MotoGP Thailand GP: Full Moto3 and Moto2 results

The 22-lap Moto3 race at Buriram was the first contest on the bill on Sunday, with Foggia almost leading from start to finish on his Leopard Honda.

The Italian converted pole into the holeshot and held an early advantage, while title challengers Izan Guevara and Sergio Garcia of Aspar GasGas tried to recover from 11th and 20th on the grid.

Garcia’s already fading title prospects were dealt a further blow at the end of the opening lap when he was taken down by a crashing Ajo KTM of Adrian Fernandez.

Guevara had been cut adrift of the leading group headed by Foggia and would not be able to get into podium contention.

Foggia lost the lead briefly when he ran off track at the final corner on lap 13, but quickly reclaimed the place and eased away to a 1.5-second lead to take a potentially crucial victory to boost his outsider championship hopes.

Max Racing Husqvarna’s Ayumu Sasaki fended off SIC58 Honda’s Riccardo Rossi for second, with Stefan Nepa on the MTA Team KTM beating Guevara to fourth.

But Guevara’s result coupled with teammate Garcia’s crash means the former goes to the Australian GP in two weeks with his first opportunity to win the 2022 Moto3 title as he now holds a 49-point lead over Foggia – with Garcia dropping to third, 56 points off the lead.

MT Helmets KTM rider Diogo Moreira completed the top six ahead of the Snipers Honda of Andrea Migno, with Ajo KTM’s Jaume Masia, BOE Motorsports’ David Munoz and the sister MT Helmets-run bike of Ryusei Yamanaka completing the top 10.

Moto3 Thailand Grand Prix - Race Results

Cla	Rider	Bike	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Dennis Foggia	Honda	22	37'52.331
2	Ayumu Sasaki	Husqvarna	22	37'53.855	1.524	1.524
3	Riccardo Rossi	Honda	22	37'55.135	2.804	1.280
4	Stefano Nepa	KTM	22	38'01.745	9.414	6.610
5	Izan Guevara	GASGAS	22	38'01.858	9.527	0.113
6	Diogo Moreira	KTM	22	38'02.302	9.971	0.444
7	Andrea Migno	Honda	22	38'01.941	9.610
8	Jaume Masia	KTM	22	38'02.364	10.033	0.423
9	David Munoz	KTM	22	38'02.377	10.046	0.013
10	Ryusei Yamanaka	KTM	22	38'02.419	10.088	0.042
11	Daniel Holgado	KTM	22	38'06.902	14.571	4.483
12	Joel Kelso	KTM	22	38'15.763	23.432	8.861
13	Carlos Tatay	CF MOTO	22	38'16.094	23.763	0.331
14	Xavier Artigas	CF MOTO	22	38'16.173	23.842	0.079
15	Scott Ogden	Honda	22	38'16.199	23.868	0.026
16	Lorenzo Fellon	Honda	22	38'16.563	24.232	0.364
17	Deniz Öncü	KTM	22	38'16.386	24.055
18	Elia Bartolini	KTM	22	38'32.423	40.092	16.037
19	Vicente Pérez	Honda	22	38'32.425	40.094	0.002
20	Iván Ortolá Díez	KTM	22	38'32.559	40.228	0.134
21	Mario Suryo Aji	Honda	22	38'32.697	40.366	0.138
22	Ana Carrasco	KTM	22	38'36.207	43.876	3.510
23	Joshua Whatley	Honda	22	38'40.811	48.480	4.604
24	Nicola Fabio	KTM	22	38'47.078	54.747	6.267
25	Taiyo Furusato	Honda	19	39'15.754	3 Laps	3 Laps
	Sergio García	GASGAS	14	26'52.848	8 Laps	5 Laps
	Tatsuki Suzuki	Honda	7	12'03.654	15 Laps	7 Laps
	John McPhee	Husqvarna	7	13'12.147	15 Laps	1'08.493
	Kaito Toba	KTM	1	1'50.041	21 Laps	6 Laps
	Adrian Fernandez	KTM	0
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Tony Arbolino, Marc VDS Racing Team

Photo by: Gold and Goose / Motorsport Images

The Moto2 race start was initially delayed due to rain arriving while the field lined up on slick tyres.

Shortened from 24 laps to 16, half of the race took place before worsening conditions forced a red flag.

A five-lap restart was schedule to conclude the race, but the arrival of more rain on the sighting lap led to this being called off and a result declared with half points awarded.

Leading when the red flag came out for the first time, Marc VDS rider Tony Arbolino – who passed Gresini’s Filip Salac a lap prior to the stoppage – was declared a winner for the first time in Moto2.

Salac took a maiden podium in second with Aron Canet in third having led early on after poleman Somkiat Chantra crashed out.

Jake Dixon for Aspar was fourth ahead of Speed Up’s Alonso Lopez, Honda Team Asia’s Ai Ogura, his title rival Augusto Fernandez, Joe Roberts (Italtrans), VR46 Yamaha Master Camp rider Keminth Kubo and Celestino Vietti (VR46).

With half points awarded, Ajo KTM’s Fernandez holds a 1.5-point lead over Ogura going to Australia in two weeks’ time.

Moto2 Thailand Grand Prix - Race Results