The Turk Deniz Öncü (KTM) dominated free practice for the Moto3 Thai Grand Prixat the “Chang International” circuit in the town of Buriram, with a new absolute record for the category.
Öncü lapped in 1:41.907, which was a new absolute Moto3 recordchased at just 25 thousandths of a second by the Brazilian Diogo Moreira (KTM) and already with the Japanese Ryusei Yamanaka (Gas Gas) at 127 thousandths of a second.
Verstappen and the rain, protagonists in the free seconds
The world leader, the Spanish Jaume Masiá (Honda), had to settle for fourth place 237 thousandths of a second from the Turkish pilot.
Öncü became the protagonist of the last round of training by achieving a new absolute record for the category, by running in 1:41.907lowering the previous 1:42.077 that the Italian Dennis Foggia (Honda) had since last year.
And he was not the only one to roll in that second (41), because In his wake, the Brazilian Diogo Moreira also lowered that limit (KTM), who surpassed the leader of the first day, the Spanish Jaume Masiá (Honda), who did not manage to scratch around two tenths of a second off his time until almost the end of the session to fall from first to third place .
Already in the last minute, among the drivers at the top of the table, The only one who had not managed to lower his time from the first day was the Colombian of Spanish origin David Alonso (Gas Gas), which still finished in eighth position.
Ahead of him they finished Deniz Öncü, Diogo Moreira, Ryusei Yamanaka (Gas Gas), Jaume Masiáthe Dutch Collin Veijer (Husqvarna), the Italian Matteo Bertelle (KTM) and the Spanish José Antonio Rueda (KTM), and behind, the Japanese Taiyo Furusato (Honda) and Ayumu Sasaki (Husqvarna), the Spanish Iván Ortolá (KTM ) and Daniel Holgado (KTM), and the Italians Nicolo Carraro (KTM) and Ricardo Rossi (Honda).
For the first classification Australian Joel Kelso (CFMoto) and Spaniards David Muñoz will be forced to pass (KTM), David Salvador (KTM), Vicente Pérez (KTM), Xavier Artigas (CFMoto) and Adrián Fernández (Honda), among other drivers.
2023-10-28 03:11:03
#Öncü #dominates #free #practice #breaks #record
