MotoGP Argentina GP: Full Moto2 and Moto3 race results

A wet 18-lap Moto3 race kicked off Sunday’s grand prix proceedings, with chaos erupting throughout the field.

Leopard Honda’s Suzuki inherited the lead on the third lap when Tech3 KTM’s Deniz Oncu spectacularly slid out of first going through Turn 11 after a scrappy start to his race.

Suzuki’s pace proved no match for the rest of the field as the Japanese rider eased to victory by 4.571s.

MT Helmets KTM rider Diogo Moreira held onto second at the end of a frantic final lap, with Lorenzo Fellon’s CIP KTM replacement Andrea Migno – who was unable to find a place on the Moto3 grid for 2023 – rounding out the podium.

Tatsuki Suzuki, Leopard Racing

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VisionTrack Racing Honda rider Scott Ogden did take the chequered flag in a career-best fourth, but was handed a six-second time penalty after the race for wiping out Prustel GP’s David Almansa at Turn 5 on the final tour.

Almansa had been drafted in to replace the injured Joel Kelso and ran in the podium battle for most of his Moto3 debut.

Ogden’s penalty dropped him to fifth ahead of Angeluss MTA Team KTM rider Stefano Nepa, with Kaito Toba the sole SIC58 Honda at the chequered flag after team-mate Riccardo Rossi crashed out on the last lap.

Championship leader Dani Holgado was promoted to fourth by the Ogdon penalty, with his points lead standing at two heading to the Americas GP.

Xavi Artigas (Prustel GP), Aspar’s Ryusei Yamanaka and CIP KTM’s David Salvador completed the top 10.

Almansan re-joined after his last-lap tangle to finish 17th, while poleman Ayumu Sasaki crashed out of the podium places early on.

Cla	Rider	Bike	Laps	Time	Gap
1	Tatsuki Suzuki	Honda	18	35'18.099
2	Diogo Moreira	KTM	18	35'22.670	4.571
3	Andrea Migno	KTM	18	35'22.798	4.699
4	Daniel Holgado	KTM	18	35'26.913	8.814
5	Scott Ogden	Honda	18	35'29.611	11.512
6	Stefano Nepa	KTM	18	35'29.964	11.865
7	Kaito Toba	Honda	18	35'30.258	12.159
8	Xavier Artigas	CF MOTO	18	35'30.566	12.467
9	Ryusei Yamanaka	GASGAS	18	35'30.943	12.844
10	David Salvador	KTM	18	35'30.983	12.884
11	Syarifuddin Azman	KTM	18	35'32.132	14.033
12	Matteo Bertelle	Honda	18	35'38.835	20.736
13	Romano Fenati	Honda	18	35'44.403	26.304
14	David Alonso	GASGAS	18	35'45.623	27.524
15	Joshua Whatley	Honda	18	35'55.374	37.275
16	David Munoz	KTM	18	35'57.701	39.602
17	David Almansa	CF MOTO	18	36'00.058	41.959
18	Taiyo Furusato	Honda	18	36'03.882	45.783
19	Ivan Ortola	KTM	18	36'05.185	47.086
20	Filippo Farioli	KTM	18	36'05.479	47.380
21	Ana Carrasco	KTM	18	36'12.017	53.918
22	Collin Veijer	Husqvarna	18	36'13.735	55.636
23	Jose Antonio	KTM	18	36'14.951	56.852
24	Deniz Öncü	KTM	18	36'41.258	1'23.159
	Riccardo Rossi	Honda	17	33'25.300	1 Lap
	Jaume Masia	Honda	13	25'29.652	5 Laps
	Mario Suryo Aji	Honda	13	25'45.333	5 Laps
	Ayumu Sasaki	Husqvarna	10	20'17.076	8 Laps
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Due to the lack of wet practice for the Moto2 class this weekend, the Moto2 race was shortened to 14 laps.

Aspar’s Jake Dixon grabbed the holeshot off the line, but by lap three he had been overhauled by poleman Alonso Lopez.

Having fluffed his launch at the start, Speed Up’s Lopez spent much of the shortened race in the lead before Marc VDS’ Tony Arbolino hit the front with two laps to go.

Arbolino held on by 0.663s to win ahead of Lopez, with Dixon celebrating the birth of his daughter this weekend with a podium in third.

Tony Arbolino, Marc VDS Racing Team

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Pons rider Aron Canet was hit with two long lap penalties for jumping the start, but recovered to fourth despite his punishment ahead of rookie team-mate Sergio Garcia – who also had to take the penalty loop for an incident in qualifying.

Intact GP rider Darryn Binder was sixth from Gresini’s Filip Salac, Honda Team Asia’s Somkiat Chantra, Ajo KTM’s Albert Arenas and Marc VDS’ Sam Lowes.

Pedro Acosta struggled to 12th in the wet conditions having run as high as the podium places at the first corner of the race.

Arbolino now leads the championship by eight points from Canet, with Acosta 12 adrift.

Cla	Rider	Bike	Laps	Time	Gap
1	Tony Arbolino	Kalex	14	26'26.606
2	Alonso López	Boscoscuro B-21	14	COSCURO
3	Jake Dixon	Kalex	14	26'28.567	1.961
4	Arón Canet	Kalex	14	26'34.375	7.769
5	Sergio García	Kalex	14	26'38.560	11.954
6	Darryn Binder	Kalex	14	26'38.880	12.274
7	Filip Salač	Kalex	14	26'39.706	13.100
8	Somkiat Chantra	Kalex	14	26'39.364	12.758
9	Albert Arenas	Kalex	14	26'40.255	13.649
10	Sam Lowes	Kalex	14	26'40.713	14.107
11	Manuel Gonzalez	Kalex	14	26'42.187	15.581
12	Pedro Acosta	Kalex	14	26'43.519	16.913
13	Celestino Vietti	Kalex	14	26'43.741	17.135
14	Joe Roberts	Kalex	14	26'52.477	25.871
15	Fermin Aldeguer	Boscoscuro B-21	14	26'53.994	27.388
16	Jordi Torres	Kalex	14	26'58.507	31.901
17	Jeremy Alcoba	Kalex	14	26'59.189	32.583
18	Zonta van den Goorbergh	Kalex	14	27'00.129	33.523
19	Barry Baltus	Kalex	14	27'00.361	33.755
20	Soichiro Minamimoto	Kalex	14	27'00.524	33.918
21	Borja Gomez	Kalex	14	27'14.826	48.220
22	Bo Bendsneyder	Kalex	14	27'16.538	49.932
23	Lorenzo Dalla Porta	Kalex	14	27'21.793	55.187
24	Marcos Ramirez	Forward F2	14	27'22.020	55.414
25	Dennis Foggia	Kalex	14	27'22.170	55.564
	Rory Skinner	Kalex	5	9'51.639	9 Laps
	David Sanchis	Forward F2	5	9'58.820	9 Laps
	Sean Kelly	Kalex	1	2'02.186	13 Laps
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