Guevara adds a fifth win and already smells like a champion

Mallorcan Izan Guevara He showed his strength again and won the first Japanese Grand Prix at the Motegi circuit. Already in his fifth campaign he already has the match ball within reach as he has 45 points to beat his Sergio Garciadorus, fourth

The day got off to a mixed start for leader Guevara, who destroyed Gas Gas after making McPhee and Sharpener in the straight in the previous warm-up. He didn’t get hurt in the fall, but his bike was trampled. He started in his ninth position, with rival Sergio Garciadorus in third from the front row, in conditions not seen all weekend: sun, 24 degrees and dry asphalt.

From pole position hometown hero Itsuki Suzuki maintained the initiative before Sergio García Dorus battled him overhead and the exceptional Guevara from 9th immediately attacked them, making Aragon into turn 9. I took the lead with the intention of breaking. race. Sasaki reacted quickly, passing Suzuki and Foggia, while Garcia lost slipstream on lap three to lead the catch-up.

On Lap 4, Sasaki overtook Guevara and Suzuki fell in a tricky Turn 9, the Japanese hero. Sasaki, Guevara and Foggia reach the top trio with Macia maintaining his lead by eight-tenths and Garcia also loses Aljemesi’s wheel and suffers an inch-one. At 8 laps, the race is already broken.

Guevara and Sasaki, who are the only quartet members who have never stepped on Motegi, take turns leading. With five to go, the World Cup leaders changed their rhythm, emphasizing the quartet and taking three tenths, one lap later they were already six. With Guevara already victorious, Foggia won the fight against Saski for his second place and Garciadorus won for his fourth place with David his Muñoz.

As for the rest of the Spaniards, Artigas was 11th, Ortolá 13th, Pitito Fernández dropped on lap 5 to 18th, Ana Carrasco was 19th, her best result of the year, and Jaume Masiá dropped from last to 4th. Daniel Holgado fell on lap four. Carlos Tatai on the first lap of Turn 10.