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In his second full season in the Moto3, David Alonso took home the title but, more importantly, he proved himself capable of learning and growing quickly. Third in his debut year, he has literally dominated in the championship that's coming to a close, hoping to replicate the career of his young colleague Pedro Acosta.
Winner in Qatar, Texas, France, Austin, Catalonia, Tuscany, Germany, Austria, Emilia Romagna, Indonesia, Japan, Australia and Thailand, the 18-year-old not only broke Rossi's 1997 record in the former 125 cc, when the Doctor won 11 out of 15 rounds, buthe also surpassed the 13 overall successes that Romano Fenati achieved in no less than ten years and not in two like the South American who grew up in Spain.
The first Colombian to lift the most prestigious cup in the minor class of the MotoGP, he reached the podium, only without having the upper hand at Silverstone, where he had finished second, while he didn't finish in the top three in Portugal, Aragon, Holland, the first round at Misano, and Jerez.
Admittedly, if Valentino had created a real supremacy with fewer tests to face, in this case, the 12 successes came at the end of 18 GPs. But should the Aspar team rider make his mark in Malaysia and Valencia, the number would rise to 14 out of 20.
Already happy with what he achieved, David received a nice surprise. As revealed to DAZN, after paying tribute to the rider from the Marche region at Phillip Island, where he had replicated his historic '97 celebration at the end of the Indonesian GP, he received a message from his idol.
"Two or three days after Australia, he wrote to me on Instagram, privately. I couldn't believe it, and it made me very emotional. He told me the celebration was fun, and he really enjoyed it. Maybe one day we'll see each other and party," the budding talent commented.
