MotoGP Japanese GP: Full Moto2 and Moto3 race results

The 20-lap Moto3 race kicked off proceedings on grand prix Sunday at Motegi, with the stormy conditions seen on Saturday giving way to beaming sunshine.

Aspar’s Guevara, Leopard Honda’s Dennis Foggia, Max Racing Husqvarna rider Ayumu Sasaki and Ajo KTM’s Jaume Masia ran line astern for much of the race as the breakaway leading quartet.

Guevara would make his decisive move in the latter stages and got to the chequered flag 0.593 seconds clear of Foggia to claim his fifth win of the 2022 season.

The Aspar GasGas rider’s teammate and nearest championship rival Sergio Garcia was a distance 9.3s adrift in fourth at the chequered flag and is now 45 points down in the championship.

Masia looked threatening in the latter stages, but crashed out heavily going through the Turn 12 left-hander when the rear of his KTM broke away and tipped him into a highside.

This released Foggia into second, as long-time leader Sasaki completed the podium on home soil.

Garcia fended off BOE Motorsports KTM rider David Munoz for fourth, with MT Helmets KTM’s Diogo Moreira heading Max Racing’s John McPhee, the sister MT Helmets bike of Ryusei Yamanaka, Snipers Honda’s Andrea Migno and Riccardo Rossi on the SIC58 Honda rounding out the top 10.

There was no fairy tale Sunday for home favourite poleman Tatsuki Suzuki, who crashed his Leopard Honda in the early stages while running in the lead group.

Izan Guevara, GasGas Aspar Team

Photo by: Gold and Goose / Motorsport Images

Moto3 results

Cla	Rider	Bike	Gap	Points
1	Izan Guevara	GASGAS		25
2	Dennis Foggia	Honda	0.593	20
3	Ayumu Sasaki	Husqvarna	1.741	16
4	Sergio García	GASGAS	9.338	13
5	David Munoz	KTM	9.414	11
6	Diogo Moreira	KTM	9.743	10
7	John McPhee	Husqvarna	9.815	9
8	Ryusei Yamanaka	KTM	15.490	8
9	Andrea Migno	Honda	15.573	7
10	Riccardo Rossi	Honda	15.687	6
11	Xavier Artigas	CF MOTO	22.023	5
12	Stefano Nepa	KTM	22.656	4
13	Iván Ortolá Díez	KTM	22.914	3
14	Taiyo Furusato	Honda	24.419	2
15	Deniz Öncü	KTM	30.368	1
16	Elia Bartolini	KTM	45.070
17	Mario Suryo Aji	Honda	45.199
18	Adrian Fernandez	KTM	48.531
19	Ana Carrasco	KTM	53.259
20	Scott Ogden	Honda	1'06.056
21	Kaito Toba	KTM	3 Laps
	Jaume Masia	KTM	4 Laps
	Lorenzo Fellon	Honda	11 Laps
	Nicola Fabio	KTM	14 Laps
	Tatsuki Suzuki	Honda	16 Laps
	Daniel Holgado	KTM	17 Laps
	Kanta Hamada	Honda	17 Laps
	Carlos Tatay	CF MOTO
	Joel Kelso	KTM
	Joshua Whatley	Honda
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In the 22-lap Moto2 race, drama struck early on as poleman Aron Canet crashed out of a healthy lead on the fourth tour.

This thrust Honda Team Asia’s Ogura into a victory fight having carved his way into the top five in the early stages from 13th on the grid.

Once in front, Ogura opened up a lead of over a second to keep championship rival Augusto Fernandez on the Ajo KTM-run Kalex in second at bay.

Alonso Lopez completed the podium on his Speed Up ahead of Aspar’s Jake Dixon and brief leader Somkiat Chantra (Honda Team Asia).

Tony Arbolino faded out of podium contention to sixth for Marc VDS ahead of Aragon winner Pedro Acosta (Ajo KTM), Aspar’s Albert Arenas, SAG Racing’s Bo Bendsneyder and the Gresini Kalex of Filip Salac.

Ogura’s third win of 2022 means he is now just two points from Fernandez in the standings, while crashes for Canet and VR46’s Celestino Vietti have all but ended their hopes at 57 and 72 points adrift.

Moto2 results

Cla	Rider	Bike	Gap	Points
1	Ai Ogura	Kalex		25
2	Augusto Fernandez	Kalex	1.192	20
3	Alonso López	Boscoscuro B-21	7.168	16
4	Jake Dixon	Kalex	7.597	13
5	Somkiat Chantra	Kalex	12.255	11
6	Tony Arbolino	Kalex	14.189	10
7	Pedro Acosta	Kalex	14.520	9
8	Albert Arenas	Kalex	18.410	8
9	Bo Bendsneyder	Kalex	20.398	7
10	Filip Salač	Kalex	23.140	6
11	Cameron Beaubier	Kalex	23.604	5
12	Joe Roberts	Kalex	23.733	4
13	Marcel Schrotter	Kalex	24.171	3
14	Barry Baltus	Kalex	33.795	2
15	Lorenzo Dalla Porta	Kalex	35.548	1
16	Zonta van den Goorbergh	Kalex	40.006
17	Taiga Hada	Kalex	42.496
18	Keminth Kubo	Kalex	46.492
19	Sean Dylan Kelly	Kalex	49.126
20	Marcos Ramirez	MV Agusta	1'09.754
	Jeremy Alcoba	Kalex
	Jorge Navarro	Kalex
	Niccolo Antonelli	Kalex
	Arón Canet	Kalex
	Celestino Vietti Ramus	Kalex
	Simone Corsi	MV Agusta
	Alessandro Zaccone	Kalex
	Fermin Aldeguer	Boscoscuro B-21
	Manuel Gonzalez	Kalex
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