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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

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Cla	Rider	#	Bike	Laps	Time	Interval	km/h	Retirement	Points
1	Á. Piqueras Leopard Racing	36	Honda	20	34'02.766		148.9		25
2	D. Holgado Red Bull GASGAS Tech3	96	GASGAS	20	+0.035 34'02.801	0.035	148.9		20
3	I. Ortola MT Helmets - MSI	48	KTM	20	+0.226 34'02.992	0.191	148.9		16
4	T. Furusato Honda Team Asia	72	Honda	20	+0.259 34'03.025	0.033	148.9		13
5	C. Veijer Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP	95	Husqvarna	20	+0.491 34'03.257	0.232	148.9		11
6	J. Kelso BOE Motorsports	66	KTM	20	+0.977 34'03.743	0.486	148.8		10
7	D. Alonso CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team	80	CF MOTO	20	+0.596 34'03.362		148.9		9
8	T. Suzuki Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP	24	Husqvarna	20	+3.756 34'06.522	3.160	148.6		8
9	L. Lunetta SIC58 Squadra Corse	58	Honda	20	+6.789 34'09.555	3.033	148.4		7
10	F. Farioli SIC58 Squadra Corse	7	Honda	20	+8.088 34'10.854	1.299	148.3		6
11	D. Almansa Kopron Rivacold Snipers Team	22	Honda	20	+8.122 34'10.888	0.034	148.3		5
12	J. Roulstone Red Bull GASGAS Tech3	12	GASGAS	20	+8.400 34'11.166	0.278	148.3		4
13	A. Fernandez Leopard Racing	31	Honda	20	+9.366 34'12.132	0.966	148.2		3
14	S. Nepa LEVELUP - MTA	82	KTM	20	+9.911 34'12.677	0.545	148.2		2
15	S. Ogden FleetSafe Honda - MLav Racing	19	Honda	20	+11.067 34'13.833	1.156	148.1		1
16	N. Fabio LEVELUP - MTA	10	KTM	20	+17.122 34'19.888	6.055	147.7
17	R. Yamanaka MT Helmets - MSI	6	KTM	20	+30.484 34'33.250	13.362	146.7
18	X. Zurutuza Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	85	KTM	20	+32.041 34'34.807	1.557	146.6
19	J. Rosenthaler Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP	34	Husqvarna	20	+32.138 34'34.904	0.097	146.6
20	N. Dettwiler CIP	55	KTM	20	+38.080 34'40.846	5.942	146.2
21	T. Buasri Honda Team Asia	5	Honda	20	+38.148 34'40.914	0.068	146.2
22	J. Esteban CFMOTO Gaviota Aspar Team	78	CF MOTO	20	+43.960 34'46.726	5.812	145.8
dnf	M. Bertelle Kopron Rivacold Snipers Team	18	Honda	16	+4 Laps 27'16.965	4 Laps	148.7	Accident
dnf	V. Pérez FleetSafe Honda - MLav Racing	21	Honda	16	+4 Laps 27'21.260	4.295	148.3	Accident
dnf	J. Antonio Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	99	KTM	0	20 laps			Accident
dnf	D. Muñoz BOE Motorsports	64	KTM	0	20 laps			Accident
dnf	R. Rossi CIP	54	KTM	0	20 laps			Accident
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Ai Ogura, MT Helmets MSI (Photo by: Gold and Goose / Motorsport Images)

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.

Moto2 San Marino GP - Race results

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Cla	Rider	#	Bike	Laps	Time	Interval	km/h	Retirement	Points
1	A. Ogura MT Helmets - MSI	79	Boscoscuro B-21	19	-				25
2	A. Canet Fantic Racing	44	Kalex	19	+0.609 0.609	0.609			20
3	T. Arbolino Elf Marc VDS Racing Team	14	Kalex	19	+4.639 4.639	4.030			16
4	M. Gonzalez QJMOTOR Gresini Moto2	18	Kalex	19	+6.948 6.948	2.309			13
5	J. Dixon CFMOTO Inde Aspar Team	96	Kalex	19	+10.863 10.863	3.915			11
6	F. Aldeguer Beta Tools - Speed Up Racing	54	Boscoscuro B-21	19	+12.642 12.642	1.779			10
7	F. Salač Elf Marc VDS Racing Team	12	Kalex	21	+13.524 13.524	0.882			9
8	D. Moreira Italtrans Racing Team	10	Kalex	0	+19 Laps 15.002	21 Laps			8
9	A. Arenas QJMOTOR Gresini Moto2	75	Kalex	0	+19 Laps 15.970	0.968			7
10	D. Binder Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP	15	Kalex	19	+16.032 16.032	0.062			6
11	S. Agius Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP	81	Kalex	19	+16.634 16.634	0.602			5
12	S. García MT Helmets - MSI	3	Boscoscuro B-21	19	+17.939 17.939	1.305			4
13	J. Roberts OnlyFans American Racing Team	16	Kalex	20	+20.560 20.560	2.621			3
14	S. Chantra Honda Team Asia	35	Kalex	20	+20.943 20.943	0.383			2
15	M. Ramirez OnlyFans American Racing Team	24	Kalex	20	+21.308 21.308	0.365			1
16	A. Sasaki Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Team	22	Kalex	20	+24.708 24.708	3.400
17	J. Alcoba Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Team	52	Kalex	20	+24.787 24.787	0.079
18	B. Baltus RW-Idrofoglia Racing GP	7	Kalex	20	+25.936 25.936	1.149
19	D. Öncü Ajo Motorsport	53	Kalex	20	+26.807 26.807	0.871
20	B. Bendsneyder Preicanos Racing Team	64	Kalex	20	+27.123 27.123	0.316
21	I. Guevara CFMOTO Inde Aspar Team	28	Kalex	19	+30.171 30.171	1 Lap
22	D. Foggia Italtrans Racing Team	71	Kalex	19	+36.352 36.352	6.181
23	Z. van den Goorbergh RW-Idrofoglia Racing GP	84	Kalex	19	+36.526 36.526	0.174
24	J. Masia Preicanos Racing Team	5	Kalex	19	+37.046 37.046	0.520
25	M. Aji Honda Team Asia	34	Kalex	19	+38.225 38.225	1.179
26	X. Artigas KLINT Forward Factory Team	43	Forward F2	22	+55.095 55.095	16.870
27	X. Cardelús Fantic Racing	20	Kalex	22	+56.207 56.207	1.112
28	O. Unai KLINT Forward Factory Team	40	Forward F2	0	+19 Laps 1.050	22 Laps
29	A. López Beta Tools - Speed Up Racing	21	Boscoscuro B-21	17	2 laps
dnf	C. Vietti Ramus Ajo Motorsport	13	Kalex	19	3 laps			Retirement
dnf	M. Pasini Team Ciatti Boscoscuro	19	Boscoscuro B-21	14	8 laps			Retirement
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