Sam Lowes took charge of and won the Moto2 Spanish Grand Prix, round fouও♛r of the championship.

The Elf Marc VDS rider lead the pack away from pole and ben🎐efited from not needing to move through the pack which has hampered his race results𓆏 so far this season.

The first lap saw Pedro Acosta leaꦍd after a poor start from the British rider, but he fought back immediately ⛎to be back in front at the start of lap two.

From there the #22 never looked back and v𒐪anished, watching his gap and responding to every attack the Spaniard behind made to win with eaღse, with a gap of 2.841 managed to the chequered flag.

Lowes took his first win since the he was last on the top spot at the 2021 Emilia Romagn🌃a Grand Prix and celebrated with a wheelie but missed his chance to set off the race winning fireworks, so the marshals called in the second placed man instead.

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Acosta happy with home podium

From second on the grid Pedro Acosta launched himselꩵf to perfection, but could not respond to Low🍨es.

The Re🎐d Bull KTM Ajo rider pushed to the very end but it was in vain as the #22 was uncatchable.

Back on the podium, but this t🉐ime not with the win, the #37 celbrated by climbing the trackside fence and celebrating with the home fans, throwing his boots into the crowd.

Alonso Lopez was a distant and lonely third, completing ❀the podium for CAG Speed Up as the top non-Kalex rider on the Boscoscuro.

Many riders were out of contention after qualifying, with the early gaps too much t♛o make up af𝐆ter moving through the field.

Tony Arbolino tried his best to remove his defecit - moving from tenth on the grid to fourth almost immediat♔ely thanks to a near perfect start. After that more progress was hard to come by and the podium finishers looked set once Ogura exited into the gravel. Finishing fourth the Italian was over ten seconds behind his race winning teammate. 

Aron Canet (Pons Wegow Los40) made up seven positions in the race after only placing twelfth in qualifying but was too far back to have an effect on the front of the race aft🐻er an electric run through his rivals for fifth.

Jake Dixon put his horror at Austin behind him. Thi🎶rd after Q2, the British rider had b𝕴een keen not to talk up his chances, not overly happy with his race pace or set up.

Sensibly, and kn💖owing a podium was unlikely, the Autosolar GasGas Aspar rider rode a sensible race to make sure he was back in the points, rivalling Canet in the closingꦬ stages on his way to sixth.

Somkiat Chantra enjoyed a late run through the pack to claim seventh for Idemitsu Honda, passing both Albert Arenas (Red Bull KTM Ajo) and ♑Filip Salac (QJMOTOR Gresini Moto2) leaving them eighth and ninth respectively.

Fermin Aldeguer was handed a long lap penalty for exceeding track limits too often on his CAG Speed Up machine, but had still done enough work to claim a top tܫen finish.

Sergio Garcia (Pons Wegow Los40)was the best of the rookies in eleventh, picking up sev⛎en places.

Manuel Gonzalez (Correos 🔜Prepago Yamaha VR46 Master Camp) also made forward progress from 16th to claim twelfth.

The remaning points on 🌳offer went to Fieten Olie Racing’s Barry Baltus in 13th, Joe Roberts for Italtrans in 14th and Lukas Tulovic, picking up his first score of the season in 15th for Liqui Moly Husqvarna.

After his podium last time out, there was no repeat for Bo Bendsneyder, who ended his racဣe in 17th .

Moto2 graduate Dennis Foggia was 18th ahead of Izan Guevara in ꦕ22nd after a long battle witꦏh ex-British Suprkies rider Rory Skinner who ended his Sunday in 24th.

Crashes, injuries and replacements 

Senna Agius (21st) filled in for the injured Darryn Bin🔜der at Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP who has fractures i𒈔n his hand following his COTA fall.

Lorenzo Dalla Porta (25th) had a mechanical issue on the warm-up lap so startedꦰ from pit lane and didn’t really feature.

Siochiro Minamimoto (26th) repl🍨aced Kohta Nozane (Correos Prepago Yamaha VR46 Master Squad).

Celestino Vietti was the first faller, speeding off🐬 at turn ten at the end of lap two.

Sean Dylan Kelly was the next to exit, l🔯asting nine laps.

2022 race winner A💟i Ogura was running fourth and had bridgeꦉd the gap to the riders ahead when he was racing with Tony Arbolino. Contact with his rivals back tyre saw him into the turn one gravel at the start of lap thirteen.

Senna Agius (21st) filled in for the injured Darryn Binder at Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP who has fractures in his hand following h🐻is COTA fall.

Alex Escrig returned to get his season underway. The Forward Team rider qualified last♋ on the grid and was withdrawn by his tea🔴m with shoulder pain still an issue.

Where does that leave the championship?

It is all tied at the top with today’s result leaving both Acosta and Arbo🍰lino on a total of 74, with results leaving the Spaniard placed ahead for now.

Aron Canet is third overall, 25 points behind the duo after finishing sixth, with Alonso Lopez four points behind him following his rostrum worthy ꦇperformance.