2024 Japanese Moto2 Grand Prix – Race Results | Moto2

Spherical sixteen of the Moto2 championship, the Japanese Grand Prix, started with a pink flag because the rain returned with the riders who took the slick tyre gamble popping out on prime over the revised twelve lap distance, with Manuel Gonzalez victorious for the primary time.

The QJMotor Gresini rider apologised for taking a house first away from the Japanese followers, however gave a masterclass in danger taking to come back residence the winner.

From 14th on the grid, his slick tyres took a number of laps to come back into their very own, which noticed a drop to twenty third .

Gonzalez was quickly again in motion and chopping via the pack, reaching chief Ai Ogura on lap 9 after setting three quickest laps of the race in a row, taking the lead via Victory Nook.

As soon as forward Gonzalez pulled a niche as rapidly as he had caught Ogura aboard his Kalex, leaving him 2.535s behind for a primary Moto2 win for the Spaniard because the ninth totally different winner this season.

The danger was a lot increased for championship chief Ogura, who additionally took the slick gamble, and minimize to the entrance a lot sooner, utilizing the entire kerbs to quickly cross MT Helmets – MSI teammate Sergio Garcia transferring al the best way ahead to early chief – whereas the climate allowed – Jake Dixon, passing him on lap 4.

With the title at stake, the Japanese rider didn’t attempt to preserve tempo with a flying Gonzalez, taking second on the Boscoscuro in entrance of his residence crowd.

The rostrum was accomplished by a really emotional Filip Salac.

The Elf Marc VDS rider was in a category of his personal topping apply on Friday, however a difficulty in qualifying along with his Kalex bike noticed the Czech rider miss the important thing window earlier than the rain arrived and left him final within the session for 18th on the grid.

Salac fought via after convincing his mechanics {that a} slick tyre gamble was the best way to go, and it paid off – amassing his first podium of the 12 months since becoming a member of the group.

Jeremy Alcoba is within the hunt to discover a Moto2 seat for subsequent season, and improved his probabilities with the precise tyres, transferring from twenty second on the grid to complete fourth for Yamaha VR46 Grasp Camp, his equal finest consequence.

Zonta van den Goorbergh got here via Q1 for a profession finest second on the grid. His race started with a extreme dip again after early contact on the primary lap, dropping to twelfth. The Netherlands rider additionally had the precise rubber beneath him, so was in a position to stage a comeback for fifth, his finest consequence to this point.

There was one last rider taking a slick gamble – Xavier Artigas. The Klint Ahead racing rider has endured a tricky season with the unfancied chassis, with a earlier better of twentieth. The climate and tyre scenario allowed the Spaniard to show his race craft had not left him, coming from twenty sixth on the grid for a finest results of sixth for rider and group.

Celestino Vietti was the perfect of the moist climate tyre riders, ending seventh for Purple Bull KTM Ajo, however over fifty seconds behind the race winner.

Diogo Moreira was the highest rookie in race trim for Italtrans in eighth, 4 seconds forward of Alonso Lopez, who was the perfect of the Pace Up riders after frantically waving to cease the unique begin when then in second because the rain poured, ending in ninth.

Izan Guevara tucked in behind his Inde Aspar teammate because the race bought underway for a second time. He went on to be the groups prime positioned rider, finishing the highest ten.

He had competitors for the place, with Tony Arbolino compelled to accept eleventh on the second Marc VDS bike, whereas Fermin Aldeguer fought his manner again into the factors for twelfth for Pace Up.

Jake Dixon began from pole -twice – after managing the difficult climate of qualifying finest, with the quickest banker lap however his luck ran out within the race, dropping three locations in a feisty last lap to position thirteenth for Aspar.

Sergio Garcia was 14th with the ultimate level on provide going to Darryn Binder for the Liqui Moly Intact GP group.

Type rider, Indonesia race winner Aron Canet was moved as much as sixteenth for Fantic racing after Deniz Oncu was demoted a spot for exceeding monitor limits on the final lap on the Purple Bull KTM Ajo bike.

The second Japanese rider within the class, rookie Ayumu Sasaki completed twenty first.

Albert Arenas went for slicks then second guessed himself and returned to his Gresini mechanics for a tyre change, resulting in a pit lane begin. He completed twenty second.

Joe Roberts gambled on exits and risked a tyre change within the race when he realised his moist tyres weren’t aggressive. The danger didn’t repay, leaving the American Racing rider twenty seventh.

Crashes, accidents and replacements

Daniel Munoz had a quick crash on Saturday and was later declared unfit with a proper ankle fracture.

2023 race winner Somkiat Chantra was checked on arrival at Motegi and given the all-clear to rider following his damage, picked up in Indonesia after contact from Aldeguer. The Honda group Asia rider missed his groups residence race after choosing up the sickness that has been doing the rounds within the paddock.

Their second rider, Mario Aji, was the one bike to retire.

Championship Standings

Ogura stays in cost total, with second taking him to 228 – a niche of sixty factors offing his first shot at taking the title on the subsequent spherical in Australia.

Garcia stays second total, regardless of choosing up simply seven factors within the final six rounds, now on 168.

Lopez is third on 163 whereas Canet ending our of the factors leaves him on 156.Mathematically everybody all the way down to Dixon can theoretically nonetheless win, with Arbolino formally out of the hunt after the journey to Motegi.

Within the rookie standings Senna Agius leads, staying on 47, with Moreira transferring on to36 factors, whereas Oncu didn’t rating remaining on a complete of 34.