The Moto3 Italy round in 2024 marks the seventh round of the championship. After his fourth win of the season at the Moto3 Catalan Grand Prix, David Alonso leads the riders' standings by 14 points.

Grand Prix

David Alonso won a red-flagged and shortened Moto3 Italian Grand Prix, despite strong pace from Collin Veijer.

Alonso made the holeshot, and led a breakaway of the top six which had distanced themselves from the rest by lap five.

He was headed at several points, and his breakaway attempts were mostly foiled by Collin Veijer, who was the only rider who could not only stay on Alonso's pace but also close a gap to the Colombian.

However, when Alonso hit the front on lap eight, Veijer was pushed to the back of the group and the chase of the #80 CFMoto Aspar rider was now led by Ryusi Yamanaka.

Alonso didn't drop the group completely, but he led by 0.7 seconds onto the penultimate lap.

By now Veijer was back at the front of the chasing group, and back-to-back fastest laps on laps nine and 10 meant he was still in contention with Alonso - 0.4 seconds separated them with one lap to go.

Alonso was equal to Veijer's challenge, though, and led onto the pit straight, where the finish line proved too close to the final corner for the Dutchman.

Alonso's victory was his fifth from the first seven races, while Veijer's podium was his second in the last three. Ryusei Yamanaka completed the podium, his first top three finish in Grand Prix racing.

Ivan Ortola had third place seemingly locked down, but he crashed on the final lap at turn 12. The Spaniard remounted and finished sixth, behind Taiyo Furusato and David Munoz in fourth and fifth, respectively, but ahead of Luca Lunetta who finished seventh.

Adrian Fernandez, Jacob Roulstone, and Matteo Bertelle completed the top 10.

It was a poor day for Dani Holgado who finished 14th after being judged by the MotoGP Stewards to be at fault for an incident in the first turn that led to crashes for Jose Antonio Rueda and Stefano Nepa. Nepa retired, but Rueda got back on and finished 15th.

Alonso also made the holeshot on the first start, and led the whole way of the initial race. The red flag came out on lap four for an incident on lap three involving Filippo Farioli and Xabi Zurutuza on the exit of Arrabbiata 2 which left Zurutuza requiring medical assistance. Both Farioli and Zurutuza were reported as conscious and okay, the 16-year-old Spaniard needing an ambulance to be taken to the circuit medical centre. Zurutuza was later confirmed as having suffered back trauma, and was transferred to hospital.

Qualifying

David Alonso put on a determined display to take pole position for the Moto3 Italy Grand Prix.

The Colombian had broken the lap record in each of the three practice sessions, but that gave the prompt to Ivan Ortola to seek out Alonso's slipstream in qualifying.

Ortola used that to take provisional pole from Alonso for almost the duration of the session, but a mistake from the Spaniard on the penultimate lap cost him crucial distance to his rival, just as Alonso started what would be his best lap of the session.

Although he could not dip into the 1:53s as he did in P2, Alonso's 1:54.194 was enough to take pole, and mean that he will enter tomorrow's race as the only rider to top a session this weekend in the Moto3 class.

Ortola's tactics were dubious but intelligent. Not only did he use Alonso as a tow and marker, he also upset the Colombian's rhythm and got slightly into his head. Clearly, Alonso's mental strength is superb, but credit has to go to Ortola for doing all he could to disrupt a rider who he knows is faster than himself.

Jose Antonio Rueda completed the top three, ahead of Collin Veijer who crashed on his final lap. Dani Holgado and Luca Lunetta join Veijer on the second row.

Jacob Roulstone was seventh, ahead of Taiyo Furusato and Joel Kelso on the third row, while Riccardo Rossi completed the qualifying top 10. Xabi Zurutuza and Stefano Nepa join the #54 on row four.

P2

Another new lap record was set by David Alonso at Mugello, almost two seconds faster than the existing record coming into the weekend.

Before 2024, no one had ridden a Moto3 bike around Mugello in less than 1:56, and yet Alonso is in the 1:53s after Practice 2.

Alonso was once again in a second of his own, the only rider in the 53s. Ryusei Yamanaka and Collin Veijer were second and third, ahead of Stefano Nepa, Ivan Ortola, and Jose Antonio Rueda who completed the top six, Rueda that final rider in the 1:54s.

Adrian Fernandez was seventh, ahead of Jacob Roulstone, Tatstuki Suzuki, and Taiyo Furusato. Riccardo Rossi, Xabi Zurutuza, Dani Holgado, and Luca Lunetta took the final four direct Q2 spots.

P1

David Alonso was fastest once again in Moto3 Practice 1 at Mugello. The Colombian was almost 1.2 seconds faster than the lap record he set in Free Practice, and over 0.5 seconds clear of the field.

The lap record coming into this weekend was a 1:56.001, but Alonso has now lowered that to a 1:54.671, and only two other riders were below the 1:56 barrier in Moto3 P1: Collin Vijer and Ryusei Yamanaka.

In fourth place was Jose Antonio Rueda, while Luca Lunetta continued his impressive form from both the morning and from Catalunya to finish the day in fifth place, and Ivan Ortola rounded out the top six.

Stefano Nepa was seventh, ahead of Joel Kelso, Adrian Fernandez, and Jacob Roulstone.

Free Practice

David Alonso topped his 19th session from the last 21 in Moto3 Free Practice at Mugello, once again taking an advantage of more than one second over second place.

Despite some damp patches around the circuit, Alonso was under the Moto3 lap record by the end of Free Practice, and the only rider in the 1:55s. To put his advantage into real perspective, only Ryusei Yamanaka was able to lap in the 1:56s.

Behind Yamanaka, Jose Antonio Rueda was third, and Dani Holgado fourth, 1.3 seconds down on Alonso. Holgado was ahead of Stefano Nepa and Xabi Zurutuza who rounded out the top six, while David Munoz, Luca Lunetta, Collin Veijer, and Matteo Bertelle completed the top 10.