Suzuki competes in the survival race in Termas

Rain forecasts for the three days of the Argentine Grand Prix did not disappoint and the drizzle did not stop since Sunday morning at Termas de Río Hondo, so the first of the three races on the program was declared wet, without choice of other tires that is not the rain because the puddles are abundant. And the survival race was taken by veteran ‘kamikaze’ Tatsu Suzuki, third victory for him, ahead of Diogo Moreira and Andrea Migno.

And from pole position ‘Crazy Boy’ Sasaki kept the initiative ahead of Moreira and Oncu, but a washout caused him to lose positions at the expense of the Brazilian. After several attempts Turkish Oncu finally managed to lead the race to avoid uncomfortable explosions from rivals’ motorcycles. But from a very strong push, he caught six tenths from the Suzuki and 1″2 from the group, on the third lap he crashed, leaving the Japanese as the new leader.

Behind him is the FIM Junior GP rider from La Mancha, David García Almansa, who at the age of 17 covered Kelso’s defeat in the CF Moto Prustel, came with full confidence from 25th place on the grid to the front of the chasing group in the fast reverse. Group veterans Sasaki and Masiá quickly pulled out gallons to bring him back, but the gap to Suzuki was increasing, up to 2″5 from the seventh lap, to 3″3 by the tenth. And in eleventh pole sitter Sasaki, leading the pursuit of Suzuki, crashed, allowing the leader to open a gap of 4″2 to eight to go into the group reduced to eight with Holgado, Muñoz and Moreira, the first three in total.

Those chasing Suzuki, on the ground

The ‘bad luck’ of chasing Suzuki claimed Jaume Masiá five from the end and Artigas four stuck to Muñoz and both on the ground. Now in front of a quintet 7″7 behind the Japanese, Moreira remained, but the impeccable management was done by the leader Holgado without taking unnecessary responsibilities or risks.

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They threw the Almansa in the last lap

Suzuki, who hasn’t won a race since Jerez-2 in 2020, didn’t mess it up this time and reached the finish line in one piece; the battle for the other two podium places was decided on the final lap with two riders making substitutions as Almansa and Migno took charge. Unfortunately, Almansa’s race ended at turn 5 courtesy of a straight line from Ogden -he received a penalty- and Ricardo Rossi’s at turn 13. Finally, Moreira and Migno took two more podium places and fourth place Holgado has now saved the lead. by two points to Moreira.

As for the other Spaniards, Artigas was eighth, Salvador tenth, David Alonso 14th, David Muñoz 16th, David Almansa 17th, who recovered after falling on the last lap, Ivan Ortolá 19th, who also fell in the tenth lap, 21st Ana Carrasco and 23rd José Antonio Rueda. Jaume Masiá dropped five from the end.