MotoGP Japanese GP: Full Moto2 and Moto3 race results

The 20-lap Moto3 race kicked off proceedings on grand prix Sunday at Motegi, with the stormy conditions seen on Saturday giving way to beaming sunshine.

Aspar’s Guevara, Leopard Honda’s Dennis Foggia, Max Racing Husqvarna rider Ayumu Sasaki and Ajo KTM’s Jaume Masia ran line astern for much of the race as the breakaway leading quartet.

Guevara would make his decisive move in the latter stages and got to the chequered flag 0.593 seconds clear of Foggia to claim his fifth win of the 2022 season.

The Aspar GasGas rider’s team-mate and nearest championship rival Sergio Garcia was a distance 9.3s adrift in fourth at the chequered flag and is now 45 points down in the championship.

Masia looked threatening in the latter stages, but crashed out heavily going through the Turn 12 left-hander when the rear of his KTM broke away and tipped him into a highside.

This released Foggia into second, as long-time leader Sasaki completed the podium on home soil.

Garcia fended off BOE Motorsports KTM rider David Munoz for fourth, with MT Helmets KTM’s Diogo Moreira heading Max Racing’s John McPhee, the sister MT Helmets bike of Ryusei Yamanaka, Snipers Honda’s Andrea Migno and Riccardo Rossi on the SIC58 Honda rounding out the top 10.

There was no fairy tale Sunday for home favourite poleman Tatsuki Suzuki, who crashed his Leopard Honda in the early stages while running in the lead group.

Izan Guevara, GasGas Aspar Team (Photo by: Gold and Goose / Motorsport Images)

Moto3 results

Cla	Rider	Bike	Laps	Gap	Points
1	Izan Guevara	GASGAS	20		25
2	Dennis Foggia	Honda	20	0.593	20
3	Ayumu Sasaki	Husqvarna	20	1.741	16
4	Sergio García	GASGAS	20	9.338	13
5	David Muñoz	KTM	20	9.414	11
6	Diogo Moreira	KTM	20	9.743	10
7	John McPhee	Husqvarna	20	9.815	9
8	Ryusei Yamanaka	KTM	20	15.490	8
9	Andrea Migno	Honda	20	15.573	7
10	Riccardo Rossi	Honda	20	15.687	6
11	Xavier Artigas	CF MOTO	20	22.023	5
12	Stefano Nepa	KTM	20	22.656	4
13	Iván Ortolá Díez	KTM	20	22.914	3
14	Taiyo Furusato	Honda	20	24.419	2
15	Deniz Öncü	KTM	20	30.368	1
16	Elia Bartolini	KTM	20	45.070
17	Mario Suryo Aji	Honda	20	45.199
18	Adrian Fernandez	KTM	20	48.531
19	Ana Carrasco	KTM	20	53.259
20	Scott Ogden	Honda	20	1'06.056
21	Kaito Toba	KTM	17	3 Laps
	Jaume Masia	KTM	16	4 Laps
	Lorenzo Fellon	Honda	9	11 Laps
	Nicola Fabio	KTM	6	14 Laps
	Tatsuki Suzuki	Honda	4	16 Laps
	Daniel Holgado	KTM	3	17 Laps
	Kanta Hamada	Honda	3	17 Laps
	Carlos Tatay	CF MOTO	0
	Joel Kelso	KTM	0
	Joshua Whatley	Honda	0
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In the 22-lap Moto2 race, drama struck early on as poleman Aron Canet crashed out of a healthy lead on the fourth tour.

This thrust Honda Team Asia’s Ogura into a victory fight having carved his way into the top five in the early stages from 13th on the grid.

Once in front, Ogura opened up a lead of over a second to keep championship rival Augusto Fernandez on the Ajo KTM-run Kalex in second at bay.

Alonso Lopez completed the podium on his Speed Up ahead of Aspar’s Jake Dixon and brief leader Somkiat Chantra (Honda Team Asia).

Tony Arbolino faded out of podium contention to sixth for Marc VDS ahead of Aragon winner Pedro Acosta (Ajo KTM), Aspar’s Albert Arenas, SAG Racing’s Bo Bendsneyder and the Gresini Kalex of Filip Salac.

Ogura’s third win of 2022 means he is now just two points from Fernandez in the standings, while crashes for Canet and VR46’s Celestino Vietti have all but ended their hopes at 57 and 72 points adrift.

Moto2 results

Cla	Rider	Bike	Laps	Gap	Points
1	Ai Ogura	Kalex	22		25
2	Augusto Fernandez	Kalex	22	1.192	20
3	Alonso López	Boscoscuro B-21	22	7.168	16
4	Jake Dixon	Kalex	22	7.597	13
5	Somkiat Chantra	Kalex	22	12.255	11
6	Tony Arbolino	Kalex	22	14.189	10
7	Pedro Acosta	Kalex	22	14.520	9
8	Albert Arenas	Kalex	22	18.410	8
9	Bo Bendsneyder	Kalex	22	20.398	7
10	Filip Salač	Kalex	22	23.140	6
11	Cameron Beaubier	Kalex	22	23.604	5
12	Joe Roberts	Kalex	22	23.733	4
13	Marcel Schrotter	Kalex	22	24.171	3
14	Barry Baltus	Kalex	22	33.795	2
15	Lorenzo Dalla Porta	Kalex	22	35.548	1
16	Zonta van den Goorbergh	Kalex	22	40.006
17	Taiga Hada	Kalex	22	42.496
18	Keminth Kubo	Kalex	22	46.492
19	Sean Dylan Kelly	Kalex	22	49.126
20	Marcos Ramirez	MV Agusta	22	1'09.754
	Jeremy Alcoba	Kalex	21
	Jorge Navarro	Kalex	20
	Niccolo Antonelli	Kalex	15
	Arón Canet	Kalex	15
	Celestino Vietti Ramus	Kalex	7
	Simone Corsi	MV Agusta	5
	Alessandro Zaccone	Kalex	5
	Fermin Aldeguer	Boscoscuro B-21	2
	Manuel Gonzalez	Kalex	0
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