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Red Bull Ring Moto3: Arenas snatches win from Masia

Albert Arenas stole victory from Jaume Masia at the penultimate corner of a chaotic Moto3 Austrian Grand Prix to extend his world championship lead.

Albert Arenas, Aspar Team

Albert Arenas, Aspar Team

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The 23-lap Moto3 encounter at the Red Bull Ring was complete chaos, with the lead changing hands almost every lap.

Aspar rider Arenas grabbed the holeshot off the line ahead of poleman Raul Fernandez on the Ajo KTM and Petronas Sprinta’s John McPhee.

McPhee moved into the lead at Turn 4 on the opening lap, though would lose the spot a few laps later to Tech3 rookie Deniz Oncu.

McPhee would drop to 13th in the early stages as the battle raged, but would recover to get back into the victory battle by the final tour.

Oncu traded the lead with Darryn Binder – who came from 22nd on the grid – on laps seven and eight, before Arenas muscled his way back to the head of the pack on the 11th tour.

Sky VR46’s Celestino Vietti, Masia, Arenas, Oncu and his Tech3 teammate Ayumu Sasaki would take turns leading in the closing stages – though the latter was hit with a long lap penalty for exceeding track limits just as he moved to the front on lap 20.

Masia re-assumed control at the front as the field headed onto lap 21, and would stay there onto the final tour.

A carve up between a handful of riders behind at Turn 3 gave him a slight margin on the run through the rest of the lap, but Arenas closed right in through the third sector on the Leopard rider.

Arenas launched his Aspar KTM up the inside of Masia at the penultimate turn and was successful, with the Spaniard defending his line through the last corner to score his third win of the season.

Masia held onto second on the run to the chequered flag for his first rostrum appearance since Malaysia last year, while Ai Ogura cross the line third.

However, the Honda Team Asia rider exceeded track limits at the last corner and was hit with a one-place penalty, as was fourth-placed Binder.

This promoted Vietti to third, but he too was hit with a one-place drop, which moved McPhee – who survived late contact with Vietti on last lap - up from sixth to third.

Ogura ended up fourth after penalties had been applied, with Binder, Vietti, Snipers Honda’s Tony Arbolino, Oncu, Fernandez and SIC58’s Tatsuki Suzuki completed the top 10.

Sasaki recovered to 14th after serving his long lap penalty having dropped well outside the points.

Arenas now leads the standings by 28 points, with McPhee’s lucky podium limiting the damage to his title hopes.

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Race Result: Moto3 Austria

Cla Rider Laps Time Points
1 Spain Albert Arenas
23 25
2 Spain Jaume Masia
23 0.049 20
3 United Kingdom John McPhee
23 0.447 16
4 Japan Ai Ogura
23 0.121 13
5 South Africa Darryn Binder
23 0.275 11
6 Italy Celestino Vietti Ramus
23 0.292 10
7 Italy Tony Arbolino
23 0.487 9
8 Turkey Deniz Öncü
23 1.083 8
9 Spain Raúl Fernández
23 1.136 7
10 Japan Tatsuki Suzuki
23 1.177 6

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