The CFMOTO Aspar Team rider remains unstoppable in Moto3 and with his victory in the Australian GP he has equalled Valentino Rossi's record of victories in the lightweight class. The world champion has completed a great comeback in Phillip Island and has achieved his fourth consecutive victory.
Alonso has started from tenth position, but that has not been a problem for him. The CFMOTO Aspar Team rider has started really strong and in just two laps he was already in fourth place. From that moment on, the world champion has always remained in the front positions within a leading group that was made up of up to thirteen riders. Throughout the race, this group has fought an intense battle, with a constant exchange of positions. However, Alonso had an ace up his sleeve. With five laps to go, the Colombian has overtaken Adrián Fernández to take the first position, a place that he has not left until the chequered flag. The CFMOTO Aspar Team rider has gradually opened up a gap at the front and has crossed the finish line with almost three seconds of advantage over Dani Holgado and Adrián Fernández, who have completed the podium.
The world champion has celebrated his eleventh victory of the year with a bandage on his head, emulating the celebration that Rossi made when he set the record for most victories in the small category in a season at the 1997 Indonesian GP, a race in which he shared the podium with Jorge Martínez ‘Aspar’.
CFMOTO Aspar Team rider Joel Esteban has finished the Australian GP just outside the points. Esteban, who has started from twenty-first position on the grid, has made a great start and has climbed to seventeenth place on the first lap. The Spanish has been involved in a great battle throughout the race with Xabi Zurutuza and has fought until the end to get into the points zone. In the end, he has crossed the finish line in sixteenth position. Esteban is already thinking about the Thai GP, where he will have another chance to score points next week.
In Moto2, the Australian GP has not ended in the best way for the CFMOTO AsparTeam. Izan Guevara has started from seventeenth position and in the first laps he has gone backwards to twentieth place. The Spanish has not felt comfortable on the bike and has struggled to be competitive, but despite this, he has managed to gradually recover positions to cross the finish line in sixteenth place, just off the points. His teammate Jake Dixon, who has started from tenth place, has been unable to complete a lap. The British has crashed in the second corner after an incident with another rider. The CFMOTO AsparTeam will fight to get a good result next week in the Thai GP and thus leave the result in Phillip Island behind.