The forecast was for rain but finally Moto3 was the only one affected by the untimely downpours on this first day of training. They had no luck in the morning, not like the rest of the pilots in the paddock that they were able to shoot dry. Tatsuki Suzuki was the great dominator in undoubtedly complicated conditions. The Japanese dominated FP1 with solvency ahead of the first of the Spaniards, Jaume Masiá, although the records of this first session were of little use in view of what was expected for hours later.
Everyone was watching the sky and, although he endured for the sessions of the higher category, the rain appeared again for the start of the second Moto3 practice. An untimely cloud that, despite forcing us to start on a wet and unstable track, was not an impediment to ending up lowering the times in the morning. The track dried up as the riders rode and already in the closing stages, the times were really fast. Let them tell Ayumu Sasaki. The Japanese ended the first day of the Thai Grand Prix as the fastest on the grid, ahead of his compatriot, Tatsuki Suzuki, and leaving the rest of the grill in the background. In fact, they were the only ones to go below 1.43 and come close to the circuit record set in 2018 by Dennis Foggia (1.42.235).
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More than eight seconds from the head Ricardo Rossi has remained, third on this first day in Buriram, where many of the riders in the small category have had to adapt to a circuit where they had never ridden before (the track had not been visited since 2019 due to the pandemic). The best of the Spaniards was Daniel Holgado, in fourth position, beating his teammate, Jaume Masiá (5th) and Deniz Oncü (6th), badly injured in the little finger of his left hand. The World Cup leader Izan Guevara, has finished the day in seventh position, adapting to a circuit that he did not know, although with good sensations.
It has not been the same for his teammate and rival to the crown, Sergio GarcÃa Dols, who was about to stay out of Q2. He placed 13th in the last moments, aware that the rains this Saturday will not give room for improvement. Among the Spaniards, Iván Ortolá (8th) and Xavi Artigas (14th) have also been able to make the cut. David Muñoz (18th), Carlos Tatay (19th), the substitute for Alberto Surra, Vicente Pérez (20th), Ana Carrasco (25th) and Adrián Fernández (30th), who will have to play everything in Q1, did not suffer the same fate. .