Success and title for a great Izan Guevara

It’s Guevara is the new Moto3 world champion after signing big with his sixth win of the year and seventh in Moto3 a great finish to the race at Phillip Island. He doesn’t have to win, but no one is bitter about the sweetness of decanting the crown of a victory to show who was the greatest of the year. He led Oncu and his teammate García Dols and in a mini-celebration he exchanged helmets with his mentor in the Aspar team, Nico Terol, who joined in a tight hug on the day Gaviota GasGas Aspar was the team champion was also proclaimed.

In his second year at the World Cup, Guevara added to his crown as his compatriot Joan Mir did in 2017 on this very circuit, the third Mallorcan world champion in history along with Jorge Lorenzo, the pioneer. After a careful eighth position in Losail, in Mandalika, a circuit unknown to everyone, he achieved his first podium of the year. The first victory was within reach at Termas de Río Hondo, but a mechanical problem forced him to retire when he led eight of the first nine laps of the race. He will pay for it in front of the Spanish fans in Jerez with a huge exit at the last turn 13 to García Dols and Oncu to seal an epic victory, the second of his career after Austin in his 2021 rookie year.

A year with six wins and 11 podiums

And began a long streak of podiums at Le Mans, Mugello, Catalunya, Sachsenring that allowed him to put himself in second position in the fight for the title, just three points behind his teammate Dols. In the next race he fell, like his colleague, and the first leadership of his life failed. He had to be patient until Misano and in his third he was already in front and did not let go of the leader of the world championship. With the wins in Aragón and Japan, he got a certain boost and then he just had to use his experience in the pre-world categories and that allowed him to close the third title in the last four year.

The start of the race was declared dry and as it had rained up to an hour before, they were given a safety margin of five extra minutes so that the descent (turns 9 and 10) would dry out even more. With the island calm that is characteristic of him, Guevara spoke calmly for DAZN on the grid.

García Dols took the race leader from Sasaki and in seventh place in the group Guevara settled with Foggia claiming three places with respect to twelfth on the grid and it was the mixed conditions at the start that was never the talent of Italian. . A belligerent quintero with Moreira, Dols, Sasaki, Oncu and Ortolá moved a few meters away from Guevara who remained quietly to see them arrive ahead of the pursuers.

In four laps, everything was settled in the race led by Dols, who had already shown the best pace of the entire weekend, Foggia was missing the action and Guevara was looking for the tail of his teammate GasGas, a position that gave the him of the virtual title and only for some curves it was given in the fifth lap, until Sasaki and Moreira got in the way. With greater determination he achieved this on the eighth lap and by the ninth lap he had started to lead the race and GasGas Aspar had put half a second on their pursuers with 15 laps to go.

Dols, a better braker than Izan who in turn is a better cornering specialist, has not given his arm to spin without the top drawer of the podium since Mugello. And so they continued to spend, always on the attack and respectfully looking after their interests. A win or second place with Sergio would be enough for Izan to seal his day. But Sasaki and Oncu also have their own interests in this race and join them, even if a second behind either of them is enough for the Mallorcan.

Dance to the four at the end

The dance of the four became constant for the last five turns, Izan with hot nerves reacting each time to Oncu and Sasaki’s unexpected actions. On the last lap, Guevara took the initiative, closing the gaps well and pushing to the maximum until he got half a second into Lukey Heights and signed off in style with the win and the title ahead of Oncu and Dols, who grabbed the second place overall from Foggia. , only ninth and a whopping 16″794 at the finish line.

Regarding the other Spaniards, David Muñoz, 11th, Carlos Tatay 12th, Ivan Ortolá 13th, Xavi Artigas 14th, Jaume Masiá 15th, Pitito Fernández 18th and 23rd is Ana Carrasco. The leader of the rookies, Holgado, fell on the second lap.