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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

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Cla Rider # Bike Laps Time Interval km/h Retirement Points
1 Italy C. Vietti Ramus Ajo Motorsport 13 Kalex 17

36'06.629

156.5 25
2 Spain J. Navarro OnlyFans American Racing Team 9 Kalex 17

+1.486

36'08.115

1.486 156.4 20
3 Spain I. Guevara CFMOTO RCB Aspar Team 28 Kalex 17

+3.265

36'09.894

1.779 156.3 16
4 United Kingdom J. Dixon CFMOTO RCB Aspar Team 96 Kalex 17

+4.502

36'11.131

1.237 156.2 13
5 Italy T. Arbolino Elf Marc VDS Racing Team 14 Kalex 17

+4.833

36'11.462

0.331 156.2 11
6 Spain M. Ramirez OnlyFans American Racing Team 24 Kalex 17

+5.684

36'12.313

0.851 156.1 10
7 Turkey D. Öncü Ajo Motorsport 53 Kalex 17

+7.720

36'14.349

2.036 156.0 9
8 Spain A. Canet Fantic Racing 44 Kalex 17

+9.357

36'15.986

1.637 155.8 8
9 Thailand S. Chantra Honda Team Asia 35 Kalex 17

+10.429

36'17.058

1.072 155.8 7
10 Brazil D. Moreira Italtrans Racing Team 10 Kalex 17

+10.836

36'17.465

0.407 155.7 6
11 Spain M. Gonzalez Gresini Moto2 18 Kalex 17

+12.055

36'18.684

1.219 155.7 5
12 Spain A. Arenas Gresini Moto2 75 Kalex 17

+13.294

36'19.923

1.239 155.6 4
13 Spain A. López Sync SpeedUp 21 Boscoscuro B-21 17

+14.386

36'21.015

1.092 155.5 3
14 Spain S. García MT Helmets - MSI 3 Boscoscuro B-21 17

+18.113

36'24.742

3.727 155.2 2
15 Czech Republic F. Salač Elf Marc VDS Racing Team 12 Kalex 17

+20.945

36'27.574

2.832 155.0 1
16 Spain J. Masia Preicanos Racing Team 5 Kalex 17

+24.934

36'31.563

3.989 154.7
17 Indonesia M. Aji Honda Team Asia 34 Kalex 17

+25.928

36'32.557

0.994 154.7
18 Belgium B. Baltus RW-Idrofoglia Racing GP 7 Kalex 17

+27.265

36'33.894

1.337 154.6
19 Italy D. Foggia Italtrans Racing Team 71 Kalex 17

+38.402

36'45.031

11.137 153.8
20
Á. Escrig KLINT Forward Factory Team
11 Forward F2 17

+38.957

36'45.586

0.555 153.8
21
X. Cardelús Fantic Racing
20 Kalex 17

+40.239

36'46.868

1.282 153.7
22 Spain X. Artigas KLINT Forward Factory Team 43 Forward F2 17

+40.391

36'47.020

0.152 153.7
23
H. Azman Petronas MIE Racing RW
55 Kalex 17

+49.239

36'55.868

8.848 153.0
nc Netherlands Z. van den Goorbergh RW-Idrofoglia Racing GP 84 Kalex 10

+7 Laps

37'45.168

7 Laps 88.0
dnf Spain J. Alcoba Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Team 52 Kalex 16

+1 Lap

34'10.451

155.7 Accident
dnf Japan A. Ogura MT Helmets - MSI 79 Boscoscuro B-21 10

+7 Laps

21'15.079

6 Laps 156.4 Retirement
dnf South Africa D. Binder Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP 15 Kalex 7

+10 Laps

15'03.560

3 Laps 154.5 Accident
dnf
S. Agius Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP
81 Kalex 0

17 laps

Accident
dnf Italy A. Surra Sync SpeedUp 67 Boscoscuro B-21 0

17 laps

Accident
dnf
H. Voight Preicanos Racing Team
29 Kalex 0

17 laps

Accident
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Alonso's winning run continues in Moto3

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:

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Cla Rider # Bike Laps Time Interval km/h Retirement Points
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D. Alonso CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team
80 CF MOTO 15

33'03.671

150.8 25
2 Japan T. Furusato Honda Team Asia 72 Honda 15

+0.088

33'03.759

0.088 150.8 20
3
J. Antonio Red Bull KTM Factory Racing
99 KTM 15

+0.411

33'04.082

0.323 150.8 16
4
I. Ortola MT Helmets - MSI
48 KTM 15

+0.996

33'04.667

0.585 150.8 13
5
C. Veijer Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP
95 Husqvarna 15

+1.091

33'04.762

0.095 150.8 11
6
J. Kelso BOE Motorsports
66 KTM 15

+1.225

33'04.896

0.134 150.7 10
7 Japan R. Yamanaka MT Helmets - MSI 6 KTM 15

+1.496

33'05.167

0.271 150.7 9
8 Italy S. Nepa LEVELUP - MTA 82 KTM 15

+7.244

33'10.915

5.748 150.3 8
9
M. Bertelle Kopron Rivacold Snipers Team
18 Honda 15

+7.346

33'11.017

0.102 150.3 7
10
L. Lunetta SIC58 Squadra Corse
58 Honda 15

+10.806

33'14.477

3.460 150.0 6
11
D. Almansa Kopron Rivacold Snipers Team
22 Honda 15

+10.904

33'14.575

0.098 150.0 5
12
J. Roulstone Red Bull GASGAS Tech3
12 GASGAS 15

+16.019

33'19.690

5.115 149.6 4
13
F. Farioli SIC58 Squadra Corse
7 Honda 15

+20.545

33'24.216

4.526 149.3 3
14
X. Zurutuza Red Bull KTM Factory Racing
85 KTM 15

+20.793

33'24.464

0.248 149.3 2
15
T. Buasri Honda Team Asia
5 Honda 15

+21.001

33'24.672

0.208 149.3 1
16
E. O'Shea FleetSafe Honda - MLav Racing
8 Honda 15

+21.231

33'24.902

0.230 149.2
17
D. Muñoz BOE Motorsports
64 KTM 15

+43.705

33'47.376

22.474 147.6
18
N. Dettwiler CIP
55 KTM 15

+45.159

33'48.830

1.454 147.5
dnf
N. Fabio LEVELUP - MTA
10 KTM 10

+5 Laps

22'57.350

5 Laps 144.8 Retirement
dnf Japan T. Suzuki Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP 24 Husqvarna 8

+7 Laps

17'41.262

2 Laps 150.4 Retirement
dnf United Kingdom S. Ogden FleetSafe Honda - MLav Racing 19 Honda 8

+7 Laps

19'45.424

2'04.162 134.6 Retirement
dnf
Á. Piqueras Leopard Racing
36 Honda 5

+10 Laps

11'31.256

3 Laps 144.3 Retirement
dnf Mexico A. Fernandez Leopard Racing 31 Honda 2

+13 Laps

4'29.991

3 Laps 147.8 Retirement
dnf Spain D. Holgado Red Bull GASGAS Tech3 96 GASGAS 1

+14 Laps

2'18.151

1 Lap 144.4 Accident
dnf Italy R. Rossi CIP 54 KTM 0

15 laps

Accident
dnf
J. Esteban CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team
78 CF MOTO 0

15 laps

Accident
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