Moto3 got the unenviable job of being the first riders to try out the cold, wet and windy conditions, which arrived just as predicted. Round sixteen of the championship went Deniz Oncu🔯’s way after a well timed overta🎐ke on the final lap in the Australian Moto3 Grand Prix.

Chaos on the sighting lap

The crashes began before the race sta♍rted. Holgado had a violent highside which left his bike so battered it no longer had a number. Holgado himself had a cut to the face.

Moreira and Bertelle also fell, wꦗith Vincente Perez running off track enough to visit the pits for running repairs in the BOE garage. Indonesia winner Moreira was sat in his garage on a chair with no bike available for a long spell. Once🎃 on show it was in a worse state than Holgado’s. It was later revealed in the team press release that the #10 rider had lost consciousness, but was allowed to race. Moreira later retired with dizziness.

Amazingly, both Perez🃏 and Holgado line🐷d up on the grid, while Moreira got his bike running from the pit lane.

The early stages of the race belonged to Adrian Fernandez, who felt out the conditions at the front on ꧂his Leopard.

Falling from the lead at turn eleven with six laps remaining, he handed o💞ver to pole man Ayumu Sasaki.

The Liqui Moly Husqvarna rider had gotten to grips with the testing conditions🍌, with O🌼ncu stalking behind.

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Despite the fact the lea🔯d duo had the shivers they were so cold in parc ferme, they put on a superb last lap show.

After a few rehearsals, the Red Bull KTM Ajo rider lined up Sasaki at MG, and bravely went for the win. All a bit sketchy, the Turkish rider made his mꦜove stick to lead over t༺he line by 0.407s.

Oncu survived several wobbles to claim his third win of the season, much in the same style as his last lap win over his Japanese rival back in Germany, while Sasaki picked🎶 up his sixth second place.

Home hero Joel Kelso✅ started second, his best grid placing so far 🐟in his career, and with a new contract under his belt he was up for a home podium.

Able to work his way back into top🍰 three contention rapidly as Collin Veijer fell from the lead group, the Australian was four seconds behind the leaders for third, as the CFMoto Racing PℱruestelGP rider collected his best result to date.

Veijer was dropped on the second Husqvqrna bike almost t𓆉wenty seconds off what was needed for a rostrum, but was safe from being taken over as long as he stayed upright as there was a further cushion of around eight seconds until the next rider reached the chequered flag,

Fifth ꦿwent to Adrian Fernandez, who took the position despite his fall from the lead, such were the gaps as caution took it’s toll on the race in the wet, windy conditions.

He had Riccardo Rossi right beꦐhind him in sixth, providing pressure all the way to the line for SIC58 Squadra Corse.

Taiꦡyo Furusato bridged the space in front of him for a close seventh for Honda Team Asia, equalling his best f🐲inish, which came just last race.

Championship ride from Masia.

Championship leader Masia displayed his credentials in the wet early, topping warm-up. However by the time the r♈ace arrived the weather had worsen💃ed significantly, so the #5 prioritised finishing the race for important championship points.

The Leopard rider brought his Leopard home righ🅰t behind Furusato for eighth.

Matteo Bertelle was a near ninth for Rivacold S🍒nipers, Lorenzo fel🐻lon completed the top ten for CIP Green Power.

His teammate for the weekend Nicola Carraro was a distant eleventh, while twelfth wen🐎t to Stefano Nepa for the Angeluss MTA Team.

The remaining points went to Daniel Holgado, 13th after h🌳is pre-race fall for Red Bull KTM Ajo, VisionTrack’s Joshua Whatley, taking his best result in 14th and Ryusei Yamanaka in 15꧒th for Aspar.

Crashes, injuries and replacements

Only three other riders made it to t♉he end of the race - Xavier Artigas, Kaito Toba and rookie Jose Antonio Rueda.

Toba, Whatley and Artigas (double) all completed long lap penalties, as did David Munoz (also double) before he fell out of contention after working his way bac﷽♏k into the top ten.

Vincent🎃e Perez replaced Ana Carrasco at BಞOE Motorsports, as she recovers from surgery and was the last rider to exit.

Romano✅ Fenati had Nicola Carraro fill in for him again at Rivacold Snip♚ers.

Scott Ogden was not allowed to qualify after suffering bike issues since arriving in Australia♎ left him within a lap time within the minimum to continue after practice.

Where does that leave the championship?

There was noꩵ change in the title hunt as his podium sees Sasaki remain second, now on ⛦; 213 points after his second place.

Masia still leads the way moving from 209 🎉to 217 points, just fou🌼r points now thedifference.  Holgado sees his tally move to 194.

Alonso did not pick up any points so stays oꦜn 180 in fourth.