Moto2, Race: Alonso wins – Guevara closes the gap on Gonzalez

Aspar rider Daniel Holgado had comfortably secured pole position on Saturday in Malaysia. In qualifying, he was over half a second faster than Angel Piqueras (MSi), who set the second-fastest time. Izan Guevara (Pramac Yamaha) rounded off the front row in third place.

The second row was made up of David Alonso (Aspar), Alonso Lopez (Gresini) and the Dutchman Collin Veijer (KTM Ajo).

Forward rider Alex Escrig made it onto the third row of the grid. Alongside him were Daniel Muñoz (Italtrans) and championship leader Manuel González. The Intact rider therefore found himself in a significantly worse starting position on Sunday than his title rival Guevara. On top of that, González was complaining of pain in his right foot following his crash in FP1 on Friday.

At the start of the Moto2 race, the air temperature was a scorching 36 degrees Celsius. The track had heated up to 53 degrees.

Holgado got off to the best start. Guevara dropped back to fourth place after Alonso overtook him. Gonzalez surged forward to seventh place. Daniel Munoz also got off to a good start – he was sixth.

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The order at the end of the first lap: Holgado, Piqueras, Alonso, Guevara, López, Muñoz, González, Veijer, Ortola and Aji. Escrig had dropped back to 15th.

Dani Holgado führte das Moto2-Rennen an

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At the start of the second lap, Alonso overtook Piqueras. The Colombian was now the closest challenger to his team-mate Holgado. Mario Aji crashed in Turn 15, but he was uninjured.

By the third lap, the top three had built up a half-second lead over the rest of the field. Deniz Öncü crashed in Turn 6. And Gonzalez overtook Muñoz. The World Championship leader was now sixth. On the fourth lap, Luca Lunetta crashed in Turn 9.

Gonzalez then set his sights on Lopez. At the end of the fourth lap, he overtook his compatriot. Gonzalez was now 1.7 seconds behind Guevara. At the front, the order remained unchanged – Holgado led ahead of Alonso and Piqueras.

On the sixth lap, Guevara was closing in on the top three. He also managed to extend his lead over Gonzalez to two seconds. Meanwhile, David Alonso took the lead.

At the start of lap 7, Alonso had built up a lead of half a second. The gap between Guevara (4) and Gonzalez (5) was 2.1 seconds.

Alonso continued to extend his lead. By the eighth lap, he had already built up a lead of 0.8 seconds over his team-mate. Guevara had lost a little more time – he was now 0.9 seconds behind Piqueras. Gonzalez was already 2.8 seconds behind his World Championship rival.

By lap 9, Alonso’s lead had grown to 1.1 seconds. Ivan Ortola had worked his way up to sixth place. He was now just behind Gonzalez.

Platz 5: Manuel Gonzalez (Intact GP) verteidigte die Moto2-WM-Führung

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Lap 10: Guevara was already more than a second behind Piqueras. Gonzalez, meanwhile, continued to lose ground – he was now four seconds behind Guevara. Taiyo Furusato crashed at Turn 15. It was the same corner where his team-mate Mario Aji had also crashed.

Lap 11: The gap between Alonso and Holgado remained steady at 1.2 seconds. Piqueras had a 1.5-second lead over Guevara. There were 4.5 seconds between him and Gonzalez. Ayumu Sasaki crashed in Turn 15.

By the twelfth lap, Alonso had built up a lead of 1.7 seconds. The Colombian picked up the pace. Gonzalez was already more than five seconds behind Guevara. Veijer overtook Muñoz and moved into ninth place. He then battled with López for eighth position.

With four laps to go, the gap between Guevara and Gonzalez stood at 5.8 seconds. At the front, Alonso pulled off a spectacular save in Turn 14 – he just managed to avoid a highside. As a result, Holgado was now right behind his team-mate again.

With three laps to go, Guevara’s lead over Gonzalez had already grown to 6.5 seconds. Alonso was hot on Holgado’s heels.

With two laps to go, Alonso had once again built up a one-second lead. The 2024 Moto3 World Champion had regained his composure.

On the final lap, Alonso was able to extend his lead further. He crossed the finish line just under two seconds ahead of Holgado. Piqueras finished third. Guevara took fourth place, whilst Gonzalez came fifth. Huertas, Veijer, Ortola, Vietti and Escrig rounded off the top 10.

Intact rider Manuel Gonzalez managed to defend his World Championship lead. With three races remaining, his lead over Izan Guevara in the overall standings stands at 3.5 points.