | 2:12.603 | 4.850 | 0.644 |
