Acosta wins again, third-placed Augusto thinks about title

Current Moto3 World Champion Peter Acosta Conquered at Motorland Aragón His second victory in the intermediate category 2″ 6 overs lead Spain’s upper register for the second time in a row in this category Aaron Kane 3″ 7 than his teammate and World Cup leader Augusto Fernandez He didn’t want to take unnecessary risks against his teammate, so he scored a valuable 16 points by taking three more from title rival Ai Ogura.

It was the eighth full-time podium for Spain in Moto2, and compared to the previous podium at Misano, the winner changed from Acosta to Lopez, with Canetto and Fernandes holding the rest of the positions. Unlike his first win at Mugello, this time Acosta was already of age and was able to uncork the Prosecco.

From pole position, Augusto Fernández was decisively ahead of Dixon and Arenas while Misano race winner Alonso Lopez lost a wheel after having to break contact with his Gasgas Aspar teammate. After that, I held out two corners in the race. Behind them, Kane and Acosta, like Ogura, who started from 8th on the grid and finished 2nd in the championship, were in the top group. However, on the third lap, Albert Arenas, who had already lost ground, also crashed.

Taking advantage of so many initial setbacks that Augusto Fernández was unaware of in the lead, he was at the head of a chasing group with Acosta, Cane, Arbolino, Ogura and Roberts, one second ahead of Dixon in four laps. exceeded.

However, team-mate Pedro Acosta kept laps behind him, and on lap 7, ‘El Tiburon de Mazarrón’ closed the gap on second place. Alon Canet brought in after that tentative new Spanish treble. Acosta and Canet had already thrown themselves into leader Fernandes two laps later, followed by Arbolino. And on his 10th lap, he was overtaken by Fernandes from the giant Acosta in turn 16, earning his 3rd place ahead of Arbolino and Canetto within his quartet of tops.

At the Grand Prix where Augusto Fernandez was announced to become a MotoGP rider in 2023 GasGas Factory newcomer Pedro Acosta was looking to show his strength after overcoming an accidental fracture of his left femur during motocross training in June. Taking advantage of the intense battle between Arbolino and Kane, the two Red Bull KTM Ajo teammates took comma numbers led by Murcian rookie on a sudden comma 4 cushion 9-8 laps from the end.

Augusto didn’t feel good with the tires After opening the Moto2 can at Mugello, Mallorcan was thrown over Kane from behind en route to Acosta’s second World Championship win. Unlike his two Spanish rivals, he is playing for the title and that is how the team has continually communicated to his displays, so managing risk is a must. It was a problem.

Fernandes kept the podium as Arbolino was with Ogura on 3-inch 7. Finally, Augusto closed out the triplet without incident and Ogura won the match against Arbolino after several revisions. in 4th place.

As for the rest of the Spaniards, Fermín Ardéguer was sixth, Jorge Navarro eighth, Marcos Ramírez eighteenth, Albert Arenas crashing in another accident on lap three and Alonso Lopez crashing on lap one.