MotoGP Catalan GP: Full Moto2 and Moto3 results

The 21-lap Moto3 race kicked off Sunday’s action at the Circuit de Catalunya-Barcelona, with poleman Dennis Foggia getting the holeshot on his Leopard Honda.  

But the Italian’s race would only last a handful of laps when the chain on his Honda broke as he entered Turn 10, forcing him into his second retirement in the space of a week.  

At one stage the lead group extended to 13 riders, but was whittled down to four for the final push to the chequered flag.  

Aspar GasGas rider Guevara started to make decisive break with five laps to go, getting his lead up to seven tenths while the trio behind of teammate Sergio Garcia, Leopard’s Tatsuki Suzuki and BOE KTM rookie – making just his second grand prix start – David Munoz engaged over the final podium places.  

This ultimately allowed Guevara to get to the chequered flag 1.9 seconds clear for his second win of the season.  

Behind, Munoz – who made his debut last week at Mugello having only reached the minimum age limit to race in Moto3 of 16 two weeks before that – snatched second by 0.010s for a sensational maiden podium having started 20th.  

Suzuki stole third from Garcia at the final corner, with Tech 3 KTM rider Deniz Oncu fifth at the chequered flag ahead of Prustel GP CF Moto’s Carlos Tatay, Max Racing Husqvarna’s John McPhee, Jaume Masia on the Ajo KTM, Tech 3’s Adrian Fernandez and the second Prustel GP bike of Xavier Artigas. 

Garcia’s championship lead has come down to just 16 following Guevara’s victory, with Masia and Foggia 47 and 55 points further back respectively.  

Izan Guevara, GasGas Aspar Team

Photo by: Gold and Goose / Motorsport Images

2022 Moto3 Catalan Grand Prix: Full race results 

Cla	#	Rider	Bike	Gap	Interval
1	28	Izan Guevara	GASGAS
2	44	David Munoz	KTM	1.975	1.975
3	24	Tatsuki Suzuki	Honda	1.985	0.010
4	11	Sergio García	GASGAS	2.036	0.051
5	53	Deniz Öncü	KTM	2.752	0.716
6	99	Carlos Tatay	CF MOTO	3.134	0.382
7	17	John McPhee	Husqvarna	3.341	0.207
8	5	Jaume Masia	KTM	3.633	0.292
9	31	Adrian Fernandez	KTM	5.285	1.652
10	43	Xavier Artigas	CF MOTO	5.555	0.270
11	54	Riccardo Rossi	Honda	7.626	2.071
12	66	Joel Kelso	KTM	9.215	1.589
13	18	Matteo Bertelle	KTM	11.325	2.110
14	19	Scott Ogden	Honda	11.379	0.054
15	27	Kaito Toba	KTM	24.644	13.265
16	82	Stefano Nepa	KTM	25.007	0.363
17	23	Elia Bartolini	KTM	25.036	0.029
18	48	Ivan Ortola	KTM	25.165	0.129
19	63	Syarifuddin Azman	Honda	25.210	0.045
20	20	Lorenzo Fellon	Honda	25.239	0.029
21	6	Ryusei Yamanaka	KTM	40.387	15.148
22	22	Ana Carrasco	KTM	58.048	17.661
	89	Marcos Uriarte	Honda	6 Laps	6 Laps
	16	Andrea Migno	Honda	7 Laps	1 Lap
	70	Joshua Whatley	Honda	9 Laps	2 Laps
	72	Taiyo Furusato	Honda	12 Laps	3 Laps
	38	David Salvador	Husqvarna	13 Laps	1 Lap
	96	Daniel Holgado	KTM	13 Laps	0.620
	64	Mario Suryo Aji	Honda	13 Laps	3.957
	7	Dennis Foggia	Honda	15 Laps	2 Laps
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In the 22-lap Moto2 contest, there was heartbreak for long-time race leader Joe Roberts after the Italtrans rider crashed out at Turn 5 at half-distance having built up a dominant advantage of 2.5s.  

Poleman Celestino Vietti slipped back to sixth in the early stages of the race on his VR46 Kalex, but rallied in the second half of the grand prix to get into the podium places.  

Over the final few laps, Vietti and Pons rider Aron Canet locked horns over the lead, with the latter holding the advantage going onto the final tour.  

Canet tried to hold a tight line into Turn 10, but ran slightly wide and allowed Vietti to scythe up the inside to take the lead and the victory. 

Ajo KTM rider Augusto Fernandez took third away from Aspar’s Jake Dixon on the final lap, with Marcel Schrotter completing the top five on his Intact GP Kalex.  

Mugello race winner Pedro Acosta was sixth on the second Ajo bike ahead of Honda Team Asia’s Ai Ogura, Speed Up’s Alonso Lopez, VR46 Yamaha Master Camp rider Manuel Gonzalez and Marc VDS’ Tony Arbolino.  

Vietti’s championship lead is now 16 points from Ogura, with Canet a further 24 adrift in third.  

2022 Moto2 Catalan Grand Prix: Full race result 

Cla	#	Rider	Bike	Gap	Interval
1	13	Celestino Vietti Ramus	Kalex
2	40	Arón Canet	Kalex	0.081	0.081
3	37	Augusto Fernandez	Kalex	0.522	0.441
4	96	Jake Dixon	Kalex	0.646	0.124
5	23	Marcel Schrotter	Kalex	1.470	0.824
6	51	Pedro Acosta	Kalex	6.298	4.828
7	79	Ai Ogura	Kalex	6.320	0.022
8	21	Alonso López	Boscoscuro B-21	7.229	0.909
9	18	Manuel Gonzalez	Kalex	10.746	3.517
10	14	Tony Arbolino	Kalex	12.056	1.310
11	19	Lorenzo Dalla Porta	Kalex	12.614	0.558
12	35	Somkiat Chantra	Kalex	13.206	0.592
13	64	Bo Bendsneyder	Kalex	18.335	5.129
14	9	Jorge Navarro	Kalex	18.495	0.160
15	54	Fermin Aldeguer	Boscoscuro B-21	19.894	1.399
16	62	Stefano Manzi	Kalex	21.721	1.827
17	7	Barry Baltus	Kalex	22.269	0.548
18	52	Jeremy Alcoba	Kalex	22.513	0.244
19	28	Niccolo Antonelli	Kalex	36.869	14.356
20	84	Zonta Van	Kalex	37.020	0.151
21	4	Sean Dylan	Kalex	38.420	1.400
22	24	Simone Corsi	MV Agusta	45.612	7.192
23	74	Piotr Biesiekirski	Kalex	47.326	1.714
24	42	Marcos Ramirez	MV Agusta	54.598	7.272
	75	Albert Arenas	Kalex	3 Laps	3 Laps
	22	Sam Lowes	Kalex	3 Laps	1.298
	61	Alessandro Zaccone	Kalex	8 Laps	5 Laps
	16	Joe Roberts	Kalex	12 Laps	4 Laps
	6	Cameron Beaubier	Kalex	18 Laps	6 Laps
	12	Filip Salač	Kalex	19 Laps	1 Lap
	55	Alex Toledo	Kalex	20 Laps	1 Lap
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