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MotoGP Austrian GP: Moto2 and Moto3 results

Moto3 (Organization) D Alonso David Alonso Kalex Honda Aron Canet Celestino Vietti Collin Veijer Daniel Holgado KTM

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

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Cla	Rider	#	Bike	Laps	Time	Interval	km/h	Retirement	Points
1	D. Alonso CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team	80	CF MOTO	20	33'40.607		154.9		25
2	D. Munoz BOE Motorsports	64	KTM	20	+0.121 33'40.728	0.121	154.9		20
3	D. Holgado Red Bull GASGAS Tech3	96	GASGAS	20	+0.126 33'40.733	0.005	154.9		16
4	Á. Piqueras Leopard Racing	36	Honda	20	+0.211 33'40.818	0.085	154.9		13
5	C. Veijer Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP	95	Husqvarna	20	+0.303 33'40.910	0.092	154.9		11
6	A. Fernandez Leopard Racing	31	Honda	20	+2.726 33'43.333	2.423	154.7		10
7	J. Antonio Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	99	KTM	20	+2.790 33'43.397	0.064	154.7		9
8	J. Kelso BOE Motorsports	66	KTM	20	+2.886 33'43.493	0.096	154.7		8
9	I. Ortola MT Helmets - MSI	48	KTM	20	+7.542 33'48.149	4.656	154.3		7
10	R. Rossi CIP	54	KTM	20	+7.964 33'48.571	0.422	154.3		6
11	M. Bertelle Kopron Rivacold Snipers Team	18	Honda	20	+8.384 33'48.991	0.420	154.2		5
12	T. Suzuki Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP	24	Husqvarna	20	+8.447 33'49.054	0.063	154.2		4
13	R. Yamanaka MT Helmets - MSI	6	KTM	20	+11.633 33'52.240	3.186	154.0		3
14	J. Roulstone Red Bull GASGAS Tech3	12	GASGAS	20	+11.704 33'52.311	0.071	154.0		2
15	T. Furusato Honda Team Asia	72	Honda	20	+13.842 33'54.449	2.138	154.3		1
16	N. Fabio LEVELUP - MTA	10	KTM	20	+19.177 33'59.784	5.335	153.4
17	L. Lunetta SIC58 Squadra Corse	58	Honda	20	+19.213 33'59.820	0.036	153.4
18	X. Zurutuza Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	85	KTM	20	+19.272 33'59.879	0.059	153.4
19	S. Ogden Fibre Tec Honda - MLav Racing	19	Honda	20	+20.621 34'01.228	1.349	153.3
20	D. Almansa Kopron Rivacold Snipers Team	22	Honda	20	+20.768 34'01.375	0.147	153.3
21	T. Buasri Honda Team Asia	5	Honda	20	+24.093 34'04.700	3.325	153.1
22	J. Rosenthaler Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP	34	Husqvarna	20	+24.987 34'05.594	0.894	153.0
23	V. Pérez Fibre Tec Honda - MLav Racing	21	Honda	20	+25.236 34'05.843	0.249	153.0
24	N. Dettwiler CIP	55	KTM	20	+29.017 34'09.624	3.781	152.7
25	J. Esteban CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team	78	CF MOTO	20	+30.457 34'11.064	1.440	152.6
26	F. Farioli SIC58 Squadra Corse	7	Honda	20	+45.527 34'26.134	15.070	151.5
dnf	S. Nepa LEVELUP - MTA	82	KTM	14	+6 Laps 23'43.943	6 Laps	153.8	Accident
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Celestino Vietti, Red Bull KTM Ajo (Photo by: Gold and Goose / Motorsport Images)

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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Cla	Rider	#	Bike	Laps	Time	Interval	km/h	Retirement	Points
1	C. Vietti Ajo Motorsport	13	Kalex	21	-				25
2	A. López Sync SpeedUp	21	Boscoscuro B-21	21	+1.850 1.850	1.850			20
3	J. Dixon CFMOTO Inde Aspar Team	96	Kalex	21	+1.974 1.974	0.124			16
4	A. Canet Fantic Racing	44	Kalex	21	+2.075 2.075	0.101			13
5	T. Arbolino Elf Marc VDS Racing Team	14	Kalex	21	+6.814 6.814	4.739			11
6	M. Ramirez OnlyFans American Racing Team	24	Kalex	21	+12.392 12.392	5.578			10
7	D. Binder Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP	15	Kalex	21	+12.514 12.514	0.122			9
8	S. Chantra Honda Team Asia	35	Kalex	21	+12.604 12.604	0.090			8
9	J. Roberts OnlyFans American Racing Team	16	Kalex	21	+13.398 13.398	0.794			7
10	F. Salač Elf Marc VDS Racing Team	12	Kalex	20	+1 Lap 13.429	1 Lap			6
11	D. Öncü Ajo Motorsport	53	Kalex	20	+1 Lap 13.872	0.443			5
12	I. Guevara CFMOTO Inde Aspar Team	28	Kalex	20	+1 Lap 14.336	0.464			4
13	M. Gonzalez QJMOTOR Gresini Moto2	18	Kalex	21	+14.403 14.403	0.067			3
14	S. García MT Helmets - MSI	3	Boscoscuro B-21	20	+1 Lap 15.990	1 Lap			2
15	S. Agius Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP	81	Kalex	20	+1 Lap 18.121	2.131			1
16	D. Moreira Italtrans Racing Team	10	Kalex	20	+1 Lap 23.198	5.077
17	A. Arenas QJMOTOR Gresini Moto2	75	Kalex	20	+1 Lap 23.378	0.180
18	Z. van den Goorbergh RW-Idrofoglia Racing GP	84	Kalex	21	+26.128 26.128	2.750
19	J. Masia Preicanos Racing Team	5	Kalex	21	+26.963 26.963	0.835
20	F. Aldeguer Sync SpeedUp	54	Boscoscuro B-21	21	+27.138 27.138	0.175
21	A. Sasaki Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Team	22	Kalex	21	+27.206 27.206	0.068
22	B. Bendsneyder Preicanos Racing Team	64	Kalex	21	+27.439 27.439	0.233
23	M. Pasini Team Ciatti Boscoscuro	19	Boscoscuro B-21	21	+28.424 28.424	0.985
24	J. Alcoba Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Team	52	Kalex	21	+30.801 30.801	2.377
25	X. Artigas KLINT Forward Factory Team	43	Forward F2	23	+37.518 37.518	6.717
26	X. Cardelús Fantic Racing	20	Kalex	23	+48.984 48.984	11.466
dnf	J. Navarro KLINT Forward Factory Team	9	Forward F2	21	2 laps			Retirement
dnf	D. Foggia Italtrans Racing Team	71	Kalex	11	12 laps			Accident
dnf	B. Baltus RW-Idrofoglia Racing GP	7	Kalex	5	18 laps			Retirement
dnf	M. Aji Honda Team Asia	34	Kalex	0	23 laps			Accident
dnf	Á. Escrig KLINT Forward Factory Team	11	Forward F2	0	23 laps			Accident
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