With Spaniards almost the norm atop the podium in the Moto3™ class, this weekend’s Gran Premio IVECO de Aragon should prove a feisty affair, as Luis Salom, Maverick Viñales, Alex Rins and Alex Marquez all aim to come out on top in front of their home crowd.
Red Bull KTM Ajo’s Salom still leads the championship by 19 points, yet with Team Calvo’s Viñales out-pointing him last time out in Misano, Salom will look to stop his rival’s catch-up. Yet throw the Estrella Galicia 0,0 riders of Rins, the San Marino race winner, and Marquez into the equation, and the race promises to be an exciting one.
But an all-Spanish podium is by no means certain, as the likes of Mahindra Racing’s Miguel Oliveira and Caretta Technology – RTG’s Jack Miller are proving a constant threat to the front-runners. The most likely to challenger had been Mapfre Aspar’s Jonas Folger, until he sustained a fracture to the left tibial malleolus in the Misano race. He has undergone surgery and hopes to be able to race in Aragon.
The weekend will also see two females line up on the Moto3™ grid, as Team Calvo’s regular entry Ana Carrasco is joined by wildcard Maria Herrera Muñoz with the Junior Team Estrella Galicia 0,0 team. She currently lies third in the Spanish CEV Repsol championship and clinched her second victory of the season yesterday at Circuito de Navarra. There will be another wildcard in the form of Dutchman Bryan Schouten from the Dutch Racing Team who lies second in the CEV Repsol.
World Championship Standings Moto3™
1- Luis Salom SPA KTM 246
2- Maverick Viñales SPA KTM 227
3- Alex Rins SPA KTM 225
4- Alex Marquez SPA KTM 133
5- Jonas Folger GER Kalex KTM 120
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Moto3™: Luis Salom, Maverick Viñales, Alex Rins and Alex Marquez, on top in front of their home crowd
