David Alonso gave a show this Sunday at the eighth stop of the Moto2 World Championship. The Colombian was fourth in the Hungarian Grand Prix after staging a great comeback and adding valuable points for the championship. Manu Gonzalez He achieved victory and established himself as a leader.
Alonso20 years old, started from ninth position after a small mistake he made in qualifying. As those thousandths that he left on the track on Saturday weighed on him in the race, a better position on the grid would have catapulted him directly to the podium.
David Alonso Photo:Manu Tormo / Paco Díaz
The Colombian driver had a great start from the third row and managed to place himself in sixth place with an infernal pace. The sanction to Izan Guevarawho took pole position and had a forgettable start, allowed him to take fifth place, behind his Aspar Team teammate Daniel Holgado.
Alonso had a better rhythm and put pressure on his teammate, who defended himself as best he could. Loose He gave in to the pressure and made a mistake that was capitalized on by the Colombian, who moved to fourth place. The podium looked far away, Senna Agius He had more than 30 seconds on the track with five laps to go.
David Alonso Photo:Manu Tormo / Paco Díaz
The battle with his teammate was very exhausting, but with clean air he maintained a great pace that was putting him within reach of the Australian. Alonso got within a few tenths of Agiuswhich withstood the pressure in the final stretch, but the checkered flag was waved and the great comeback was one place away from taking place.
Manuel Gonzalez hit him Moto2 World Championship upon achieving victory in Balaton Parkthe third in a row. The Czech Filip Salac was second and Agius completed the podium.
David Alonso Photo:Manu Tormo / Paco Díaz
David Alonso achieved a fourth place for the third time this season after doing the same in Sherry and austin. The podium was once again elusive, but he added a valuable 13 points in Hungary to consolidate itself in sixth place in the Moto2 World Championship with 71 points. He was 5 units behind his teammate Dani Holgado (fifth) already 83.5 points behind the leader Manu González.
The next Moto2 race will be on Sunday, June 21 at the Czech Republic Grand Prix.
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