MotoGP Catalan GP: Full Moto2 and Moto3 race results

A chaotic and dramatic 18-lap Moto3 grand prix kicked off racing action at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on Sunday.

A typical multi-rider battle boiled down to a wild final lap, which saw championship leader Daniel Holagdo (Tech3 KTM) crashing out of podium contention down at Turn 10.

Coming into the final corners, BOE Motorsports rider David Munoz found himself in the lead.

But he was raided into the final corner, as David Alonso (Aspar GasGas) and Leopard Honda’s Jaume Masia both picked his pocket.

This forced Munoz out slightly wide, and as he tried to recover he was knocked off by early leader Deniz Oncu.

As Alonso took the chequered flag 0.076s ahead of Masia, Oncu was demoted from third to 12th having been hit with a six-second time penalty (the equivalent of two long laps) for causing the Munoz collision.

This promoted his Ajo KTM team-mate Jose Antonio Rueda to a maiden grand prix podium, as the crash for Holgado moved Ayumu Sasaki (Intact GP Husqvarna) – who crossed the line fourth – to within 13 points of the championship lead.

Stefano Nepa was fifth for the Angeluss MTA KTM team ahead of SIC58 Honda’s Riccardo Rossi and Kaito Toba, Leopard’s Tatsuki Suzuki, Ryusei Yamanaka (Aspar) and poleman Ivan Ortola (Angeluss MTA Team).

Moto3 Catalan GP race results

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Driver Info			Main Information Additional Data
Cla	Rider	#		Bike	Laps	Time	Interval	km/h	Retirement	Points
1	D. Alonso David Alonso GAVIOTA GASGAS Aspar Team	80		GASGAS	18	33'00.945		152.3		25
2	J. Masia Jaume Masia Leopard Racing	5		Honda	18	+0.076	0.076	152.3		20
3	J. Antonio Jose Antonio Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	99		KTM	18	+0.234	0.158	152.3		16
4	A. Sasaki Ayumu Sasaki Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP	71		Husqvarna	18	+0.289	0.055	152.3		13
5	S. Nepa Stefano Nepa Angeluss MTA Team	82		KTM	18	+0.401	0.112	152.3		11
6	R. Rossi Riccardo Rossi SIC58 Squadra Corse	54		Honda	18	+0.524	0.123	152.2		10
7	K. Toba Kaito Toba SIC58 Squadra Corse	27		Honda	18	+0.680	0.156	152.2		9
8	T. Suzuki Tatsuki Suzuki Leopard Racing	24		Honda	18	+0.967	0.287	152.2		8
9	R. Yamanaka Ryusei Yamanaka GAVIOTA GASGAS Aspar Team	6		GASGAS	18	+1.060	0.093	152.2		7
10	I. Ortola Ivan Ortola Angeluss MTA Team	48		KTM	18	+1.125	0.065	152.2		6
11	M. Bertelle Matteo Bertelle Rivacold Snipers Team	18		Honda	18	+1.304	0.179	152.2		5
12	D. Öncü Deniz Öncü Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	53		KTM	18	+6.129	4.825	152.3		4
13	X. Artigas Xavier Artigas CFMoto Racing PruestelGP	43		CF MOTO	18	+6.458	0.329	151.8		3
14	T. Furusato Taiyo Furusato Honda Team Asia	72		Honda	18	+6.485	0.027	151.8		2
15	R. Fenati Romano Fenati Rivacold Snipers Team	55		Honda	18	+6.964	0.479	151.8		1
16	S. Ogden Scott Ogden VisionTrack Racing Team	19		Honda	18	+6.679		151.8
17	D. Moreira Diogo Moreira MT Helmets - MSI	10		KTM	18	+7.024	0.345	151.7
18	J. Kelso Joel Kelso CFMoto Racing PruestelGP	66		CF MOTO	18	+7.098	0.074	151.7
19	M. Aji Mario Suryo Aji Honda Team Asia	64		Honda	18	+7.150	0.052	151.7
20	T. Buasri Tatchakorn Buasri Honda Team Asia	33		Honda	18	+7.170	0.020	151.7
21	D. Salvador David Salvador CIP	38		KTM	18	+10.354	3.184	151.5
22	D. Holgado Daniel Holgado Red Bull KTM Tech 3	96		KTM	18	+14.757	4.403	151.2
23	J. Whatley Joshua Whatley VisionTrack Racing Team	70		Honda	18	+18.755	3.998	150.9
24	D. Almansa David Almansa Finetwork Intact GP	92		Husqvarna	18	+18.800	0.045	150.9
25	L. Fellon Lorenzo Fellon CIP	20		KTM	18	+27.664	8.864	150.2
26	S. Azman Syarifuddin Azman MT Helmets - MSI	63		KTM	18	+32.185	4.521	149.9
27	A. Carrasco Ana Carrasco BOE Motorsports	22		KTM	18	+32.287	0.102	149.8
dnf	D. Muñoz David Muñoz BOE Motorsports	44		KTM	17	+1 Lap	1 Lap	152.3	Accident
dnf	F. Farioli Filippo Farioli Red Bull KTM Tech 3	7		KTM	4	+14 Laps	13 Laps	150.2	Accident
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Jake Dixon, GASGAS Aspar Team (Photo by: Gold and Goose / Motorsport Images)

A thrilling 21-lap Moto2 contest followed, with poleman Jake Dixon fending of Pons rider Aron Canet to keep himself in the title battle.

Dixon – who will remain in Moto2 next year with Aspar - led early before being overhauled by Yamaha VR46 Master Camp rider Manuel Gonzalez. Canet would soon follow, while championship leader Pedro Acosta also joined the battle.

The lead changed hands from Gonzalez to Canet to Acosta, though the latter would start to struggle with grip in the latter stages and dropped out of contention when forced off at Turn 1 by Speed Up’s Alonso Lopez.

The fight for the win came down to Dixon and Canet as the pair ran line astern on the final lap.

Dixon defended well throughout the final corners, while Canet was lucky to stay mounted on his Pons Kalex when he lost the front-end going through the last turn.

He lost out to Dixon by 0.205s, with Ajo KTM’s Albert Arenas completing the podium for the first time in Moto2.

Sergio Garcia was fourth on the sister Pons bike ahead of Gonzalez and Acosta, while Honda Team Asia’s Ai Ogura, Lopez, Marc VDS’ Sam Lowes and Fantic Racing’s Celestino Vietti rounded out the top 10.

Tony Arbolino failed to score on his Marc VDS bike, allowing Acosta to extend his championship lead to 22 points, while Dixon sits 44 adrift.

Dixon, who raced in British Superbikes, later dedicated his win to champion BSB and ex-MotoGP team boss Paul Bird, who sadly died on Friday at the age of 56.

Moto2 Catalan GP race results

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Driver Info			Main Information Additional Data
Cla	Rider	#		Bike	Laps	Time	Interval	km/h	Retirement	Points
1	J. Dixon Jake Dixon Asterius GASGAS Aspar M2	96		Kalex	21	-				25
2	A. Canet Arón Canet Pons Wegow Los40	40		Kalex	21	+0.205	0.205			20
3	A. Arenas Albert Arenas Ajo Motorsport	75		Kalex	21	+1.027	0.822			16
4	S. García Sergio García Pons Wegow Los40	11		Kalex	21	+2.258	1.231			13
5	M. Gonzalez Manuel Gonzalez Correos Prepago Yamaha VR46 Master Camp	18		Kalex	21	+2.662	0.404			11
6	P. Acosta Pedro Acosta Ajo Motorsport	37		Kalex	21	+3.664	1.002			10
7	A. Ogura Ai Ogura Honda Team Asia	79		Kalex	21	+4.239	0.575			9
8	A. López Alonso López Beta Tools - Speed Up Racing	21		Boscoscuro B-21	21	+4.314	0.075			8
9	S. Lowes Sam Lowes Elf Marc VDS Racing Team	22		Kalex	21	+4.607	0.293			7
10	C. Vietti Ramus Celestino Vietti Ramus Fantic Racing	13		Kalex	21	+8.729	4.122			6
11	J. Roberts Joe Roberts Italtrans Racing Team	16		Kalex	21	+9.476	0.747			5
12	B. Baltus Barry Baltus Fieten Olie Racing GP	7		Kalex	21	+9.596	0.120			4
13	F. Aldeguer Fermin Aldeguer Beta Tools - Speed Up Racing	54		Boscoscuro B-21	21	+9.821	0.225			3
14	S. Chantra Somkiat Chantra Honda Team Asia	35		Kalex	21	+10.970	1.149			2
15	J. Alcoba Jeremy Alcoba QJMOTOR Gresini Moto2	52		Kalex	21	+11.183	0.213			1
16	M. Ramirez Marcos Ramirez American Racing	24		Kalex	21	+11.315	0.132
17	T. Arbolino Tony Arbolino Elf Marc VDS Racing Team	14		Kalex	21	+16.859	5.544
18	Z. van den Goorbergh Zonta van den Goorbergh Fieten Olie Racing GP	84		Kalex	21	+18.347	1.488
19	L. Tulovic Lukas Tulovic Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP	3		Kalex	21	+25.537	7.190
20	B. Gomez Borja Gomez Fantic Racing	72		Kalex	21	+25.788	0.251
21	D. Foggia Dennis Foggia Italtrans Racing Team	71		Kalex	21	+26.188	0.400
22	M. Rato Mattia Rato Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team	73		Kalex	21	+29.443	3.255
23	R. Skinner Rory Skinner American Racing	33		Kalex	21	+35.208	5.765
24	K. Nozane Kohta Nozane Correos Prepago Yamaha VR46 Master Camp	5		Kalex	21	+39.363	4.155
25	I. Guevara Izan Guevara Asterius GASGAS Aspar M2	28		Kalex	21	+52.086	12.723
26	Y. Ruiz Yeray Ruiz Forward Team	55		Forward F2	21	+53.208	1.122
dnf	F. Salač Filip Salač QJMOTOR Gresini Moto2	12		Kalex	16				Retirement
dnf	B. Bendsneyder Bo Bendsneyder Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team	64		Kalex	8				Retirement
dnf	S. Agius Senna Agius Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP	8		Kalex	7				Retirement
dnf	A. Surra Alberto Surra Forward Team	67		Forward F2	0				Retirement
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