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Oliveira stages a wet weather masterclass to put KTM on top at Mandalika
A truly stunning performance from the Portuguese rider puts him dorsum on the elevation stride and gives KTM the lead in the Teams' and Constructors' standings
Sunday, 20 March 2022
It was worth the wait, wasn't it? On a rain-soaked Sun afternoon at the Pertamina Grand Prix of Indonesia, Miguel Oliveira (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) put in an absolute masterclass in wet weather to claim victory and bounce back in style from a tough opening round. Reigning Globe Champion Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP™) sliced dorsum through to second for his first podium of the season, alee of compatriot Johann Zarco (Pramac Racing) in tertiary. The win for Oliveira sees KTM head the Constructors' standings for the first time, as well as putting Red Bull KTM Factory Racing peak in the teams' championship fight thanks to their Qatar podium and, now, first victory of the season.
The drama began early Sunday, however, as Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Squad) suffered a huge crash in Warm Upward and was forced to miss the race due to concussion. And then, after Moto2™, the rain came down as thunderstorms hitting Lombok, but later on more than than an hour'south filibuster, at 16:15 local time, it was lights out in Republic of indonesia for the first time in 25 years. Quartararo got an outstanding launch from pole position, comfortably collecting the holeshot, every bit Oliveira fabricated a lightning start from P7 to catch second and Jack Miller (Ducati Lenovo Team) shot swiftly up to P3 from 6th on the grid.
At the start of Lap two, both Oliveira and Miller passed Quartararo as the early on pacesetters started to stretch their legs, with the Australian then picking off Oliveira for the race pb too. Now down in 3rd, Quartararo had Alex Rins (Team Suzuki Ecstar), compatriot Zarco and a rapid starting Joan Mir (Team Suzuki Ecstar) for company too – the 2020 Champion upwardly from way downwards the grid subsequently a nightmare Q1.
Rins and Zarco and then got the better of Quartararo early, but they faced an already substantial two.4s gap to Miller and Oliveira… and that society was nigh to switch. The Portuguese passenger carved his way past the Ducati of Miller at Turn 12 on Lap 6 to retake the lead, then he got the hammer down.
Meanwhile, there was a big moment for Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team), the Italian somehow staying on later on a snap into Turn 1. Still, he slipped down to P12 behind Politico Espargaro (Repsol Honda Squad) and Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Manufactory Racing), with Title leader Enea Bastianini (Gresini Racing MotoGP™) struggling even more, dow in P20 from fifth on the grid.
Back in the top ten though, Plough 1 was about to bite once again. Having just got the better of Franco Morbidelli (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP™) for P7, Jorge Martin (Pramac Racing) then became the first and only crasher of the race in the braking zone into the first corner, the 2021 Rookie of the Twelvemonth downward, out, but ok.
At the front end, in that location were no such dramas. Oliveira had stretched his lead to 1.6s, Miller was second, Rins 3rd, Zarco fourth, and Quartararo fifth with 12 laps to go. At half race distance though, Zarco was the quickest rider on rail and a quality motility came on Rins at Turn 12 for P3. Miller wasn't far up the road from the Frenchman either, and he looked drastic to pass the Australian every bit Quartararo really started to find his groove behind them. Sure enough, El Diablo was back into P3 with five laps to go, with he and Zarco fighting it out in spectacular style.
Oliveira was 3.5s clear as the battle raged behind, but with Quartararo at present the fastest rider on track and back upwardly to 2nd on Lap xvi of twenty. Zarco also managed to follow the Yamaha man through on Miller, and with three laps to go, information technology suddenly started to look like Oliveira might exist in the crosshairs after all. The gap was slashed by a second and the lead was down to 3.4s – was it game on?
Quartararo took a tenth more hither and there as the laps ticked down, but Oliveira responded. At the commencement of the last lap, it remained a healthy 2.8s and the Portuguese rider just needed to bring it home, with Quartararo enjoying a 0.9s buffer to Zarco, who in turn had ii.3s in manus over Miller. The podium seemed decided, and it was.
Crossing the line for his first win of the year, Oliveira's masterclass sees the Reddish Bull KTM Manufacturing plant Racing rider take 25 points, puts KTM on top in the title and manufacturing plant fights, and moves him up 16 places in the riders' Title to boot. After a tough showtime in Qatar and for much of the latter half of 2021, it was quite a statement ride by the multiple MotoGP™ winner.
Nevertheless, Quartararo celebrated P2 similar a win every bit the Frenchman showed his wet atmospheric condition prowess for the start time in the premier course, taking some valuable points too. Zarco completed the podium, the tertiary identify marker a return to the rostrum for the number 5 for the first fourth dimension since Barcelona 2021.
Miller, always stiff in the wet, takes domicile a hard-earned P4, with Rins putting in a solid ride to claim P5. P6 for Mir, having started from the lower echelons of the top 20, is as well a chore well done for the 2020 Globe Champion too, and he got onto the back of his teammate past the flag. Morbidelli ended up a somewhat lone P7 despite his 3-identify grid punishment as nosotros witnessed an omnipotent boxing for P8 behind the Italian.
Information technology was won in the end by Brad Binder, who was just ahead of Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia Racing) over the line. But the South African had to get his elbows to take that 8th place by force, and it was none other than his brother, WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP™ Team'due south Darryn Folder, standing in the way.
The rookie put in a tour de force and one of the rides of the solar day, leading the battle for eighth onto the terminal lap before Brad Binder struck, and then only losing out to the number 33 and Espargaro's Aprilia. The number xl claimed his first points and height ten later an absolute barnstormer, pinnacle rookie past some margin.
World Championship leader Bastianini, who retains that moniker by 2 single points ahead of Brad Folder and recovering well in the latter stages, took P11 ahead of Pol Espargaro (Repsol Honda Squad), Alex Marquez (LCR Honda Castrol) and Luca Marini (Mooney VR46 Racing Team). Bagnaia slipped down the order after his earlier moment to a tough P15, making it one point from the opening 2 races for one of the pre-season title favourites.
Andrea Dovizioso (WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP™ Team) was the only other non-finisher alongside Martin later on the Italian encountered an consequence with his YZR-M1 and was forced to retire.
That'due south take ane on Lombok in the history books, and information technology'due south rubber to say the Indonesian GP was full of action. Oliveira goes home with the race-winning trophy, Bastianini remains the title leader, and there'southward only ten points between the tiptop nine heading to Argentina for Circular 3… as well as a new manufacturer on meridian in the standings. Bring together us for more as MotoGP™ returns at Termas de Rio Hondo!
MotoGP™ PODIUM
1 Miguel Oliveira (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) – KTM – 33'27.223
2 Fabio Quartararo (Monster Free energy Yamaha MotoGP) – Yamaha – +two.205
iii Johann Zarco (Pramac Racing) – Ducati – +iii.158
Miguel Oliveira: "Emotionally information technology was a rollercoaster because the start was perfect only in the wet it's and so difficult to gauge where the limit is. So I followed Jack for a couple of laps and then I understood I could go a flake faster, so when I overtook him I merely tried to focus for the next five laps to exercise the maximum I could. Then I built a gap and just managed throughout the whole race, but for sure it wasn't easy. The last couple of months haven't been easy for me then to be back like this with this incredible win, it'south really emotional. I promised my daughter I would get her a bays from Indonesia, then this one is for you baby. I want to dedicate this podium to a guy called Rizman, he'southward role of the staff in the hotel I've stayed in, he has been supporting me the whole week and he'south a really nice guy, and then I promised that if I was on the podium I'd dedicate information technology to him. Allow'southward become to Argentine republic, see what we can do, keep upwardly the level but for now I'thou only super happy to be here on the podium!"
Chantra uncatchable to become Thailand's first Grand Prix winner
The Idemitsu Honda Squad Asia rider dominated from start to terminate to make a piffling history at Mandalika
Somkiat Chantra is the offset Thai passenger to win a G Prix race! The Idemitsu Honda Team Asia rider led from the first corner to the chequered flag in a Moto2™ masterclass, coming home three seconds articulate of Championship leader Celestino Vietti (Mooney VR46 Racing Team, with Aron Canet (Flexbox HP40) collecting his second podium of the flavour in third – and remaining the passenger on Vietti's tail in the standings.
Ahead of the race, it was announced that the new race length would be xvi laps due to runway conditions, although the intermediate course had a dry race disallowment some drops of very light rain on the warm up lap. The race got underway on slicks though though and it was Chantra who pinched the holeshot from the second row, with polesitter Jake Dixon (Inde GASGAS Aspar Squad) P2 before Sam Lowes (Elf Marc VDS Racing Team) snuck by at Turn 2.
The rain was still lingering but Chantra held onto the lead from Lowes and Dixon, with Vietti somewhen getting the ameliorate of Simone Corsi (MV Agusta Forward Racing) as the Italians battled it out at the end of the opening lap. Canet was a beneficiary of the Vietti/Corsi fight too, the Spaniard into P4 and in affect with Lowes and Dixon.
On Lap half-dozen, just afterward passing compatriot Lowes for second, Dixon and so tucked the front at Turn 10. Just ahead, Chantra had opened the gap upwards to over a second, and after Dixon's crash, Canet was left in second ahead of Lowes. Vietti so passed the Brit and with ix laps to go, ii seconds separate the elevation 3. Vietti fabricated a swish move on Canet stick at Turn 12 not long later on, and the gap to span was ii.1s with eight laps remaining…
The response from Chantra? The fastest lap of the race. His atomic number 82 over Vietti went upwards a 10th, and on the side by side lap, it was up to 2.3s. By five to go it was 2.6s, and information technology looked like Vietti and co. had no reply for the Thai star. With two laps to go, the gap was over three seconds and it seemed decided: all Chantra had to do was bring it dwelling.
That'due south exactly what he did. The Thai rider crossed the line to merits an outstanding victory by over 3 seconds, condign the first rider from his nation to win a Yard Prix race. Vietti was able to have a valuable second and 20 points though, the Qatar winner extending his pb over Canet as the Spaniard completed the podium. For both, it's back-to-back podiums to start the flavor.
Lowes was a lonely finisher in P4 as Augusto Fernandez (Red Balderdash KTM Ajo) held off a charge up from a tough grid position for Ai Ogura (Idemitsu Honda Squad Asia) in P5 and P6, respectively. Fermin Aldeguer (MB Conveyors Speed Upwards) took an impressive P7, with Tony Arbolino (Elf Marc VDS Racing Squad) in eighth. Pedro Acosta (Red Bull KTM Ajo) claimed ninth later on his Long Lap Penalty given for crashing nether a yellow flag in practise, the Spaniard embroiled in a great battle with Albert Arenas (Inde GASGAS Aspar Team), who ultimately lost out.
Joe Roberts (Italtrans Racing Squad) took P11, just ahead of compatriot Cameron Beaubier (American Racing) less than a 10th backside him. Jorge Navarro (Flexbox HP40), rookie Jeremy Alcoba (Liqui Moly Intact GP) and almost-home hero Bo Bendsneyder (Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team) completed the height xv.
And so a little history is made at Mandalika, with a new rider and nation on the list of winners. Vietti extends his championship lead to nine points over Canet heading to Argentine republic, but information technology volition surely be a another archetype. Come up back for more in but nether a fortnight equally Termas de Rio Hondo plays host!
Moto2™ PODIUM
1 Somkiat Chantra (Idemitsu Honda Team Asia) – Kalex – 25'xl.876
two Celestino Vietti (Mooney VR46 Racing Squad) – Kalex – +3.230
3 Aron Canet (Flexbox HP 40) – Kalex – +4.366
Somkiat Chantra: "I experience so happy! I also don't believe it! On the last lap, I saw I was P1 and I saw the chequered flag and I was like 'oh I'm in first position!' Information technology's also my kickoff fourth dimension hither in Moto2…I'k really happy. I also would like to say thanks to my family. I want to thank my sponsors, Thai Honda. Also cheers to Idemitsu Honda Team Asia and side by side leg I will be more strong! See you then, bye!"
Foggia takes flawless offset win of 2022
The runner up concluding season blasted out the blocks and straight to the top step in Lombok, with Guevara second and Tatay taking a first podium in third
That'southward almost as good as it gets if your name is Dennis Foggia (Leopard Racing). The Italian dominated the Moto3™ race at the Pertamina G Prix of Republic of indonesia to claim his first victory of the season – and the World Championship lead with it. Izan Guevara (Gaviota GASGAS Aspar Squad) picked up a hard-fought P2, with polesitter Carlos Tatay (CFMoto Racing PrüstelGP) brilliantly recovering from a Long Lap Penalty to earn a maiden Grand Prix podium in tertiary.
In that location was drama before the race started for 2d on the filigree Diogo Moreira (MT Helmets – MSI), with the Brazilian rookie suffering an consequence with his machine and forced to commencement from the back of the filigree. Back at the front, Sergio Garcia (Gaviota GASGAS Aspar Team) grabbed an impressive holeshot from seventh on the filigree, with Andrea Migno (Rivacold Snipers Squad) and Foggia making their own great starts from the second row.
Foggia fabricated it to the front and was joined by Migno, Garcia and Guevara, with the quartet able to pull a gap in the opening five laps. Foggia then decided to put the hammer down and the Italian was one.5s articulate on Lap 7 of 23, every bit Championship leader Migno had a front-end scare at the final corner. By Lap ix, Foggia's pb was up to 3.2s, with Guevera opening up a 0.5s gap in 2nd place.
Garcia had slipped dorsum into the clutches of Migno, Jaume Masia (Red Bull KTM Ajo), Deniz Öncü (Red Balderdash KTM Tech3), Daniel Holgado (Cerise Balderdash KTM Ajo) and Ayumu Sasaki (Sterilgarda Husqvarna Max), but the Spaniard suddenly turned up the wick to reel in Guevara with 10 laps to go. By this phase at the front though, Foggia had checked out – his lead upwardly to five.1s.
With Foggia producing a flawless race, it was all eyes on the battle for second. Guevara, Migno, Öncü, Garcia, Masia, Holgado and Sasaki were now joined by Xavier Artigas (CFMoto Racing PrüstelGP), Elia Bartolini (QJMotor Avintia Racing Team), Tatay and Tatsuki Suzuki (Leopard Racing).
Heading onto the terminal lap, Guevera was 0.9s ahead of the charging Tatay and Garcia. Foggia was four seconds up the road and cruising to victory, and Tatay was so wide at Plow 10 to allow Garcia into the final podium position. But at the penultimate corner the number 99 struck dorsum, keeping information technology over the line and coming domicile backside Guevara.
At the front end though, no one had an reply for Foggia every bit he popped a wheelie over the line to confirm his dominant victory, yet more than 2 seconds articulate at the flag. Guevara's 2nd is his beginning podium of the flavor, and for Tatay the incredible charge to the podium marks his first visit to the rostrum, also every bit the first for CFMoto.
Garcia took quaternary but some solid points, just ii behind Foggia and in second, with Öncü completing the tiptop five. Artigas took P6 ahead of Masia later on the number v escaped a tangle with Öncü late on, with Bartolini, Holgado and Suzuki completing the top x.
Sasaki and Migno crashed on the concluding lap – the Japanese rider tagging the dorsum of Migno at Plow 10. The number 71 has been given a Long Lap penalty for the Moto3™ race in Argentina.
Ryusei Yamanaka (MT Helmets – MSI) beat Kaito Toba (CIP – Dark-green Power) to 11th, with a trio of rookies completing the points. The first was Scott Ogden (VisionTrack Racing Team) every bit the Brit finished close to the Japanese veterans just alee, impressing with his beginning Grand Prix points.
Then came the home hero: Mario Aji (Honda Squad Asia). The Indonesian took an incredible front row on Saturday and backed it up with his first points on Sun despite a Long Lap, taking a big footstep frontwards on home turf. Matteo Bertelle (QJMotor Avintia Racing Team) took the final point in P15, the Italian rookie crossing the line a couple of tenths behind Aji just after having taking ii Long Lap penalties – the showtime for a shortcut, and the second for failing to take the first.
That'southward a wrap on another classic weekend of Moto3™ action, with Argentina upward side by side. Foggia is in the driving seat now but Garcia simply trails by a single indicate… so what volition Termas de Rio Hondo bring? Find out in merely under two weeks!
Moto3™ PODIUM
1 Dennis Foggia (Leopard Racing) – Honda – 38'51.668
2 Izan Guevara (Gaviota GASGAS Aspar Team) – GASGAS – +2.612
3 Carlos Tatay (CFMoto Racing PrüstelGP) – CFMoto – +3.639
Dennis Foggia: "I don't have words. It was and so hot. It was incredible, the race. Yesterday, I was unlucky in the qualifying because I crashed when I was beingness fast, but finally I finished in 6th position. Now, I know that we had a good step for the race. In the last lap, it was impossible to breathe, it was so difficult. This my best hard race in my life. Incredible. I'm very happy for me and for my squad. I would like to cheers to all my squad, my family, all my friends and my girlfriend. See you in Argentina!"
Source: https://www.roadracingworld.com/news/motogp-world-championship-race-results-from-indonesia/
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