Things tend to calm down for the first five minutes. The racers try the settings while looking for the best time.
New improvements were seen after that, where Ivan Ortola recorded the fastest time in the session. It’s just that the score was not enough to surpass Diogo Moreira’s best lap in the first session.
David Alonso, who is ranked fourth in accumulated time, crashed at Turn 5 in the seventh minute. The front of his bike slipped and he couldn’t even fall.
Kaito Toba pushed into second place so that Alonso slipped to P5. In third place are David Munoz and Dani Holgado P4.
Mario Aji looks more comfortable with his motorcycle settings. The Honda Team Asia racer is in 10th place in the standings with 1:48,714.
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David Alonso suffered a second accident at the same location after six minutes. The record time is getting lower. He sits in sixth place, between Deniz Oncu and Jose Antonio Rueda.
Entering the 17th minute, Mario Aji was able to climb one more ladder. However, this achievement only lasted three minutes when Ayumu Sasaki won the top spot. Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP racer broke through in 1:47.787.
Moreira’s position increasingly dropped when Holgado recorded the second fastest time in the final 12 minutes. The racers started to squirm seconds later.
Ivan Ortola got up and fumigated Sasaki. Holgado did not want to be left behind with the fastest record time of 1:47,320. He was at the top, followed by Moreira and Ortola.
Sasaki, Joel Kelso and Scott Ogden occupy the fourth to sixth place. Mario Aji was unable to maintain his position amidst the dynamics. The Indonesian racer slipped to P14 and ended up two steps down when the checkered flag was raised.
By the end of the session, Holgado was still in the lead. He outperformed Moreira, Munoz and Sasaki.
Portugal 2023 Moto3 Practice 2 results