2024 Italian Moto3, Mugello - Friday Practice Results

David Alonso had another record breaking Friday, finishing the first day in Mugello with a new lap record.

It continued to be hard to take a session from the CFMoto Gaviota Aspar rider, who set a new lap record in free practice which he lowered to a new best in P1.

The day started with the Colombian taking over from early pace setter Ryusei Yamanaka, with Jose Antonio Rueda in the mix.By the end of the session Alonso was dominating, with over a seconds advantage in his pocket.

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The #80 lowered the best lap of Mugello to a 1m 55.902 during the first track time, with Collin Veijer briefly holding the best time before Alonso returned for a new benchmark of 1m 54.671s, the only rider to go sub 1m 55s in Tuscany now having topped 20 of the last 22 sessions on track.

Yamanaka was once again pushing for MT Helmets-MSI early in the session finishing third with Liqui Moly Husqvarna rider Veijer again closest to Alonso’s time but still over half a second off the new best lap.

Rueda was fourth on Friday for Red Bull KTM Ajoover a second away, with rookie Luca Lunetta fifth for SIC58 Squadra Corse after spending some time early in P1 leading the timesheets.

Daniel Holgado lost the championship lead to Alonso in Catalunya and once again has work to do on Saturday. After placing an elevated fourth in free practice he dropped to 17th in the timed session as the Red Bull KTM Tech3 rider struggled again to make headway on the opening day.

There were early technical issues for Noah Dettwiler in free practice, while P1 saw a crash for Tachakorn Buasri a long yellow flag to allow Joshua Whatley to exit the gravel. The MLav rider finished the second P1 session 24th with his teammate Scott Ogden ahead in 14th.