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MotoGP Malaysian GP: Moto2 and Moto3 results

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Celestino Vietti (KTM Ajo) won the Moto2 Malaysian Grand Prix after leading every lap of a hot, tough race at Sepang.

After grabbing the lead at the first corner, Vietti’s lead fluctuated throughout a race that proved tough on both bikes and riders. The Italian, who was riding injured in Malaysia, streaked to a 1.6s advantage as early as lap two, but could not maintain such a comfortable gap.

American Racing Team’s Marcos Ramirez was briefly ahead of Vietti after the leader made a mistake at Turn 1 on lap six, before Vietti reclaimed the top spot at Turn 2.             

As Ramirez then began to fade, American  Racing Team’s Jorge Navarro (substituting for Joe Roberts) emerged as Vietti’s main challenger. He looked set for a move with a few laps remaining, but Vietti was able to put in another charge late in the race to cross the line with a lead of almost 1.5s over Navarro.

Newly-crowned world champion Ai Ogura was running third by the time his bike suddenly lost power with a technical failure on lap 11, a development which took Jake Dixon by surprise. The British rider only narrowly avoided running into the stricken MT Helmets-MSi machine at high speed.

Dixon then suffered the ultimate embarrassment by giving away a podium in the misguided belief that the race was over a lap ahead of the chequered flag. He backed off over the start/finish line one tour from home, and by the time he had realised his mistake, his Aspar team-mate Izan Guevara had grabbed third place.

Tony Arbolino (Marc VDS Racing Team), Ramirez and KTM Ajo’s Deniz Oncu completed the top seven.

Aron Canet secured second place in the world championship with a round to go. His eighth place for Fantic Racing was enough to ensure that Sergio Garcia (MT Helmets-MSi) cannot catch him at the Barcelona finale.

Moto2 Malaysian GP — Race results

Alonso’s winning run continues in Moto3

David Alonso, CFMOTO Aspar Team

David Alonso, CFMOTO Aspar Team

Photo by: Gold and Goose / Motorsport Images

In Moto3, David Alonso survived late pressure from Honda Team Asia’s Taiyo Furusato to take his 13th win in MotoGP.

The Aspar rider’s victory made him the first rider in the junior category to score six consecutive wins since Valentino Rossi managed the feat in 1997.

It was another of the world champion’s trademark comeback rides. Alonso was forced out of the top 10 as he took evasive action to avoid Tech3’s Daniel Holgado, who highsided after an attempt to try and pass Ivan Ortola went awry on lap two.

Alonso hit the front on lap 12 of 15, but remained in a seven-bike lead group until the end, unable to pull away from Furusato.

Jose Antonio Rueda (KTM Ajo) kept a close eye on the battling Alonso and Furosata over the final lap but had to settle for third place.

Holgado’s accident on lap two had implications for the battle over second place in the championship. Holgado came into the race 11 points clear of Collin Veijer in third and 32 ahead of Ortola in fourth.

With Ortola (MT Helmets-MSi) and Veijer (Intact GP) sewing up fourth and fifth places respectively at Sepang, that picture has now changed with one round remaining. Veijer will head to the Barcelona finale level with Holgado, with Ortola an outside shot 19 points back.

Joel Kelso (BOE Motorsports) and Ryusei Yamanaka (MT Helmets-MSI) were the last two riders to cross the line in the leading group, claiming sixth and seventh.

Moto3 Malaysian GP — race results:
1

D. Alonso CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team

 80 CF MOTO 15   150.8   25
2 Japan T. Furusato Honda Team Asia 72 Honda 15 0.088 150.8   20
3

J. Antonio Red Bull KTM Factory Racing

 99 KTM 15 0.323 150.8   16
4

I. Ortola MT Helmets — MSI

 48 KTM 15 0.585 150.8   13
5

C. Veijer Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP

 95 Husqvarna 15 0.095 150.8   11
6 Australia J. Kelso BOE Motorsports 66 KTM 15 0.134 150.7   10
7 Japan R. Yamanaka MT Helmets — MSI 6 KTM 15 0.271 150.7   9
8 Italy S. Nepa LEVELUP — MTA 82 KTM 15 5.748 150.3   8
9 Italy M. Bertelle Kopron Rivacold Snipers Team 18 Honda 15 0.102 150.3   7
10

L. Lunetta SIC58 Squadra Corse

 58 Honda 15 3.460 150.0   6
11

D. Almansa Kopron Rivacold Snipers Team

 22 Honda 15 0.098 150.0   5
12

J. Roulstone Red Bull GASGAS Tech3

 12 GASGAS 15 5.115 149.6   4
13

F. Farioli SIC58 Squadra Corse

 7 Honda 15 4.526 149.3   3
14

X. Zurutuza Red Bull KTM Factory Racing

 85 KTM 15 0.248 149.3   2
15

T. Buasri Honda Team Asia

 5 Honda 15 0.208 149.3   1
16

E. O’Shea FleetSafe Honda — MLav Racing

 8 Honda 15 0.230 149.2    
17 Spain D. Munoz BOE Motorsports 64 KTM 15 22.474 147.6    
18

N. Dettwiler CIP

 55 KTM 15 1.454 147.5    
dnf

N. Fabio LEVELUP — MTA

 10 KTM 10 5 Laps 144.8 Retirement  
dnf Japan T. Suzuki Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP 24 Husqvarna 8 2 Laps 150.4 Retirement  
dnf United Kingdom S. Ogden FleetSafe Honda — MLav Racing 19 Honda 8 2’04.162 134.6 Retirement  
dnf

Á. Piqueras Leopard Racing

 36 Honda 5 3 Laps 144.3 Retirement  
dnf Mexico A. Fernandez Leopard Racing 31 Honda 2 3 Laps 147.8 Retirement  
dnf Spain D. Holgado Red Bull GASGAS Tech3 96 GASGAS 1 1 Lap 144.4 Accident  
dnf Italy R. Rossi CIP 54 KTM 0     Accident  
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J. Esteban CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team

 78 CF MOTO 0     Accident  



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MotoGP Thailand GP: Moto2 and Moto3 results

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Ai Ogura has been crowned 2024 Moto2 World Champion with two rounds in hand after finishing second to Aron Canet at the Chang International Circuit, while David Alonso’s record-breaking Moto3 campaign continued with a 12th win of the season.

Coming into the Thai event with his first ‘match point’ shot at a maiden grand prix world title, though closest rival Canet did his bit by clinching a third victory of the season, Ogura held his nerve to secure the top three finish he needed to make title success a foregone conclusion.

Ogura — who will graduate to MotoGP next season with Trackhouse Aprilia — had run as low as seventh in the early stages after contact on the opening lap before picking his way through to finish behind Canet. 

With that result, Ogura becomes the first Japanese rider to secure an intermediate class title since Hiroshi Aoyama was crowned 250GP champion in 2009, while MT Helmets-MSI celebrated the title in its maiden season of Moto2 competition.

Moreover, after 12 years of Kalex dominance, it is a first Moto2 title to be won with the Speed Up-engineered Boscoscuro chassis.

Though his hopes of an elusive Moto2 title ended, a second win in four rounds for Canet sees the Fantic Racing rider tighten his grip on the runners-up spot. 

The Italian was in control from lap one to take victory by 2.5s from Ogura as American Racing’s Marcos Ramirez notched up the second podium of his Moto2 career.

In a race curtailed by a red flag with three laps remaining, home hero Somkiat Chantra came on strong in the latter stages to secure fourth place with rookie Diogo Moreira rounding out the top five.

Moto2 Thailand GP — Race results:

Alonso sets new record with Thailand Moto3 win

David Alonso, CFMOTO Aspar Team

David Alonso, CFMOTO Aspar Team

Photo by: Gold and Goose / Motorsport Images

In Moto3, David Alonso broke Valentino Rossi’s 27-year record for victories over a single-season in the entry-level category as he claimed the 12th win of a dominant title-winning campaign.

The Colombian picked his way to the front of a closely-matched lead group of five riders to hold on for victory in the shortened 12-lap encounter, heading off Luca Lunetta in second and Collin Veijer in third.

His fifth win of the season, Alonso had the honour of breaking Rossi’s erstwhile record of 11 wins across the 125/Moto3 class, achieved with his 1997 125GP title, having already established a fresh benchmark for the category as part of the current Moto3 era.

He wouldn’t have it easy amid damp conditions but after rising to the fore decisively with four laps remaining, the CFMoto Aspar Team rider benefitted from squabbles behind to remain out of reach to the flag.

In second, SIC58’s Lunetta came through for a career-best finish in second place ahead of Husqvarna IntactGP man Veijer, the duo capitalising on a wayward Ivan Ortola running deep into the final corner to rule himself out of the podium fight. 

Still, he fared better than Taiyo Furusato, who finished by sliding across the finish line separated from his Honda Team Asia machine after being felled in contact with Veijer on the exit of the final corner. Despite the unconventional conclusion, he was reinstated to fifth behind Ortola.

Further back, after Leopard Honda riders Adrian Fernandez and Angel Piqueras crashed out on the final lap, David Munoz and Joel Kelso came through for sixth and seventh, while Scott Ogden collected a season’s best eighth place finish on the MLav Racing Honda.

Moto3 Thailand GP — Race results:
1

D. Alonso CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team

 80 CF MOTO 12   160.0   25
2

L. Lunetta SIC58 Squadra Corse

 58 Honda 12 0.353 159.9   20
3

C. Veijer Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP

 95 Husqvarna 12 0.169 159.9   16
4

I. Ortola MT Helmets — MSI

 48 KTM 12 0.414 159.9   13
5 Japan T. Furusato Honda Team Asia 72 Honda 12 0.747 159.8   11
6 Spain D. Munoz BOE Motorsports 64 KTM 12 0.809 159.7   10
7 Australia J. Kelso BOE Motorsports 66 KTM 12 0.314 159.6   9
8 United Kingdom S. Ogden FleetSafe Honda — MLav Racing 19 Honda 12 2.216 159.3   8
9 Italy S. Nepa LEVELUP — MTA 82 KTM 12 2.619 159.0   7
10 Japan T. Suzuki Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP 24 Husqvarna 12 0.667 158.9   6
11 Japan R. Yamanaka MT Helmets — MSI 6 KTM 12 0.732 158.8   5
12 Spain D. Holgado Red Bull GASGAS Tech3 96 GASGAS 12 2.600 158.5   4
13 Italy R. Rossi CIP 54 KTM 12 0.057 158.5   3
14

F. Farioli SIC58 Squadra Corse

 7 Honda 12 3.292 158.1   2
15

J. Roulstone Red Bull GASGAS Tech3

 12 GASGAS 12 2.101 157.8   1
16

J. Antonio Red Bull KTM Factory Racing

 99 KTM 12   157.8    
17

T. Buasri Honda Team Asia

 5 Honda 12 0.681 157.7    
18

X. Zurutuza Red Bull KTM Factory Racing

 85 KTM 12 1.813 157.5    
19

N. Fabio LEVELUP — MTA

 10 KTM 12   157.5    
20

D. Almansa Kopron Rivacold Snipers Team

 22 Honda 12 0.053 157.5    
21 Italy M. Bertelle Kopron Rivacold Snipers Team 18 Honda 12 0.423 157.5    
22 Mexico A. Fernandez Leopard Racing 31 Honda 12 23.939 154.5    
23

N. Dettwiler CIP

 55 KTM 12 0.066 154.5    
dnf

Á. Piqueras Leopard Racing

 36 Honda 10 2 Laps 159.5 Accident  
dnf

J. Esteban CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team

 78 CF MOTO 9 1 Lap 158.3 Accident  
dnf

E. O’Shea FleetSafe Honda — MLav Racing

 8 Honda 9 1’46.572 142.0 Retirement  



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MotoGP Australian GP: Moto2 and Moto3 results

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Fermin Aldeguer came out on top of a superb duel with Aron Canet to win the Moto2 Australian Grand Prix at Phillip Island on Sunday.

A fast-paced battle between the pair over the second half of the race reached its crescendo with two changes of lead on the last lap.

Canet (Fantic Racing) took SpeedUp’s Aldeguer at Miller, only for the latter to respond in forceful style with an outbraking move at MG. Neither rider wanted to give an inch as both almost ran off the track on the exit, but Aldeguer made the move stick.

Alonso Lopez (SpeedUp) ran with Canet and Aldeguer before dropping off the pace beyond half-distance. He was being caught for third by Senna Agius (Intact GP) when he fell with two laps remaining.

This allowed Australia’s Agius to claim a podium result at home.

Ai Ogura could only manage fourth place for MT Helmet-MSi, meaning the Japanese rider will have to wait until at least next weekend’s Thai Grand Prix to seal the world championship title that had been a mathematical possibility in Australia.

Diogo Moreira of Italtrans and Gresini Moto2’s Manuel Gonzalez – who had to serve a long lap penalty and thus fell out of the lead group early – were fifth and sixth respectively.

Barry Baltus (RW-Idrofoglia) and Tony Arbolino (VDS) came home seventh and eighth, with Sergio Garcia (MT Helmets-MSI) recovering from 16th on the starting grid to finish ninth.

Marcos Ramirez rounded out the top 10 for American Racing Team.

Moto2 Australian GP — Race results:

Alonso’s impressive run in Moto3 continues

David Alonso, CFMOTO Aspar Team

David Alonso, CFMOTO Aspar Team

Photo by: Gold and Goose / Motorsport Images

Earlier, David Alonso made a trademark late break from a multi-bike battle for the lead to score a comfortable win in the Australian Grand Prix Moto3 race.

The Aspar rider, who sealed the world championship title at the Japanese Grand Prix two weeks ago, was almost three seconds to the good after splitting from the 15-rider pack with three laps remaining.

That left David Munoz (BOE Motorsports), Adrian Fernandez (Leopard Racing) and Daniel Holgado (Tech3) to fight it out over second place, with Stefano Nepa (Levelup-MTA) joining that dice over the course of the final lap.

This squabble was settled in Holgado’s favour on the run to the line, with Fernandez completing the podium ahead of Nepa and Munoz.

With his rivals Collin Veijer (Intact GP) and Ivan Ortola (MT Helmets-MSi) both falling after Veijer lost control on lap 12, second place was an ideal result for Holgado in his bid for second place in the championship.

As Veijer and Ortola failed to score, Holgado emerged in a secure second place on the points table, 23 points ahead of Veijer and 41 clear of Ortola.

Ryusei Yamanaka (Mti Helmets-MSi) led the group disputing sixth place over the line. His Japanese countryman Taiyo Furosata (Honda Team Asia) followed him home.

Also finishing within a second of Furosata were Luca Lunetta (SIC58), Jose Antonio Rueda (Ajo) and Angel Piqueras (Leopard Racing).

Moto3 Australian GP — Race results:
1

D. Alonso CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team

 80 CF MOTO 21   165.6   25
2 Spain D. Holgado Red Bull GASGAS Tech3 96 GASGAS 21 2.936 165.4   20
3 Mexico A. Fernandez Leopard Racing 31 Honda 21 0.003 165.4   16
4 Italy S. Nepa LEVELUP — MTA 82 KTM 21 0.018 165.4   13
5 Spain D. Munoz BOE Motorsports 64 KTM 21 0.015 165.4   11
6 Japan R. Yamanaka MT Helmets — MSI 6 KTM 21 0.405 165.4   10
7 Japan T. Furusato Honda Team Asia 72 Honda 21 0.026 165.4   9
8

L. Lunetta SIC58 Squadra Corse

 58 Honda 21 0.483 165.3   8
9

J. Antonio Red Bull KTM Factory Racing

 99 KTM 21 0.022 165.3   7
10

Á. Piqueras Leopard Racing

 36 Honda 21 0.035 165.3   6
11 Australia J. Kelso BOE Motorsports 66 KTM 21 0.506 165.3   5
12 Italy R. Rossi CIP 54 KTM 21 0.025 165.3   4
13

J. Roulstone Red Bull GASGAS Tech3

 12 GASGAS 21 0.004 165.3   3
14 Italy M. Bertelle Kopron Rivacold Snipers Team 18 Honda 21 0.586 165.2   2
15 Japan T. Suzuki Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP 24 Husqvarna 21 7.382 164.6   1
16

J. Esteban CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team

 78 CF MOTO 21 18.132 163.2    
17

X. Zurutuza Red Bull KTM Factory Racing

 85 KTM 21 0.033 163.2    
18

C. Veijer Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP

 95 Husqvarna 21 8.699 162.5    
19

E. O’Shea FleetSafe Honda — MLav Racing

 8 Honda 21 0.615 162.4    
20

T. Buasri Honda Team Asia

 5 Honda 21 10.970 161.6    
21

N. Dettwiler CIP

 55 KTM 21 0.012 161.6    
22 United Kingdom S. Ogden FleetSafe Honda — MLav Racing 19 Honda 20 1 Lap 154.8    
dnf

I. Ortola MT Helmets — MSI

 48 KTM 11 9 Laps 165.1 Retirement  
dnf

D. Almansa Kopron Rivacold Snipers Team

 22 Honda 11 2’59.806 141.3 Retirement  
dnf

N. Fabio LEVELUP — MTA

 10 KTM 6 5 Laps 163.5 Accident  
dnf

F. Farioli SIC58 Squadra Corse

 7 Honda 3 3 Laps 161.6 Accident  

 



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MotoGP Japanese GP: Moto2 and Moto3 results

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David Alonso became the first Colombian motorcycle world champion with an impressive victory in the Moto3 race at the Japanese Grand Prix, while an inspired tyre choice following a surprise shower earned Manuel Gonzalez Moto2 honours.

Sunday’s racing at Motegi kicked off with CFMoto rider David Alonso’s bid to seal the Moto3 title with four races left to go.

Coming into this race with a 97-point lead over Tech3 man Daniel Holgado, Alonso needed a win to guarantee that neither Holdago nor fellow challengers Ivan Ortola (MT Helmets-MSI) and Collin Veijer (Intact GP) could catch him over the remaining four events.

Launching from the front row on a dry Motegi track, Alonso did not enjoy the perfect start to his task. Despite entering the first corner second, he had fallen to sixth – a couple of spots clear of Veijer – by the second lap.

It was Ortola who grabbed the lead after a terrific start from pole position, but Adrian Fernandeyz hit the  front of the race on lap three with a double pass on both Holgado and Ortola into Turn 5.

These three controlled the race for few laps, with Angel Piqueras (Leopard) and Ryusei Yamanaka (MT Helmets-MSI) keeping them company as Alonso settled into a rhythm behind.

Alonso began to show his true pace on lap 9, when he started to gain positions and also set what would prove to be the fastest lap of the race.

By lap 12, Alonso was up into second place behind Fernandez, having pulled off numerous moves into Turn 9 on his way there.

After Piqueras fell at Turn 10 on lap 13, the lead group was down to five: Fernandez, Alonso, Ortola, Veijer and Holgado.

A small mistake by Fernandez when braking for Turn 3 one lap later allowed Alonso to get his bike in front for the first time, and after a brief battle the Colombian had assumed control of the race.

Ortola briefly threatened an attack for the win on the penultimate lap, but that ended when he fell in similar fashion to Piqueras at Turn 10. This left a convenient half-second gap for Alonso on his final tour as he continued to the win and the championship.

Veijer won a late battle with Fernandez for second place, with Holgado fourth and Jose Antonio Rueda (Ajo) finishing fifth ahead of Yamanaka.

Moto3 Japanese GP — Race results:
1

D. Alonso CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team

 80 CF MOTO 17   148.1   25
2

C. Veijer Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP

 95 Husqvarna 17 0.524 148.0   20
3 Mexico A. Fernandez Leopard Racing 31 Honda 17 0.242 148.0   16
4 Spain D. Holgado Red Bull GASGAS Tech3 96 GASGAS 17 0.402 148.0   13
5

J. Antonio Red Bull KTM Factory Racing

 99 KTM 17 0.041 148.0   11
6 Japan R. Yamanaka MT Helmets — MSI 6 KTM 17 0.180 148.0   10
7 Japan T. Suzuki Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP 24 Husqvarna 17 0.947 147.9   9
8 Spain D. Munoz BOE Motorsports 64 KTM 17 1.554 147.8   8
9 Japan T. Furusato Honda Team Asia 72 Honda 17 0.063 147.8   7
10 Italy S. Nepa LEVELUP — MTA 82 KTM 17 4.040 147.5   6
11 Italy M. Bertelle Kopron Rivacold Snipers Team 18 Honda 17 0.049 147.5   5
12

D. Almansa Kopron Rivacold Snipers Team

 22 Honda 17 2.196 147.3   4
13

F. Farioli SIC58 Squadra Corse

 7 Honda 17 1.559 147.2   3
14 Italy R. Rossi CIP 54 KTM 17 1.455 147.1   2
15

J. Esteban CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team

 78 CF MOTO 17 0.042 147.1   1
16

I. Ortola MT Helmets — MSI

 48 KTM 17 9.101 146.4    
17

J. Roulstone Red Bull GASGAS Tech3

 12 GASGAS 17 0.057 146.4    
18

X. Zurutuza Red Bull KTM Factory Racing

 85 KTM 17 0.087 146.4    
19 United Kingdom S. Ogden FleetSafe Honda — MLav Racing 19 Honda 17 2.289 146.2    
20

R. Wakamatsu FleetSafe Honda — MLav Racing

 32 Honda 17 20.934 144.7    
21 Australia J. Kelso BOE Motorsports 66 KTM 16 1 Lap 136.1    
dnf

Á. Piqueras Leopard Racing

 36 Honda 12 4 Laps 147.7 Accident  
dnf

N. Fabio LEVELUP — MTA

 10 KTM 6 6 Laps 145.6 Accident  
dnf

L. Lunetta SIC58 Squadra Corse

 58 Honda 2 4 Laps 141.8 Accident  
dnf

T. Buasri Honda Team Asia

 5 Honda 2 2.038 140.6 Accident  
dnf

N. Dettwiler CIP

 55 KTM 0     Accident  

Gonzalez triumphs in Moto2 with late move

Manuel Gonzalez, QJMOTOR Gresini Moto2

Manuel Gonzalez, QJMOTOR Gresini Moto2

Photo by: Gold and Goose / Motorsport Images

The Moto2 field also took the green light in dry conditions, but that changed mere moments after polesitter Jake Dixon had executed a perfect start to grab the lead.

Heavy rain began to fall as the first lap unfolded, meaning the race had to be red-flagged. It was then restarted over a shortened distance of 12 laps with the grid unchanged.

This represented a welcome fresh chance for both Zonta van den Goorbergh (RW-Idrofoglia Racing GP) and Izan Guevara, who had both lost places fighting over second place in the first corner.

At the restart, Dixon once again pounced into the lead ahead of Aspar team-mate Guevara. But it very quickly became apparent that most of the field, these two included, had made the wrong choice in opting to take the restart on wet rubber.

The track was drying at a phenomenal rate, which was a perfect scenario for the few brave enough to have taken the restart on slick tyres: Gonzalez (Gresini), world championship leader Ai Ogura (MTI Helmets-MSI), Filip Salac (Marc VDS), Jeremy Alcoba (VR46) and van den Goorbergh.

Among these, it was home rider Ogura who carved through the field fastest; 14th on the first lap of the restarted race, he was up to 11th on lap 2 and set fastest lap on lap 3, when he moved into third.

By the start of lap 4, Ogura was into a 3.8s lead and dreaming of delighting the Japanese fans by topping the podium. But by lap 5, Gonzalez was into his stride, into second place and closing the gap to Ogura.

On lap 9, Gonzalez eased past Ogura at Turn 9. It was a lead he would not lose.

Ogura, perhaps mindful of the good points haul second would bring him as his wet-shod title rivals struggled, stayed in that position until the flag.

Salac narrowly defeated Alcoba for the last podium spot, with van der Goorbergh fifth.

Xavier Artigas (Klint), a long way back in sixth, was best of those on wet rubber. Guevara and Dixon wound up 10th and 13th respectively.

Moto2 Japanese GP — Race results:



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MotoGP Indonesian GP: Moto2 and Moto3 results

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Aron Canet took a dominant second Moto2 victory of 2024 in the Indonesian Grand Prix, while a ninth win of the Moto3 season moved David Alonso to within striking distance of the title at the Mandalika Circuit.

After being out-sprinted in the dash for the line a week ago in Misano, Canet ensured there would be no repeat around the Lombok venue as he romped clear of the chasing pack from pole to reel off a first win since Portugal in March.

Opening up a margin of two seconds by lap five, the Fantic Racing rider continued to increase his advantage to the flag, eventually crossing the line a full 6.2s up on runner-up Ai Ogura.

Though he’d have no answer to Canet’s scintillating race pace, championship leader Ogura collected another healthy portion of points on a day when MT Helmets-MSI team-mate and nearest title rival Sergio Garcia failed to score for a third time in four rounds after crashing on lap 16.

It means Ogura has opened up a comfortable 42-point buffer over the Spaniard with five races remaining.

The Japanese had been made to work hard for his second place after getting embroiled in a feisty battle with SpeedUp Racing riders Alonso Lopez and Fermin Aldeguer for much of the race.

Ai Ogura, MT Helmets MSI

Ai Ogura, MT Helmets MSI

Photo by: Gold and Goose / Motorsport Images

Eventually he’d break clear of the Spanish duo, Ogura leaving Lopez and Aldeguer to duke it out for the final spot on the podium, with the former eventually prevailing.

Aldeguer had seemingly ruled himself out of podium contention with off-track moments on both lap eight and lap 13, but recovered strongly to get the better of Manuel Gonzalez for fourth and finished on Lopez’s tail.

With Gonzalez slipping back to ninth in the final moments, Darryn Binder capitalised to secure a career-best fifth place finish on the Husqvarna IntactGP entry as Joe Roberts, Izan Guevara and Tony Arbolino finished up sixth, seventh and eighth respectively.

There was disappointment however for Jake Dixon, who suffered a second successive DNF with a crash out of sixth place at Turn 10 on lap three.

Moto2 Indonesian GP — race results

David Alonso, CFMOTO Aspar Team

David Alonso, CFMOTO Aspar Team

Photo by: Gold and Goose / Motorsport Images

In Moto3, Alonso continued to stamp authority over his rivals as he notched up his ninth win in 15 races on the CFMoto Aspar machine.

The Colombian kept his cool during heated exchanges among a large lead group for much of the 20-lap encounter before stepping up his pace in the closing stages to deny Adrian Fernandez a first Moto3 victory.

Alonso left it late to mount his bid for glory, the 18-year old trailing both Fernandez and David Munoz upon entering the final lap.

However, after dispatching Munoz for second place at Turn 1, Alonso went on to overhaul Fernandez for the lead at Turn 10 before holding firm for his 13th career Moto3 win, a new category record.

Moreover, with closest title rival Daniel Holgado finishing sixth, Alonso’s 97-point advantage over the Spaniard means he can mathematically now clinch the 2024 Moto3 title next time out in Japan.

Despite coming up just short of victory, second place for Fernandez represents the Leopard Racing rider’s first Moto3 podium, while it was a fourth trip to the rostrum this season for third place Munoz.

Angel Piqueras consolidated Leopard strong’s day with his run to fourth as Luca Lunetta tallied another top five result for the SIC58 team in fifth.

Title contender Holgado, meanwhile, showed no ill-effects of a nasty collision with team-mate Jacob Roulstone on Saturday morning as he quickly made gains from a 14th place starting position to tussle it out with the leaders throughout. However, after being run down to sixth in the closing stages, the GasGas Tech3 rider’s title hopes are seemingly now all-but-over.

He still fared better than Collin Veijer and Ivan Ortola, however. The former threw away a chance at victory after crashing out of the lead at Turn 8 on lap 12, while the latter could only recover to tenth after serving two long lap penalties having started on pole.

Moto3 Indonesian GP — race results
1


D. Alonso

CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team

80 CF MOTO 20
156.6 25
2

Mexico

A. Fernandez


Leopard Racing

 31 Honda 20
0.085 		156.5 20
3

Spain

D. Munoz


BOE Motorsports

 64 KTM 20
0.140 		156.5 16
4


Á. Piqueras

Leopard Racing

36 Honda 20
0.439 		156.5 13
5


L. Lunetta

SIC58 Squadra Corse

58 Honda 20
0.171 		156.5 11
6

Spain

D. Holgado


Red Bull GASGAS Tech3

 96 GASGAS 20
0.027 		156.5 10
7

Japan

T. Suzuki


Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP

 24 Husqvarna 20
0.438 		156.5 9
8

Australia

J. Kelso


BOE Motorsports

 66 KTM 20
0.535 		156.4 8
9


I. Ortola

MT Helmets — MSI

48 KTM 20
14.829 		155.2 7
10


N. Fabio

LEVELUP — MTA

10 KTM 20
0.010 		155.2 6
11


J. Antonio

Red Bull KTM Factory Racing

99 KTM 20
0.096 		155.2 5
12

Italy

M. Bertelle


Kopron Rivacold Snipers Team

 18 Honda 20
0.037 		155.2 4
13

United Kingdom

S. Ogden


FleetSafe Honda — MLav Racing

 19 Honda 20
0.198 		155.2 3
14


J. Esteban

CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team

78 CF MOTO 20
0.239 		155.2 2
15

Italy

S. Nepa


LEVELUP — MTA

 82 KTM 20
6.560 		154.7 1
16


J. Roulstone

Red Bull GASGAS Tech3

12 GASGAS 20
2.320 		154.5
17

Japan

R. Yamanaka


MT Helmets — MSI

 6 KTM 20
13.188 		153.5
18


N. Dettwiler

CIP

55 KTM 20
18.028 		152.1
dnf

Japan

T. Furusato


Honda Team Asia

 72 Honda 17
3 Laps 		156.5 Accident
dnf


C. Veijer

Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP

95 Husqvarna 11
6 Laps 		156.5 Accident
dnf

Italy

R. Rossi


CIP

 54 KTM 10
1 Lap 		152.3 Retirement
dnf


X. Zurutuza

Red Bull KTM Factory Racing

85 KTM 10
28.159 		148.2 Retirement
dnf


T. Buasri

Honda Team Asia

5 Honda 4
6 Laps 		152.5 Accident
dnf


F. Aditama

Honda Team Asia

93 Honda 4
0.130 		152.5 Accident
dnf


F. Farioli

SIC58 Squadra Corse

7 Honda 2
2 Laps 		151.6 Accident
dnf


D. Almansa

Kopron Rivacold Snipers Team

22 Honda 2
0.309 		151.4 Accident



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MotoGP Emilia Romagna GP: Moto2 and Moto3 results

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Celestino Vietti emerged on top in a thrilling Moto2 battle at Misano, while David Alonso scored yet another victory in Moto3 as both support races for the MotoGP Emilia Romagna Grand Prix were decided on the final lap.

The day’s action started with an 18-lap Moto3 race, where David Alonso scored his eighth win of 2024 to extend his lead in the championship.

Starting second on the grid, Alonso quickly grabbed the lead from polesitter Taiyo Furusato, but soon came under pressure from Tech3’s Daniel Holgado, who had jumped from 10th to fourth on the opening lap.

After overtaking Leopard’s Angel Piqueras and Furasato in quick succession, it took little time for Holgado to find a way past Alonso, with a simple move at Turn 8 on lap 4 propelling him to the lead for the first time.

Piqueras enjoyed a brief stint at the front from lap 7, but it didn’t take long for Holgado and Alonso to reinstate their battle for victory.

Holgado was the first to strike on lap 8, but Alonso got back ahead of him two laps later as they continued to duel for positions.

There were no more lead changes until the penultimate lap when Holgado threw his GasGas bike up the inside of Alonso, the two making contact as they navigated Turn 13.

The incident also allowed Piqueras to move up to second, but on the final lap Alonso managed to overtake both him and Holgado on the run down to Turn 8 to retake the lead.

He crossed the finishing line 0.175s ahead of Piqueras, while a track limits infringement on the final lap dropped Holgado outside the podium spots into fourth, behind the Intact GP bike of Colin Veijer.

Ivan Ortola was fifth on the top MT Helmets — MSI bike ahead of SIC Squadra Corse’s Luca Lunetta and Boe Motorsports’ Joe Kelso.

Kelso’s team-mate David Munoz crashed at Turn 2 on the opening lap and eventually retired from the race.

Moto3 Emilia Romagna GP — race results

Celestino Vietti, Red Bull KTM Ajo

Celestino Vietti, Red Bull KTM Ajo

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In Moto2, Ajo rider Celestino Vietti won a drag race to the finish line over Aron Canet to clinch his second victory of 2024, while an early crash dealt another blow to Sergio Garcia’s title hopes.

The 22-lap Moto2 was a three-way contest between Vietti, Canet and Tony Arbolino, with the trio running nose to tail for the majority of the race.

Arbolino made a brilliant launch from third on the grid to take the lead into Turn 1, with Vietti also getting the jump on polesitter Canet after starting from fourth.

By the end of lap 1, Arbolino was already seven tenths clear of the chasing pack, but both Vietti and Canet were able to close back in on him a quarter into the race.

Vietti and Canet continued to mount pressure on Arbolino, but the Marc VDS rider was doing enough to fend them off and stay in front.

On lap 17, Vietti ran wide into Turn 2, losing eight tenths and allowing Canet to come through on him to grab second.

This gave Arbolino some breathing space at the front, but the Marc VDS rider made his first mistake at Turn 10 two laps later, with both Canet and Vietti passing him to demote him to third.

On lap 21, Arbolino reinstated the status quo by snatching the lead from Canet into Turn 8, as Vietti appeared to slip back from the leading duo.

But on an incredible final lap, Arbolino blew away what had appeared to be a likely win by running wide off the track into Turn 14, dropping into third place.

This turned the final moments of the race into a two-horse race between Canet and Vietti, with the latter getting a better exit out of the final corner to pass Canet and take an incredible win by just 0.029s.

Arbolino crossed the line two seconds down in third, while championship leader Ai Ogura was the best-of-the-rest in fourth place on the lead MT Helmet — MSi bike.

But while Ogura didn’t have the pace to fight for a podium spot, the result came as a big boost for his title hopes, with his nearest rival and team-mate Garcia crashing out at Turn 2 on lap 6.

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MotoGP San Marino GP: Moto2 and Moto3 results

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Leopard Honda’s Angel Piqueras competed a remarkable Moto3 win at Misano in the San Marino Grand Prix.

For the second occasion in a week a Spanish teenager walked the top step of the podium for the first time, following KTM Ajo’s Jose Antonio Rueda’s success in Aragon last Sunday.

The 17-year-old had to negotiate two Long Lap penalties after a collision with Britain’s Scott Ogden on Saturday and charged back from the deficit to defeat GASGAS Tech3’s Daniel Holgado by 0.035s — the closest ever race finish at Misano.

The triumph signified the first win for the 2023 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup champion in his debut Moto3 term after a gripping race between five riders at the front and frequent overtaking.

Holgado was runner-up for his sixth podium finish of the season and rose to second in the championship standings as a consequence. MT Helmet-MSI’s Ivan Ortola was the first KTM rider in the classification and rounded out an all-Spanish top three.

Honda Team Asia’s Taiyo Furosato took his Honda to fourth and the Japanese’s contact with world championship leader David Alonso on the last lap of 22 dropped the Columbian to sixth; later the CFMOTO Aspar man was demoted to seventh after a track limits infringement on the same circulation. Alonso’s championship lead has been trimmed to 70 points

Australian Joel Kelso was therefore pushed up to sixth on the BOE KTM. Husqvarna IntactGP’s Tatsuki Suzuki rode from 23rd on the grid to finish eighth.

Honda riders Luca Lunetta and Adrian Fernandez were both adjudged to have jumped the start and had to serve two Long Lap penalties. Lunetta had qualified on the front row and the sanction snuffed out hopes of home glory but he rallied to ninth. SIC58’s Filippo Farioli was 10th.

Rueda went from the high of home grand prix spoils to the low of a second corner crash as his race lasted all of a few seconds, while BOE Motorsports’ David Munoz and CIP Green Power’s Ricardo Rossi were the other fallers in the incident.

Moto3 San Marino GP — Race results
1

Á. Piqueras Leopard Racing

 36 Honda 20   148.9   25
2 Spain D. Holgado Red Bull GASGAS Tech3 96 GASGAS 20 0.035 148.9   20
3

I. Ortola MT Helmets — MSI

 48 KTM 20 0.191 148.9   16
4 Japan T. Furusato Honda Team Asia 72 Honda 20 0.033 148.9   13
5

C. Veijer Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP

 95 Husqvarna 20 0.232 148.9   11
6 Australia J. Kelso BOE Motorsports 66 KTM 20 0.486 148.8   10
7

D. Alonso CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team

 80 CF MOTO 20   148.9   9
8 Japan T. Suzuki Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP 24 Husqvarna 20 3.160 148.6   8
9

L. Lunetta SIC58 Squadra Corse

 58 Honda 20 3.033 148.4   7
10

F. Farioli SIC58 Squadra Corse

 7 Honda 20 1.299 148.3   6
11

D. Almansa Kopron Rivacold Snipers Team

 22 Honda 20 0.034 148.3   5
12

J. Roulstone Red Bull GASGAS Tech3

 12 GASGAS 20 0.278 148.3   4
13 Mexico A. Fernandez Leopard Racing 31 Honda 20 0.966 148.2   3
14 Italy S. Nepa LEVELUP — MTA 82 KTM 20 0.545 148.2   2
15 United Kingdom S. Ogden FleetSafe Honda — MLav Racing 19 Honda 20 1.156 148.1   1
16

N. Fabio LEVELUP — MTA

 10 KTM 20 6.055 147.7    
17 Japan R. Yamanaka MT Helmets — MSI 6 KTM 20 13.362 146.7    
18

X. Zurutuza Red Bull KTM Factory Racing

 85 KTM 20 1.557 146.6    
19

J. Rosenthaler Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP

 34 Husqvarna 20 0.097 146.6    
20

N. Dettwiler CIP

 55 KTM 20 5.942 146.2    
21

T. Buasri Honda Team Asia

 5 Honda 20 0.068 146.2    
22

J. Esteban CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team

 78 CF MOTO 20 5.812 145.8    
dnf Italy M. Bertelle Kopron Rivacold Snipers Team 18 Honda 16 4 Laps 148.7 Accident  
dnf Spain V. Pérez FleetSafe Honda — MLav Racing 21 Honda 16 4.295 148.3 Accident  
dnf

J. Antonio Red Bull KTM Factory Racing

 99 KTM 0     Accident  
dnf Spain D. Munoz BOE Motorsports 64 KTM 0     Accident  
dnf Italy R. Rossi CIP 54 KTM 0     Accident  
Ai Ogura, MT Helmets MSI

Ai Ogura, MT Helmets MSI

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Moto2 was aced by MT Helmets -MSI’s Ai Ogura, as the MotoGP-bound Japanese rider beat Fantic Racing’s Aron Canet and Marc VDS’ Tony Arbolino for his third victory of the campaign.

KTM Ajo’s Celestino Vietti tumbled out of contention for victory from fourth with three laps to go at Turn 16.

QJMotor Gresini’s Manuel Gonzalez rode to a lonely fourth as a result, as Aragon GP winner CFMOTO Aspar’s Jake Dixon capped the top five.

Another MotoGP class conscript for next year, Sync SpeedUp’s Fermin Aldeguer, erased some of the disappointment of his crash at Aragon last weekend with sixth place.

Arbolino’s team-mate, Filip Salac took seventh and headed the four-way fight between Italtrans Racing’s Diogo Morira, QJMotor Gresini’s Albert Arenas and IntactGP Husqvarna’s Darryn Binder in 10th.

SpeedUp Racing’s Alonso Lopez crashed on lap two and later received a Long Lap penalty for exceeding track limits.

Sergio Garcia made an emotional charge from 24th on the grid to 12th but was unable to prevent Ogura from taking the Moto2 championship lead, the Spaniard in tears after the race, while the Japanese rider is now nine points ahead of his MT Helmets – MSi team-mate at the top of the standings.

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MotoGP Aragon GP: Moto2 and Moto3 results

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Jose Antonio Rueda benefited from a shrewd hard rear-tire choice to take the Moto3 victory by almost two seconds at Aragon.

The MotorLand surface was soaked by overnight storms but the summer temperatures in the day helped dry the track in time for racing to begin.

Championship leader and polesitter David Alonso had built up a two-second lead by the third lap but then had to slow down to preserve his Pirelli medium tyre in order to make the finish line.

Rueda put his harder compound to good use, passing the Colombian who would eventually finish fourth.

The performance gave the former Red Bull Rookies Cup and JuniorGP champion his first victory in 31 Moto3 starts, making him the 400th different rider to celebrate grand prix success.

His maiden win was also the first of the year for the Red Bull KTM Ajo crew and made him the 39th Spaniard to stand on the top step in the smaller cylinder category.

Collin Veijer was runner-up despite also selecting the medium tyre to pick up his sixth trophy of the season on the Husqvarna, the result vaulting him to sixth in the standings.

Luca Lunetta (SIC58 Squadra Corse) was third for his first career rostrum appearance after recovering from a recent wrist injury.

Joel Kelso finished fifth ahead of Taiyo Furusato, while rookie Xabi Zurutuza broke into the top 10 for the first time to finish eighth.

Two-time winner this season Ivan Ortola struggled, however, finishing a lowly 12th.

Moto 3 Aragon results
1

J. Antonio Red Bull KTM Factory Racing

 99 KTM 17   148.5   25
2

C. Veijer Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP

 95 Husqvarna 17 1.985 148.4   20
3

L. Lunetta SIC58 Squadra Corse

 58 Honda 17 1.571 148.2   16
4

D. Alonso CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team

 80 CF MOTO 17 1.386 148.1   13
5 Australia J. Kelso BOE Motorsports 66 KTM 17 3.561 147.9   11
6 Japan T. Furusato Honda Team Asia 72 Honda 17 5.125 147.5   10
7 Spain D. Munoz BOE Motorsports 64 KTM 17 3.334 147.3   9
8

X. Zurutuza Red Bull KTM Factory Racing

 85 KTM 17 0.067 147.3   8
9 Spain D. Holgado Red Bull GASGAS Tech3 96 GASGAS 17 0.136 147.3   7
10 Italy M. Bertelle Kopron Rivacold Snipers Team 18 Honda 17 0.413 147.3   6
11 Mexico A. Fernandez Leopard Racing 31 Honda 17 1.448 147.2   5
12

I. Ortola MT Helmets — MSI

 48 KTM 17 1.396 147.1   4
13 Italy S. Nepa LEVELUP — MTA 82 KTM 17 2.995 146.9   3
14 Japan T. Suzuki Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP 24 Husqvarna 17 0.115 146.8   2
15

J. Esteban CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team

 78 CF MOTO 17 0.062 146.8   1
16 United Kingdom S. Ogden Fibre Tec Honda — MLav Racing 19 Honda 17 7.556 146.3    
17

N. Dettwiler CIP

 55 KTM 17 6.544 145.9    
18

D. Almansa Kopron Rivacold Snipers Team

 22 Honda 17 0.105 145.9    
19 Japan R. Yamanaka MT Helmets — MSI 6 KTM 17 6.658 145.4    
20 Italy R. Rossi CIP 54 KTM 17 7.077 144.9    
21

J. Roulstone Red Bull GASGAS Tech3

 12 GASGAS 17 0.059 144.9    
22

F. Aditama Honda Team Asia

 93 Honda 17 3.989 144.7    
dnf

T. Buasri Honda Team Asia

 5 Honda 7 10 Laps 145.5 Retirement  
dnf

F. Farioli SIC58 Squadra Corse

 7 Honda 7 3.487 145.0 Accident  
dnf

Á. Piqueras Leopard Racing

 36 Honda 6 1 Lap 134.8 Retirement  
Jose Antonio Rueda, Red Bull KTM Ajo

Jose Antonio Rueda, Red Bull KTM Ajo

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In Moto2, Jake Dixon triumphed for the second time this season.

The CFMOTO Aspar rider — who now sits fifth in the championship, 43 points down on leader Sergio Garcia — gunned away from pole and controlled the 19-lap race ahead of Tony Arbolino, who picked up a podium for the first time this season.

Dixon’s win continues a rich vein of form — the result is his fourth podium in a row after a succession of injury problems and set-up adjustments with the WP Suspension configuration meant that he did not appear on the podium until round six of the current calendar.

Behind Arbolino in third was Moto2 rookie Deniz Oncu, who only recently returned from a wrist injury. It was a career-best for Oncu, whose previous best was an 11th-place finish in Austria.

Spanish duo Alonso Lopez and Manuel Gonzalez filled fourth and fifth respectively as Somkiat Chantra, announced on Thursday as the first full-time Thai rider to enter MotoGP for 2025, took sixth.

Meanwhile, Garcia (MT Helmets – MSi) had a miserable weekend: a crash in qualifying leaving him in 29th place on the grid. A long lap penalty in the race for exceeding track limits put paid to a points-place finish and he would retire after 11 laps.

Austrian Grand Prix winner Celestino Vietti was punted off the track at Turn 16 by Joe Roberts when running in the top six, though recovered to 10th.

Roberts dropped to seventh despite being given a long lap penalty but then crashed on the last lap while trying to pass American Racing Team team-mate Marcos Ramirez.

The Spaniard led Ai Ogura across the line with the Japanese rider in eighth, a result which slices Garcia’s advantage in the championship to just 12 points.

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MotoGP Austrian GP: Moto2 and Moto3 results

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The day’s action started with a 20-lap Moto3 race, where David Alonso scored his seventh win of the season to extend his lead in the championship standings.

Alonso’s victory chances were aided by early drama for title rival and polesitter Ivan Ortola, who was forced to peel into the pits due to technical drama just seconds after taking his spot on the grid.

However, it wasn’t all clean sailing for the CFMoto Aspar rider, who had to serve a long lap penalty on lap three for riding slowly earlier in the weekend that dropped him down to 10th.

That meant that Boe Motorsports’ Joel Kelso led the early part of the race from Tech3 rival Daniel Holgado and team-mate David Munoz, with the trio pulling away by a second from the rest of the pack.

It was on lap seven when Holgado passed Kelso for the lead that more riders started joining the lead group, with Intact GP’s Collin Veijer looking particularly rapid on the Husqvarna.

After dispatching Kelso for third, Veijer demoted Munoz into Turn 1 before finally passing Holgado for the lead later on at the same corner.

By this point, Alonso was firmly a part of the lead group and on lap 13 he cleared Munoz and Leopard Racing’s Angel Piqueras in quick succession to slot himself directly behind Veijer into second, while Holgado dropped to fifth.

After a failed attempt at passing Veijer into Turn 9 the following tour, Alonso finally pulled off what turned out to be the decisive move for the lead into the same right-hander on lap 15.

Alonso faced severe pressure from a number of riders in the final five laps of the race, but held on to the top spot by 0.121s.

Munoz emerged ahead in a drag race with Holgado to the finish line to take second by just 0.005s, while Veijer fell to fifth behind Piqueras.

Ortola put in a solid recovery after starting from the pitlane, but could also climb as high as ninth at the finish, losing even more ground in the title fight to winner Alonso.

Moto3 Austrian GP — Race results
1

D. Alonso CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team

 80 CF MOTO 20   154.9   25
2 Spain D. Munoz BOE Motorsports 64 KTM 20 0.121 154.9   20
3 Spain D. Holgado Red Bull GASGAS Tech3 96 GASGAS 20 0.005 154.9   16
4

Á. Piqueras Leopard Racing

 36 Honda 20 0.085 154.9   13
5

C. Veijer Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP

 95 Husqvarna 20 0.092 154.9   11
6 Mexico A. Fernandez Leopard Racing 31 Honda 20 2.423 154.7   10
7

J. Antonio Red Bull KTM Factory Racing

 99 KTM 20 0.064 154.7   9
8 Australia J. Kelso BOE Motorsports 66 KTM 20 0.096 154.7   8
9

I. Ortola MT Helmets — MSI

 48 KTM 20 4.656 154.3   7
10 Italy R. Rossi CIP 54 KTM 20 0.422 154.3   6
11 Italy M. Bertelle Kopron Rivacold Snipers Team 18 Honda 20 0.420 154.2   5
12 Japan T. Suzuki Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP 24 Husqvarna 20 0.063 154.2   4
13 Japan R. Yamanaka MT Helmets — MSI 6 KTM 20 3.186 154.0   3
14

J. Roulstone Red Bull GASGAS Tech3

 12 GASGAS 20 0.071 154.0   2
15 Japan T. Furusato Honda Team Asia 72 Honda 20 2.138 154.3   1
16

N. Fabio LEVELUP — MTA

 10 KTM 20 5.335 153.4    
17

L. Lunetta SIC58 Squadra Corse

 58 Honda 20 0.036 153.4    
18

X. Zurutuza Red Bull KTM Factory Racing

 85 KTM 20 0.059 153.4    
19 United Kingdom S. Ogden Fibre Tec Honda — MLav Racing 19 Honda 20 1.349 153.3    
20

D. Almansa Kopron Rivacold Snipers Team

 22 Honda 20 0.147 153.3    
21

T. Buasri Honda Team Asia

 5 Honda 20 3.325 153.1    
22

J. Rosenthaler Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP

 34 Husqvarna 20 0.894 153.0    
23 Spain V. Pérez Fibre Tec Honda — MLav Racing 21 Honda 20 0.249 153.0    
24

N. Dettwiler CIP

 55 KTM 20 3.781 152.7    
25

J. Esteban CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team

 78 CF MOTO 20 1.440 152.6    
26

F. Farioli SIC58 Squadra Corse

 7 Honda 20 15.070 151.5    
dnf Italy S. Nepa LEVELUP — MTA 82 KTM 14 6 Laps 153.8 Accident  
Celestino Vietti, Red Bull KTM Ajo

Celestino Vietti, Red Bull KTM Ajo

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In Moto2, Celestino Vietti scored his second consecutive victory in Austria, as championship contenders Sergio Garcia and Fermin Aldeguer finished outside the top 10.

Vietti didn’t make the best of starts from pole position and dropped to second behind Aron Canet, but was able to regain the position on the second lap with a brilliant pass over his Fantic rival into Turn 4.

Canet then dropped behind Speed Up Racing’s Alonso Lopez on the following tour, while Vietti slowly carved a buffer of over a second on his Ajo Kalex during the next phase of the race.

There was drama for the Italian on lap 10 when he appeared to run into a gear-shifting problem at Turn 3, allowing Lopez and Canet to close in within four tenths of him.

However, with Lopez and Canet engaging in a battle of their own on lap 15, Vietti was able to pull away from the chasing pack again and eventually claim his first race win in 12 months by 1.85s.

Lopez took second, while CFMoto Aspar’s Jake Dixon demoted Canet on the last lap to clinch the final spot on the podium.

Fifth place went to Marc VDS rider Tony Arbolino, while points leader Garcia looked set to finish sixth until he was hit with a long lap penalty for exceeding track limits with just four laps left to run.

Taking the loop at the exit of Turn 1 on lap 20, the MT Helmets — MSI rider rejoined the circuit down in 13th place, before taking the chequered flag in a lowly 14th position.

However, with his nearest rival and team-mate Ai Ogura missing the race after suffering an injury in a crash in Saturday practice, Garcia returns from the weekend with an even bigger lead in the standings.

Speed Up’s Aldeguer had an even more miserable race than Garcia as he languished down in 20th place, having started 17th on the grid, while Joe Roberts could only manage ninth for the American Racing Team.

Moto2 Austrian GP — Race results



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