Australian Moto3: Guevara seals championship in style with a win

Izan Guevara became Moto3 World Champion with a win after coming out on top in a four-way scrap for victory in Philip Island in the Australian Grand Prix.
Izan Guevara, Moto3 race, Australian MotoGP, 16 October
Izan Guevara, Moto3 race, Australian MotoGP, 16 October

It was all celebrations on the Guevara side of the garage after the #28 came out on top of a four-way battle for a hard earned win in the Mot෴o3 Australian Grand Prix,꧒ round eighteen of the championship.

The Gaviota GasGas rider was in probably the fiercest battle for victory of the season - he wanted a title, his team-mate Sergio Garcia was enjoying a return to form to stop him. Ayumu Sasaki was the form ruder - taking 🐼pole and topping warm-up while Deniz Oncu was in the hunt for his elusive first win.

The▨y constantly swapped position for 23 laps before Guevara made his final move stick, pulꦉling out a small gap and leading the battle behind over the line by 0.345s.

 

 

Always under pressure, the Spaniard seemed determined to seal his title in style and early, which they did after he made hꦰimself un-passable. He celebrated with a #1 liveried bike and helmet brought onto the track by Nic🌊o Terol.

Oncu was in fourth in the quartet and looked like he was going to be dropped, a late rush saw him move into second overall, though a first Moto3 win rಌemains elusive for the Tuꦫrkish rider.

Sergio Garc♎ia, who lead the championship until four rounds ago had looked out of sorts as he was reeled in by his team-mate, but with the pressure of he looked back to his best as he claimed third and the final ro𝐆strum spot.

Pole man Ayumu Saskai sho൲wed he had the race day pace to run at the front. Unfortunately for the Sterilgarda Max Raciing rider, Oncu’s determined comeback saw him finish fourth and off the rostrum.

 

Where does that leave the championship?

 

Guevara takes the title in style adding the full 25 points available to his 🔜tally with his sixth victory 💙of the season, now 290. His third means the winning margin sits at a 65 point deficit to team-mate Garcia.

The group behind was just as busy chopping and changing, which allowed the lead four to pull away. Over the last laps it was Angelus♏s MTA Team ride✅r Stefano Nepa who pulled ahead leading another smalll train of riders over the line.

John McPhee did his share of attempting to catch up but ended up in sixt♌h in the second Sterilgarda Max entry. Rookie Diogo Moreira helped lead over the early laps, but had to settle seventh  for MT-Helmets MSI.

Joel Kelso bounced back from his 14th place on the grid to give the Australian crowd somꦇething to cheer, the home hero finished eighth on his CIP Green Power bike.

With a small delay for a rain shower as the race went to start to allow a dry line to form, De🏅nnis Foggia was too ꧒tentative in ninth as he looked uncomfortable in the changeable weather on the Leopard.

Riccardo Rossi completed the top ten best times for SIC 58 Squadra Corse ahead of impressive rookie Davis Munoz (BOE Motorsports) and the eqially inexperienced Izan Ortola (Angeluss MTA Team). Carlos Tatay split the pa𒁃ir in 12th for CFMoto Racing PruestelGP.

Th💧e remaining points on offer went to Xavier Art🦄igas (BOE Motorsports) fighting with red Bull KYM’s Jaume Masia in 14th and 15th respectively.

 

Crashes and penalties

 

Adrian Fernandez double long lap penalty for clearing out Garcia last race meant he was out of ꩲthe running in 18th.

Ryusei Yamanaka, M🔯ario Aji, Tatsuki Suzuki, Scott Ogden, Daniel Holgado and Taiyo Furusato all failed to go race distance.

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