David Alonso, the one “chosen” by Nico Terol to be champion who signs himself with holy water before the races

Very polite and kind, he always listens attentively to the interlocutor and looks directly into his eyes. David Alonso (April 25, 2006, Madrid), the elected by Nico Terol to be champion, he wants to learn so much that this year he decided to study German and is already able to deal with the German media with ease. The 18-year-old Spanish-Colombian pilot declared himself Moto3 World Champion on the Motegi Mobility Resort circuit, where he added his tenth victory of the seasonwhile there are still four nominations left by the end of the year.

“David tHe has a lucidity behind the wheel that very few have access to, Marc Márquez or Pedro Acosta. It’s early to talk about it, but what he did in the small category already shows that he has this lucidity”, explains Nico Terol, last 125cc world champion in 2011 and currently team manager of the CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team after bet on Alonso in 2017, when he was 11 and raced in the CEV 85cc.

From then on, it was proclaimed 85cc Spanish Champion in 2018, winner of the European Talent Cup (2020) and Red Bull Rookies Cup (2021) until becoming Moto3 world champion this season before making the jump to Moto2 in 2025.

The Park (friend), as he is called in his team, was born in Madrid and lives in Torrejón del Rey (Guadalajara) with his parents Agustín and MarcelaColombian from Bucaramanga. In the lower categories he always competed under the Spanish flag, but when he reached the world championship he had to choose and opted for Colombia, being the only driver of that nationality in the world championship.

In your warm-up routine before races, always He prays like a believer and crosses himself with holy water. so that God protects him from the dangers of the track.

“I don’t know if I’m really aware of the situation or if I’m prepared for it. It’s the dream I’ve always wanted since I was little and now I have it in front of me,” said an excited David Alonso, who, when crossing the finish line, doubted whether he had achieved his goal. dream.

“I didn’t believe it. In fact, I thought I had touched green. I didn’t want to party early and I didn’t have a screen. The team didn’t give me the field I dreamed of so much and I said to myself: “That’s all, it’s because I wasn’t world champion.”‘”, concluded the new Moto3 world champion.