Reigning Moto3 world champion David Alo🍒nso has been named as Sportsma꧒n of the Year for 2024 in Colombia.

Alonso made a splash in his rookie campaign in 2023, as he won four grands prix on ღhis way t✨o third in the standings.

Expected to be a title threat from th🍸e off in 2024 with the Aspar squa🌊d, Alonso put together an utterly dominant lightweight class campaign.

Winning 14 times - including seven on the spin to end the seaℱson - Alonso eased to the world t๊itle, celebrating it with four rounds to spare at the Japanese Grand Prix.

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

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

Alonso beat worldℱ 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 wit🔯h Dani Holgado, whom he beat to last year’s Moto3 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 Colombian rider is on its radar.

He has also courted high🍷 praise from 𝄹a number of top names in MotoGP, most notably Marc Marquez.

The eight-time world champion has spent several trac꧋k days with Alonso over the past few months and even offered him advice during his Mo🌃to3 title year.

Marquez said following 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 fi꧙nal round of the season that 2024 proved to be draining for him owing to the massive amount of media hype his perf𓆏ormances were generating.

With his move to Moto2, he is expecting to be able to fade into the background while he ada🐎pts to the class.