Dani Holgado and David Alonso will compete for the first time at the Autódromo Internacional de Goiânia-Ayrton Senna in Brazil

The Moto2 World Championship adds a new stop to its calendar: Brazil. After Dani Holgado's podium finish in Thailand, the next challenge for the CFMOTO Inde Aspar Team will be to tackle unfamiliar territory for all the riders in the category. Two decades later, the World Championship returns to the South American country, where 12+1 Grand Prix races were held between 1987 and 2004. Goiânia, host of the first three, will once again welcome the World Championship caravan this weekend, kicking off a double-header of races on the American continent that will end seven days later with the Grand Prix of the United States.

The CFMOTO Inde Aspar Team experienced a rollercoaster ride at the end of the Thai Grand Prix as, after both riders had performed well throughout the weekend, the race ended with Holgado in third place and David Alonso crashing heavily in the early laps. The first race of the season allowed the CFMOTO Inde Aspar Team riders to continue laying a solid foundation for their second season in the intermediate category. The Spaniard stood out among the fastest riders in Buriram, where the chaos caused by crashes and several race interruptions prevented him from fighting for the victory. His teammate Alonso has been recovering these past two weeks to arrive in Brazil in the best possible condition, a country that is returning to competition after 22 years. This means that all the riders will arrive at the race on equal terms, as they have no previous references of the track. Manu González, the current Moto2 runner-up, will arrive in Goiânia leading the intermediate category standings after his victory in the opening round, with Izan Guevara in second place and Dani Holgado rounding out the top three.

Dani Holgado: “We arrive in Brazil after a very positive Thai Grand Prix for us. I'm really looking forward to continuing to work and improve. It's a new circuit for all the riders, so we're going in without any references and will have to adapt quickly. We don't know how the tyres will perform in those weather conditions. I'm excited to see how we can tackle it, so that will be a new goal for me. We have a good base after the work done in pre-season, I feel very comfortable and can perform at the highest level with the bike. This weekend I will continue working to take steps forward.”

David Alonso: “I'm really looking forward to going to Brazil and competing again after the accident in Thailand. The most positive thing is that I haven't suffered any injuries, and the first thing will be to make sure that everything is working properly and that I can ride comfortably. I'm looking forward to getting to know a new circuit, as it's often difficult to find a new one having competed many years in the world championship. We're arriving at a track where we'll all have to start from scratch and where we'll have to ride on instinct because we don't have any data to analyse. It's fun in that sense, so we'll try to learn as quickly as possible. On Sunday, the main thing will be to finish the race.”