Round seven of the Moto2 chamཧpionship, the Italian Grand Prix, saw Joe Roberts fight off Manuel Gonzalez all the way to the finish for just his second ever 𒊎race win.

Starting from pole,𒐪 the American Racing rider took an early lead, but succumbed to pressure from Alonso Lopez.

The duo being at war allowed them to both be passed, with Lopez out front both Aron Canet and Gonzalez seized the 🅷opportunity to get involved in the battle at the front.

Lap nine saw the Californian sat back in behind Lopez. The #18, who had several wobbles over the shortened twelve lap distance on his Kalex (a knock on from the Moto3 race red flag) made his mov♏e at turn one to lead again.

The Gresini bike fought back and the pair put on a show, swapping position corn🐓er after corner.

Roberts went deep and stayed ahead, leading to a guarded and defensive final two laps to lead over the line by just 0.067s.
 

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It is just the second time Robe🥃rts has won in Moto2, the💞 first also coming in a shortened race, the Portuguese round in 2022.

Gonzaleꦜz has endured an up and down season, finishing outside the top twenty in the last two races. The QJMotor rider was hoping for a first ever race win and kept the pressure on all the way to the line for second, his best result of the season.

Lopez fought back to finish third. Though the MV Conveyors Speed Up rider was dropped in the rush to the line꧟,  but the Boscoscuro rider was still pleased to pick up a podium, celebrating by riding his bike to parc ferme side saddle.

💫Champion🌊ship leader Sergio Garcia took his teammate Ai Ogura late in the race to claim fourth for MT Helmets - MSI.

Catalan winner Ogura had fought up from twelf✱th on the first lap to be in the lead group before being forced to settlꩲe for fifth.

Aron Canet also made big moves🐼, as high as second on his way to sixth ꧙for Fantic Racing.

Celestino Vietti waღs the top Italian in Mugello in a lonely seventh, using his extensive track knowledge to help mask his performance issues on the Red Bull KTM Ajo bike.

Izan Guevara fought ܫhis way to the front of the chasing group for eighth,ဣ his best performance of the year and second best Moto2 result since moving into the class for CFMoto Inde Aspar.

Somkiat Chantra had lead the way on Friday but never saw the same improvem🍎ents to move him forward with the leaders. The Idemitsu Honda team Asia rider pushed Guevara all the way to the chequered flag for ninth.

M⛄arcos Ramirez succumbed to a series of early passes and never really recovered f𝕴rom his fall back on the first lap, leaving him to complete the top ten for American Racing.

Diogo Moreira collected his best Moto2 f🍎inish in eleventh for Italtrans, the top rooki💟e in the race.

Jake Dixon fought back after a diff꧋icult weekend to climb to twelfth from 15th on the grid on the second CFMoto Inde Aspar entry.

Deniz Oncu was back in the points in his first yeaꦅr in the class, a new best res⛎ult of 13th for the Red Bull KTM Ajo rookie.

Dixon, Oncu and Zonta van 🌊den Goorbergh were all close on track with the RW Idrofoglia Racing GP rider the last of the trio over the finish line in 14th.

Mario Aji was back in the points for the second rac🔜e in a row, taking the chequered flag in 15th for the Idemitsu team.

Former championship runner-up, Tony Arbolino had to give a place back in the race for overtaking under a yellow flag. The Marc VDS rider continued his difficult season with ⛎a 16th place finish, just behind Aji and just out of the points.

Crashes, Injuries and Replacements

Daniel Munoz w🍬as back as a replacement for Bo Bendsneyder at the Pertamina Mandalika Gas Up team, placing 22nd.

Alex Escrig completed a double long 🧸lap penalty for🃏 a jump start on his way to 24th.

Fermin Aldeguer sat out Q2 with neck pain and was sent to hospital for tests, leaving him P18 on the grid. Declared fit to race at the circuit in the morning, the MB Conveyors Speed Up rider had no🐎t made any forward progress when he was involved in a collision with Jeremy Alcoba, with their incident due to be reviewed post-race.

Alcoba’s bike flew back onto the tr🔥ack with all the riders behind successfully taking evasive action.

Darryn Binder had been enjoying a much improved weekend of Moto2 ac⛎tion, qualifying fifth. The South African was holding that position in the race when he fell at turn eight, a fast exit at Arribbiata 1.

Filip Salac and Ayumu Sasaki also fell out of contention, wildcard Mattia Pasini fell from his Team Ciatti Boscoscur❀o on the last lap, but finished 26th.

Championship Standings

The result sees Garcia still hold the overall lead, moving on to 122 after his fo🗹urth place in the race. A win sees Roberts close in, no💛w just seven points shy of the Spaniard’s total.

Ogura remains fourth on 99 points, 23 adrift of the lead, with Alonso Lopez taking over from his teammate in fourth on 79, with Aldeguer remaining on🌳 63 after his DNF.