David Alonso continued his domination of the Moto3 World Championship class at Circuit of The Americas (COTA) by taking pole position during qualifying Saturday afternoon in Texas. Riding his CFMOTO Valresa Aspar machine, the young Colombian lapped the 3.4-mile (5.5 km) circuit in 2:14.292.
Jose Antonio Rueda was next-best with a time of 2:14.309 on his Red Bull KTM, and Daniel Holgado claimed the third and final spot on the front row with a lap of 2:14.487 on his Red Bull Tech3 GASGAS.
The top 13 Moto3 qualifiers were separated by less than one second.