A waterspout just before the start of the intermediate category results in a race in which only 8 laps were completed and which shared half of the points in the standings
Just as the Moto3 race, which had been held on dry land, was drawing to a close, the sky closed over the Chang track and water began to flow onto the newly constructed Moto2 grid. Chaos took over and the mechanics rushed to put water tires on motorcycles that had been prepared dry. A few minutes late, a race that had been reduced from the original 24 laps to 16 started, although it could be felt from the start that the curtain of water forming on the straight would make it very difficult to complete the entire race distance.
The Thai fans enjoyed the lead from their local idol, Somkiat Chantra, who had started from pole and led the race until he crashed without completing the second lap. This left two Spaniards at the front of the race, Alonso López and Arón Canet, who barely stayed on top of the bike. Conditions were hellish, the bikes were aquaplaning in the middle of the straight and the riders were making gestures to stop the race. But eight laps passed before the red flag finally appeared. By that point, Italian Tony Arbolino had reached the front of the race, with Czech Filip Salac in second and Canet retaining third.
After half an hour of waiting where the rain came to give a few minutes of rest, during which the pit lane was opened and the bikes returned to the track, another waterspout put a definitive end to the Moto2 race. The results were based on race positions before stopping. In this way, Arbolino took his first and unexpected victory in Moto2, Salac his first podium and Arón Canet returned to the box. In the championship, half of the points at stake were shared and leader Augusto Fernández minimized the damage with his rival, Ai Ogura. Both finished seventh and sixth respectively and the Spaniard retains the lead in the Moto2 World Championship by a point and a half over the Japanese.
Source: La Verdad
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