David Alonso achieved the feat this Saturday in the Japanese Grand Prix: He took the victory, his tenth of this season, and became champion of the World Championship. Moto3being the first Colombian to achieve something unprecedented.
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He started the World Championship as the top candidate for the title, fulfilled all the predictions and lifted the crown with four races remaining on the calendar and after an overwhelming dominance in the category.
David Alonso achieved his world dream
The 18-year-old driver, with a Colombian mother and Spanish father, triumphed in 10 of the 16 races on the calendar, his mentality was unbreakable in the most difficult moments of the season and showed that he is made for great things.
All the attention this Saturday was on the Colombian, a victory crowned him and, in his overwhelming style, he was left with a monumental triumph to put the flag of our country at the top.
After the race, David Alonso He confessed that he had a lot of nerves before the Grand Prix and the best way to vent was to write a letter before going to sleep, a method to calm anxiety.
David Alonso’s letter
In the middle of an interview in the press area, the team runner CFMoto Aspar Team He said he wanted to read the emotional letter he wrote to calm those nerves that he very rarely experiences on the motorcycle.
“It scares me to think how my life can change in less than 24 hours. It’s at night and I just feel like crying, I look in the mirror and I say to myself, tomorrow you are going to be world champion and my eyes are watering,” the Colombian began by saying.
“I don’t know if I’m really aware of the situation or if I’m prepared for it.”. It is the dream that I have always wanted as a child and now that I have it there in front of mejust a few hours away, is when it seems the furthest away,” he added.
Alonso was very aware that he was 17 laps away from making history and said in the middle of his vent: “Luckily I usually sleep well and at least sleep won’t take me away, or I don’t know, the only thing I know is that if tomorrow on the twelve I am reading this letter means that yes, I have achieved it, sorry we have achieved it.”
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