The 'grandfather' Albert Arenas is proclaimed Moto3 champion by the hair

There is a belief in the World Cup that punishes late pilots: at 18 you can no longer make your debut.

Although the madness that led

or

to raise up

when they were still children

has been limited

, the teams still trust a teenager before an adult, whatever their results, and many get lost along the way.

You have talent or you don't have it, believe those who sign, and if it doesn't spring up soon it's because of its absence.

But this season that conviction has been proven wrong.

In the same year,

and

, two Spanish champions, appeared to confirm that you can start late, that there are seasons and seasons, that talent appears when it appears.

A week ago, Mir celebrated the MotoGP title five years after being rejected by all the teams because of his age and this Sunday, Arenas took the Moto3 World Championship also with many 'us' on his mocila.

At 23 years old, a high age for the small category, he won his first title after suffering from making a hole in the elite due to an injury.

From Girona as

, the son of a speed enthusiast, Arenas appeared in the Spanish Speed ​​Championship (CEV) in 2011, at just 14 years old, like all prodigies, he stood out immediately and in 2014 he was close to making his debut in the Moto3 World Championship when he broke three metacarpals in his right hand.

He lost a few months which, although he did not know it then, turned into years.

The following season, in 2015, no one called him despite the fact that he was runner-up in the CEV behind Nicolò Bulega and began a journey to avoid the retirement that happened, above all, for becoming the boy for everything in

.

Substitutions and more substitutions in 2016 or 2017, turbulent years for the team, until two years ago he settled with two victories and began his progression.

This course, as happened to Mir, he has proven to be the most solid driver against opponents three or four years younger than him.

He won the first two races, he repeated in the fifth and, despite falling into a certain irregularity, he secured the title this Sunday in Portimao.

Like his season, his last race was from more to less.

During the first part of the test he had guaranteed success, with his two rivals, the Japanese

and the Italian

, behind him, but in the end it was extremely complicated.

With

well ahead of everyone, Arenas, Ogura and Arbolino fell into a second group and anything could happen.

Even that the Spanish lost the title.

In fact, if Arbolino, in the middle of a comeback, had managed to link up with the first group, the World Cup would now have another owner.

But Arenas was ultimately able to celebrate with his friend

and sign a brilliant promotion to Moto2, where he hopes to continue his story.

At the age of 18, you can no longer make your debut, the belief that exists in the World Cup says, but the case of Arenas shows otherwise.

His success, along with Mir's success, is proof that this is never too late and that adult drivers are as reliable as teenagers.

Who knows if Arenas, one of the few graduates of the championship (he is an industrial engineer) will end up in MotoGP competing against portents like Márquez to show that he can get to the same place later.

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