Round twelve of the Moto2 championship, the Ara🌳gon Grand Prix, was won by a superbly timed performance from Jake Dixon, as everyone from him above felt the title become a possibility as Sergio Garcia finished his day pulling into the pit lane at MotorLa♛nd Aragon.

Dixon started from pole on his Kalex, and despite doubt🐲s about his tyre choice on the drying, dirty track immediately took a lead. After some chopping and changing following a frantic, crash filled first lap, it was Tony Arbolino who was in behind, keeping the pressure on the Inde Aspar rider.

A brief stint out front for the fℱirst time this season gave the Elf Marc VDS rider hope, but Dixon soon re-took the lead with ease on lap six after a look at his riva💧l.

It was lap 🧸sixteen which saw Dixon put in the fastest lap of the race to break Arbolino and pull away, holding his advantage over the final three laps to win by 1.779s.

The #96 picked up his second win of the season, and his fifth podium after a difficult sta﷽rt to the year - celebrating by busting out dance moves and a handstand, while Arbolino was making his first rostrum visit of the 🔯season.

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It was another podium first-timer in third, with rookie Deniz Oncu completing a strong weekend on the Red Bull KTM Ajo, from fourth on the grid ꦗafter shaking off his rivals for position to also hold his own gap at the chequered flag.

Alonso Lopez had dominated practice, setting a new record of the track, before only managing the sixth best lap in qualifying. The Sync Speed Up rider wasted no time 🍒in picking up positions to be a feature of the chasing group as it evolved, before a sl🐼ight fade to fourth, and the top Boscoscuro rider to finish.

Manuel Gonzalez survived his early contact with Aron♓ Canet to fin💧ish a lonely fifth for QJMotor Gresini.

The MotoGP bound Somkiat Chantra (Idemitsu Honda Team Asia) impressed, keeping his head to move forward as his rivals fell for sixth, gaining an extra place when Joe Roberts, who ওwas ahead at the time, was sent around the penalty loop for his move on Vietti which saw the Italian lose track position.

Marcos Ramirez was battling with his American Racing teammate Roberts, together as the Californian re-joined from the loop, when Roberts was a late faller, punching the gravel in frustra💙t🌺ion, and leaving Ramirez seventh.

Ogura makes injury comeback in eighth, team-mate Garcia suffers DNF

Ai Ogura had only crashed once in 2024, but it took him out of the Austrian round. Making his comeback at Aragon has been tricky with showers and a dirty tracꦍk, so the MT Helmets - MSI rider was a careful qualifier in 16th.

The Japanese rider gave everything in the race to pus🌺h is way up 🐈to eighth, with a late overtake on Darryn Binder, his team congratulating him on his return to the garage.

The ot𒀰her side of the pit box had a v♔ery different story unfolding.

Sergio Gar✱cia leads the championship from fell🌠ow MT Helmets rider Ogura, but struggled in Austria in 14th, lessening his grip on the title. An incident between rounds saw him arrive with an injured shoulder, with a crash earlier in the weekend seeing him land on the other side.

Battered and bruised, the Spaniard qualified down in 28th, and was 26th when he was handed a penalty for exceeding track limits as he struggled to control his bike. Garcia instead p🌠ulled into the pits and out of the race, scoring zero points at home.

Binder was ninth for Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP, clear of Celestino Vietti, Austria’s winner and pole man, who recovered from his contact to complete the top ten on the second Re🃏d Bull entry.

Filip Salac was the best of the riders who received a 3 place grid pe꧃nalty for riding slow ahead of qualifying, in eleventh for Elf Marc VDS, with Ayumu Sasaki up from 18th on the grid for twelfth, his first points finish in his rookie year with Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Team. The Japanese rider was quick to celebrate with his good friend, race winner Dixon.

The reꦦmaining points on offer went to Barry Baltus who held 13th after recovering from running wide earlier in the race for RW - Idrofoglia Racing GP, his teammate Zonta van den Goorbergh who finished 14th a𒉰fter passing Mario Aji (Idemitsu Honda Team Asia) in 15th.

Crashes, Injuries and Replacements.

A hectic fi🧸rst lap saw Izan Guevara as the first to exit at turn 3, he w🧜on in the Moto3 class at the last race held at Aragon in 2023.

Xavier Artigas had issues with his Klint Forward bike on the sighting lap, hi💛s day got worse with a opening♋ lap fall.

Aron Canet had contact with Gonzalez at turn seven, and 🦄the pushed too hard to compensate for his drop into the pack, falling out of contention at turn nine, off line and ꦕon the dirty part of the track.

Bo Bendsneyder was next to exit.

With thirteen laps remaining Fermin Aldeguer tried to go up the inside of Oncu, but hesitated, then went for a gap that no longer existꦗed, clipping the Turkis♔h rider. That contact sent him into a huge, nasty highside at turn thirteen.

Dennis Foggia also failed to finish.

Championship Standings

Garcia remains to Moto2 championship leadeඣr, b𒊎ut remains on 162 points after his DNF.

Ogura picked up eight points, moving him closer, now on 150 points, with the riders behind all in a posit👍ion to see the championship as a possibility too.

Roberts late꧅ crash leaves him on 130, allowing Lopez to overtake him for third, as he moves onto 133.

💙Jake Dixon💦 is the for rider win two wins in three races, and another 25 points sees him move onto 119 points after twelve races.