Raul Fernandez ꦐknew he had to win the race to stand a chance of taking the Moto2 crown but Remy Gardner managed𒐪 his race behind to stay out of trouble. Only needing a top thirteen finish the Australian took the title from tenth in the Moto2 Valencian Grand Prix, the final round of the championship.

The Moto2 race was a shortened affair with the ori🌳ginal start seeing contact between Marco Bezzecchi and Xavi Vierge. The Italian’s bike swung straight in front of Lorenzo Baldassarri, who could not avoid it. That lead to aꦰ red flag to clear up the resulting oil spill.

The restart saw polesitter Si⛄mone Corsi have bike issues and try a pit lane start before retiring back to his garage.

Theꦇ opening laps were frantic and Raul Fernandez had to run at the front and take risks to ke⛦ep his diminishing title hope alive. Augusto Fernandez found his way to the front to give the Spaniard a tough job. 

When Fabio Di Giannantonio move🎃d up the inside to the lead the rookie sl𝓰otted in behind the Gresini bike instead, making his move to the front at the start of lap fourteen and remaining ahead to the line.

As the number 25 collected his eighth win of the ✨season by 0.517s - one more than Marc Marquez managed in a then slightly shorter season - Remy Gardner had found a way past Tom Luthi and to clear track to finish ꦛtenth and take the title.

Remy and Wayne Gardner are just the second father and son p༒air to win world championship titles, following in the footsteps 🅠of Kenny Roberts and his son, Kenny Roberts Jr.

Missing out by just four points, ♛Raul Fernandez was among the first to congratulate the Austra🍒lian, and helped in the celebrations for his Red Bull KTM Kalex team-mate - wearing the t-shirt celebrating Gardner’s Portimao win in the season.

Federal Oil Gresini’s Di Giannantonio went on t♕o finish second in his last race before he too ꧋moves up to MotoGP.

Augusto Fernandez topped warm-up and carried that speed into the frantic first few laps. The Elf Marc VDS racing rider proved to be a hard man to pass ☂at the front on his way to third to complete 𓂃the podium.

Celestino Vietti turned up ready for a battle and produced his best result in Moto2 after a fiery performance, the rookie making sure his replica Valentino Rossi helmet to commemorate his retirement got plenty of airtime 👍on the Sky VR46 Racing team bike.

He fought hard with Xavi Vierge who brought home the Petronas Sprinta Racing bike in sixth - he was passed by a determined Aron Canet late in the race for fifth on the Boscoscuro, breaking up the Kalex do🍷minance with Inde Aspar. 

Sam Lowes pushed through the pain barrier after hurting his foot earlier in the weekend to take the c꧑hequered flag in seventh.

Termozeta Speed Up's Jorge Navarro was eighth ahead of Marcel Schrotter (Liqui Moly Intact GP), who had a lonely last few laps for ninth , well behind Lowes but clear of Gardner as he tꦜried to remain as saf🅺e and sensible behind.

Tetsuta Nagashima was back 🍸again to replace Lorenzo Dalla Porta at Italtrans.The Japanese rider kept Gardner honest, racing him all the way as he crossed the line in eleventh.

Tom Luthi took his world championship bow in twelfth for Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team. The retiring Swiss rider w🔥ill be back in the paddock next sea𒁏son as Sporting Director at Pruestel.

Stefano Manzi was just over a sec👍ond further down the track in 13th for Flexbox HP40. The Italiaꦿn had American Racing’s Marcos Ramirez for company in 14th. 

Hafizh Syahrin brought home the NTS RW Racing machine home in 15th to collect the final poꦰint on offer. Jake Dixon just missed out in 𓄧16th on the second Petronas entry.

Ekky Dimas Pratama took over the wildcard appearance available after Piotr Biesirkirski had to withdraw due to a positive Covid test. He was the first to exit after the restart. Hector Garzo also f🌼ailed to fi♌nish.

Joe Roberts had made♚ it through Q1 before a fa๊ll on Saturday. The American was later diagnosed with a collarbone injury so was absent from the race.

Ai Ogura had already been declared unfit to ride following his foot fracture, picked up in Portim🌱ao.&nbཧsp;