Brno Moto3: Canet takes points lead with win

Snipers Honda duo Romano Fenati and Tony Arbolino led the first half of the race but the status quo was ended when Jaume Masia nearly hit Arbolino at Turn 1, shaking up the order.

Lorenzo Dalla Porta shot up to the lead from seventh in one lap, and then spent most of the time in first until the finish, holding the advantage at the start of each of the last five laps.

But Dalla Porta was overtaken by both Arbolino and Canet at Turn 3 of the last lap.

Canet then also pulled off a move on Arbolino and managed to pull away as Dalla Porta rejoined the fight, the Max Racing KTM rider crossing the line first by 0.159s.

Leopard Honda rider Dalla Porta passed Arbolino to finish second for the fifth time this year, falling three points being Canet in the championship.

Arbolino settled for third with Masia (Bester Capital KTM) taking fourth ahead of Niccolo Antonelli (SIC58 Honda).

Antonelli was the hero of the race after he lost his third-place grid position due to a bike failure and started from the pits, but still recovered to the top five.

Ai Ogura (Honda Team Asia) and Andrea Migno (Bester Capital) were sixth and seventh with Fenati settling for eighth, despite fighting for the win early on.

The top 10 was completed by local rider Jakub Kornfeil (PrustelGP KTM) and Darryn Binder (CIP KTM).

The race had several crashes, the first of them being John McPhee, who got off the line slowly and was hit violently from behind by debutant Yuki Kunii.

Kunii was briefly knocked unconscious after the hit, while McPhee was taken to the medical centre with leg pain, but wasn't diagnosed with any serious injuries.

EG0,0 Honda teammates Alonso Lopez and Sergio Garcia later collided, the former shoving the latter in frustration afterwards.

Tatsuki Suzuki, Tom Booth-Amos, Filip Salac, Riccardo Rossi, Albert Arenas, Kaito Toba, Celestino Vietti all fell during the race.

Gabriel Rodrigo missed the race after he fractured his right collarbone and pelvis in an FP2 crash.

Cla	Rider	Bike	Laps	Gap
1	Arón Canet	KTM	18
2	Lorenzo Dalla Porta	Honda	18	0.159
3	Tony Arbolino	Honda	18	0.217
4	Jaume Masia	KTM	18	0.404
5	Niccolo Antonelli	Honda	18	0.499
6	Ai Ogura	Honda	18	0.530
7	Andrea Migno	KTM	18	0.715
8	Romano Fenati	Honda	18	0.737
9	Jakub Kornfeil	KTM	18	1.063
10	Darryn Binder	KTM	18	1.757
11	Ayumu Sasaki	Honda	18	3.863
12	Raúl Fernández	KTM	18	5.470
13	Makar Yurchenko	KTM	18	5.495
14	Can Öncü	KTM	18	5.540
15	Dennis Foggia	KTM	18	8.259
16	Marcos Ramirez	Honda	18	9.056
17	Stefano Nepa	KTM	18	23.010
18	Deniz Öncü	KTM	18	25.241
19	Celestino Vietti Ramus	KTM	18	1'11.129
	Kazuki Masaki	KTM	16	2 Laps
	Alonso López	Honda	13	5 Laps
	Kaito Toba	Honda	13	5 Laps
	Sergio García	Honda	13	5 Laps
	Albert Arenas	KTM	5	13 Laps
	Riccardo Rossi	Honda	3	15 Laps
	Filip Salač	KTM	3	15 Laps
	Tatsuki Suzuki	Honda	1	17 Laps
	Tom Booth-Amos	KTM	1	17 Laps
	John McPhee	Honda	1	17 Laps
	Yuki Kunii	Honda
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