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Jerez Moto3: Antonelli wins as Masia crashes

SIC58 Squadra Corse rider Niccolo Antonelli took his first Moto3 victory since 2016 at Jerez as championship contenders Jaume Masia and Marcos Ramirez crashed out.

David Gruz

Edited: May 5, 2019, 10:05 AM

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Niccolo Antonelli, SIC58 Squadra Corse

For most of the race, the lead was contested between Antonelli's teammate Tatsuki Suzuki and pole-sitter Lorenzo Dalla Porta with the duo trading positions on numerous occasions.

Their teammates Ramirez and Antonelli broke the status quo heading into the last couple of laps as both passed Suzuki.

But Ramirez ended up hitting the back of Antonelli on the exit of Turn 4, his bike dangerously sliding across the track and several riders coming close to hitting it.

In the end, everyone avoided it but Romano Fenati, the Italian caught out and forced to retire.

Antonelli stayed ahead for one more lap before Suzuki passed him, but rookie Celestino Vietti then moved to the front with a Turn 1 overtake on the penultimate lap.

Vietti was demoted by Antonelli at the final corner of the same lap and, despite running slightly wide at T6, Antonelli spent the entire last lap in the lead.

Antonelli scored his fourth Moto3 win, and his first since the 2016 Qatar opener.

Suzuki took his maiden Moto3 podium by passing Vietti, who bagged his second top-three finish in eight Moto3 races, at Turn 9.

Max Racing Team's Aron Canet spent the whole race in the top group and grabbed fourth to take the championship lead, one point ahead of Antonelli.

Albert Arenas (Angel Nieto) survived Gabriel Rodrigo dive-bombing - and crashing - at T13 of the opening lap and finished fifth ahead of Kaito Toba (Honda Team Asia) and Jakub Kornfeil (Pruestl GP).

Dalla Porta ran wide on the penultimate lap and in the end settled for eighth followed by Ai Ogura (Honda Team Asia) and Andrea Migno (Bester Capital Dubai).

Masia, who started the race as the championship leader, crashed on Lap 2 as fellow local riders Sergio Garcia and Raul Fernandez collided at Turn 6, the former taken out by the latter.

Tom Booth-Amos and Makar Yurchenko also crashed while Filip Salac retired in the pits.

Race results

Cla Rider Bike Laps Time Gap 1 Italy Niccolo Antonelli Honda 22 39'30.327 2 Japan Tatsuki Suzuki Honda 22 39'30.569 0.242 3 Italy Celestino Vietti Ramus KTM 22 39'30.632 0.305 4 Spain Aron Canet KTM 22 39'30.799 0.472 5 Spain Albert Arenas KTM 22 39'30.890 0.563 6 Japan Kaito Toba Honda 22 39'31.460 1.133 7 Czech Republic Jakub Kornfeil KTM 22 39'31.514 1.187 8 Italy Lorenzo Dalla Porta Honda 22 39'31.618 1.291 9 Japan Ai Ogura Honda 22 39'31.757 1.430 10 Italy Andrea Migno KTM 22 39'31.768 1.441 11 South Africa Darryn Binder KTM 22 39'37.163 6.836 12 United Kingdom John McPhee Honda 22 39'37.178 6.851 13 Japan Kazuki Masaki KTM 22 39'37.431 7.104 14 Spain Alonso Lopez Honda 22 39'37.440 7.113 15 Japan Ayumu Sasaki Honda 22 39'37.446 7.119 16 Italy Dennis Foggia KTM 22 39'39.295 8.968 17 Italy Tony Arbolino Honda 22 39'40.579 10.252 18 Turkey Can Öncü KTM 22 39'45.801 15.474 19 Italy Stefano Nepa KTM 22 40'01.311 30.984 20 Spain Vicente Perez KTM 22 40'01.362 31.035 21 Riccardo Rossi Honda 22 40'09.189 38.862 22 Meikon Kawakami KTM 22 40'18.221 47.894 23 Spain Marcos Ramirez Honda 22 40'45.176 1'14.849 Makar Yurchenko KTM 21 38'31.715 1 Lap Sergio Garcia Honda 18 32'20.580 4 Laps Spain Raul Fernandez KTM 18 32'20.825 4 Laps Italy Romano Fenati Honda 18 32'21.011 4 Laps United Kingdom Tom Booth-Amos KTM 18 32'55.504 4 Laps Argentina Gabriel Rodrigo Honda 14 25'50.040 8 Laps Filip Salac KTM 10 18'12.168 12 Laps Spain Jaume Masia KTM 2 3'43.018 20 Laps View full results

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