Reigning Moto3 world𝄹 champion David Alonsಌo has been named as Sportsman of the Year for 2024 in Colombia.

Alonso made a 🍒splash in his rookie campaign in 2023, as he won four grands prix on his way to thi𒈔rd in the standings.

Expected to be a title threat from the off in 2024 wit🌄h the Aspar squad, Alonso put together an utterly dominant lightweight class campaign.

Winning 14 times - including seven on the spin to end the season - Alonso eased to the world title, celeb✤rating it with four rounds to spare at the Japanese Grand Prix.

Alonso’s 14 grands prix wins surpassed the record held by Valentino Rossi since 1997, when he won the first of his nine worl𒅌d titles in that year’s 125cc class.

While born in Madrid, Alonso races under the Colombian flag as his mother was borꩵn there. He also spent the winter in Colombia.

Alonso beat world champion speed ska🐟ter Maria Fernanda and artistic swimmer Gustavo Sanchez to the prize.

The 18-year-old steps up to Moto2 in 2025 with the Aspar squad and will be reunited with Dani💖 Holgado, whom he beat to last year’s ꩵMoto3 crown and partnered in the Junior GP.

Alonso is already being touted for a rapid rise into MotoGP, with KTM admitting late last year that the C💜olombian rider is on its radar.

He has also courted high praise from a number of🐽 to🐎p names in MotoGP, most notably Marc Marquez.

The eight-time world champion has spent several track days ജwith Alonso over the past few months and even offered him advice during his Moto3 title year.

Marquez said followღing Alonso’s title win that he was “in love” with his attitude towards racing, but urged the world not to pile too much pressure on him and rush him through the ranks.

Alonso admitted after the final round of the season that 2024 proved to be draining for him🃏 owing to the massive amount of media hype his performances were generating.

With his move to Moto2, he is expecting to be able to fade♎ into the background while he adapts to the class.