The first winner of the day in Spain was found, with Collin Veijer winning the Moto3 race in Jerez. The rider took an early lead and then began an unbreakable defense until the end of the race.
The best start and holeshot belonged to David Alonso, but six laps later David Alonso took the lead in the race but… for a short time: at turn Jorge Lorenzo Alonso lost the front of the bike and went down, after showing a lot of chattering on his bike in the replays of the incident. The Spanish rider, however, got back on the bike and back into the race.
High drama already! 😱
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David Alonso goes down at T13! 💥💥💥
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Collin Veijer was the next leader, ahead of Ivan Ortolá – last year’s winner in Spain – with Muñoz in third, Ryusei Yamaha in fourth, and Joel Esteban in fifth.
With five laps completed, Veijer was leading with a 0.171s advantage over Muñoz, while Ortolá was getting closer to the #64. David Alonso was, at this stage, in 22nd place.
Em crescendo estava Stefano Nepa e Daniel Holgado, que rapidamente chegaram a segundo e terceiro respetivamente, com Adrian Fernández em quarto e Nicola Carrasco em quinto. Os perseguidores de Veijer contudo voltaram a sofrer mudanças, pouco depois com Ortolá em segundo, Muñoz em terceiro, Yamanaka em quarto e Esteban em quinto.
Alonso continuava a fazer o que podia para «salvar» o seu dia e era 18.º. Com a corrida a meio, e Veijer na liderança, assim estava o top dez:
Veijer mantinha-se na liderança mas sobre pressão, com o piloto da Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP a ter apenas 0.110s sobre Muñoz, que, por sua vez, tinha também Ortolá muito próximo.
Ortolá confirmava a ultrapassagem e o top quatro estava dentro de 0.5s portanto tudo podia acontecer. Joel Esteban era quinto e estava a 3.779s, com sete voltas ainda por correr em Jerez.
Volta após volta, com mudança mais menos mudança na perseguição a verdade é que a quatro voltas do final Veijer mantinha-se na frente da corrida mas a sua distância, agora para Muñoz, estava novamente muito curta com 0.076s a separarem ambos os pilotos.
Em modo «Moto3» esta corrida prometia ser disputada até ao último segundo e o vencedor era incerto.
Two laps to go and the difference was now 0.126s but it was constantly changing. Yamanaka, who seemed to be out of the race for victory, gradually lost ground to the top three.
As they entered the final lap, the pressure increased and Muñoz tried everything but didn’t have the arguments today to beat Veijer, who defended superbly and thus achieved another victory!
