British Moto3: Victory for Foggia as title leaders fall at Silverstone

Dennis Foggia found his way to the front at the right time to win the frantic Moto3 Grand Prix at Silverstone.
Dennis Foggia , Moto3 race, British MotoGP, 7 August
Dennis Foggia , Moto3 race, British MotoGP, 7 August

 

Round twelve of the championship got off to an🎐 electric start as the race result went all the way to the c🌊hequered flag with Dennis Foggia coming out on top after a crash filled final few laps of the Moto3 British Grand Prix.

The Leopard ๊rider had attempted a breakaway earlier in the race but the chaotic nature of the grand prix, filled with overtakes and ꦰerrors, meant he was soon reeled in by his team-mate Tatsuki Suzuki and Deniz Oncu.

Sitting in the pack, the Italian hit the front after swapping position with Jaume Masia on the final trip around ♋the Silverstone circuit, which saw him free of trouble and first over the finish line for Leopard Honda.

It is just the second win of the season for the number seven, with his first com🐭ing at the second round in Indonesia. 

Masia )Red Bull KTM Ajo) had given himself a massive task after not making it out of Q1, qualifying down in 21st on the grid. He stayed in that position in the 🗹first few corners, but soon got to charging through the pack and making himself known in the lead group.

After 🏅briefly lꦺeading the last lap, he chased Foggia all the way to the line but fell 0.252s short after a great comeback ride.

The final podium spot went to Oncu, who lead at 🐭various points over the race distance. The Red Bull KTM Tech3 rider earneཧd his first rostrum visit of the year after pulling away from the rest of the chasing pack over the final corners, continuing his run of being in the points at every round so far.

Fourth went to K🐓aito Toba. Fourteenth on the grid, the CIP Green Power rider made his moves almost unnoticed over the final laps, aided in part by all the late crashes aheadꦅ of him.

Stefano Nepa followed the Japanese rider through for fifth for Anಞgeluss MTA Tea✱m.

Polesitter Diogo Moreira (MT Helmets-MSI) set records by claiming the first spot on the grid, bec🐻oming the first Brazilian to take a lightweight pole. In the race the rookie got off to a great start and lead for a short 🦹stint before getting beaten up by a series of tough overtakes in the highly competitive race. He rallied for sixth in the closing stages. 

John McPhee found himself at the front of the race many times over as did much of the chasing pack over the duration, running wide several times over at Brooklands, with a late forced mov♔e to the outside by Suzuki whichsaw his chance of a podium fade.The Sterilgarda Husqvarna Max racing rider gave the home 🔯crowd plenty to cheer after a superb rider to secure seventh.

Ryusei Yamanaka turned his f▨irst front row into an eighth placed finish on the second MT Helmets -MSI entry.

Andrea Migno was another rider making late gains, spending much of his time racing for the positions outside the poin🧜ts, he had made it up to ninth with some smooth passes on the Rivacold Snipers bike in the frantic final laps.

Carlos Tatay (CFMoto Racing PruestelGP) had a similar storౠy, crossing the line just behind to complete the top ten.

Tatay’s team-mate Xav♔ier Artigas was in🃏 their group both out of the points places and in as he came through for eleventh. 


Scott Ogden also featured in that pack and as their battle moved through the fieܫld he crossed the line a much improved twelfth in his home grand prix for VisionTrack Racing after qualifying down in 24th after a tough Saturday for r🍸ider and team.

SIC58 Squadra Corse riders Lorenzo Fellon and Riccardo Rossi were 13th and 14th respectively while Adrian Fernand🌺ez picked up the final poiint for Red Bull KTM Tech3, despite serving a penalty in the race around the long lap loop for causing a crash in Assen.

 

Crashes cover the final laps of Silverstone.

There had not been a single🙈 crash in the Moto3 class at Silverstone until the Moto3 Grand Prix hit the final three laps.

Sergio Garcia came into the race as champions🌸hip leader, with a sli𓄧m three point advantage and his closest rival, team-mate Izan Guevara, ahead of him on track.

Garcia came through Q1 for elev𝔍enth on the grid and had worked his way into the lead pack with three laps to go wh🦂en Ayumu Sasaki, fixated on the riders ahead, smacked into the back of his GasGas Aspar bike and took him out of the race.

Bꦉoth of the Spaniard’s DNF’s this season have come after being collided with after also being taken out in Texas.

Sasaki was taken away from the track on a stretcher but was reported to be conscious. He was later transferred to the medical centre by ambulance ꦺfor further checks.

Soon after, Izan Guevara, who had been an early frontrunner for much of th🥀e early laps before sitting back in the main group, saw his hopes of a podium end when he was also collected, this time by rookie Ivan Ortola. Ortola had made huge steps to reach the front of the race, setti🌟ng a new best race lap before the unfortunate incident. 

The drama hadn’t finished unfolding with Suzuki falling soon after, cutting a frustrated figure as he punched the barrier when he walked away from his strewn Leopa♈rd. Victorious team-mate Foggia gave him a lift back to the paddock on the back of his bike🧸.

Tatsuki Suzuki, Dennis Foggia, Moto3 race, British MotoGP, 7 August
Tatsuki Suzuki, Dennis Foggia, Moto3 race, British MotoGP, 7 August

David Munoz was next to exit at Luffield, he had come back from 19th o♒n the grid and a long lap penalty to be in with a shout of a rostrum finish. Daniel Holgado also failed to finish.

Joshua Whatley, had been under the weather all weekend but turned 26th on the grid in♐to a 21st palce finish in his home round on the s🌼econd VisionTrack entry.


Joel Kelso is absent until at least the next round after his incident with Adrian Fernandez at the last round. He is replaced at CIP Green Power by Marc Garcia (ﷺ22nd)

Matteo Bertelle 🍌is expected to miss the rest of the season as he recovers from injury, Nicola Carraro (20th) replaces him at QJ🦩Motor Avinta Racing for the rest of the year.

Where does that leave the championship?

 

With both of the title leaders out the gap at the top of the table remains unchanged, with Garcia still enjoying a small three 💃point lead with a total of 182 over fellow Gaviota G💟asGas rider Guevara.

Dennis Foggia’s win reignites his championship charge as he got to t𝓡ake a full 25 points out of his defecit, now just 42 points behind the Spanish duo.

Second place moves Masia up to fourth now 55 points off Garcia’s total. A DNF s🗹ees Sasaki slip to sixth overall, with Oncu also passing him in the title standings.

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