Guevara Takes Lights-To-Flag German Moto3 Victory

Grid Talk Reporter 11:09 19/06/2022

Izan Guevara took a dominant win in the German Moto3 race to edge closer to the top of the standings.

The 27-lap Moto3 race opened up Sunday’s proceedings, with poleman Guevara storming to a fourth career victory in an imperious display. The GasGas Aspar Team rider grabbed the holeshot at the start and quickly put half a second between himself and the chasing pack behind. Guevara’s march continued to the point where he was a second out of reach in the early stages, with the Spaniard going on to open up a massive advantage of 5.2 seconds come the final lap of the grand prix. As the Leopard Honda of Dennis Foggia and Guevara’s GasGas Aspar team-mate Sergio García - who came from eighth on the grid - battled over second, Guevara eased to the chequered flag to score his third win of the 2022 campaign. Foggia made a mistake through the Turn 9 left-hander, which allowed García to get a run on him into the big braking zone at Turn 12.

The Leopard rider held firm, but Garcia launched a daring raid up the inside of Foggia at the final corner. However, Garcia ran slightly wide and then had a moment applying the throttle, killing his momentum and allowing Foggia to snatch second by 0.111 seconds. Ayumu Sasaki was the sole Sterilgarda Max Racing Husqvarna rider across the line in fourth after teammate John McPhee was involved in an incident at Turn 1 on the opening lap. Tatsuki Suzuki completed the top five on the sister Leopard Honda, with Red Bull KTM Ajo’s Daniel Holgado sixth ahead of Tech3 KTM’s Deniz Öncü - who had to serve a double long lap penalty for jumping the start - Tech3 KTM team-mate Adrian Fernández, Boé SKX KTM’s David Muñoz and Angeluss MTA Team KTM rider Iván Ortolá. García’s championship lead has been hacked down from 16 points to seven by Guevara, with Foggia 51 adrift in third.