The British sam lowesthe oldest rider on the grid at 32 years of age, returned two years after his last victory at the 2021 Emilia Romagna GP to taste a Moto2 victory that turned the page on a dark phase of persistent shoulder injury to sign his tenth win of all time ahead of Spanish pilots Pedro Acosta and Alonso López and the no-longer World Cup leader, Tony Arbolino, fourth. Acosta, who has already led the World Cup in Portimao and acted brilliantly in Jerez, recovers his head even in points with Arbolino, but the two wins for the ‘Shark’ of Portimao and Austin against the only Italian in Termas gives him number 1 of 2023.
from the pole sam lowes He lost the initiative to Pedro Acosta and Alonso López and the Murcian who had already won Jerez in his first year in Moto3 in 2021 tried to set the pace, but with the first pass at turn 13 Lowes had regained the lead and had started to ride on fast lap walk.
The leader of the World Cup arbolino quickly improved from tenth on the grid to fourth in less than two laps and they took advantage of Ai Ogura, the current runner-up and slowly turning the page on his cruel and untimely preseason injury, and Arón Si Canet , who in the free he broke the record for the best lap, to be hooked.
In five turns Lowes and Acosta They were left alone releasing a septet led by Alonso López. The British veteran who had already won Jerez from pole position in 2016 continued to set a strong pace, pushing Acosta to the limit, giving up 1″ by the eighth lap and 2″ by the eleventh. Alonso López was also left alone for third place, maintaining another second long margin over Ogura, Arbolino, Canet and company. 9 from the end Ogura in his battle with Arbolino in pursuit of Alonso went to the ground after a contact between the two at turn 1.
Without the need to take more risks than necessary, because at that time Acosta was the virtual leader tied in points with Arbolino, but with two victories against one for the Italian, he accepted the second after a Lowees untouchable in the race. . Now the commitment was passed to Arbolino and if in the last four laps of the race he ventured to cut the 1″ gap with respect to López and then try to pass him for the third place. But both of them acted that their head in the middle of the stage of the fall of the wheels.
As for other Spaniards Arón Canet is fifth and remains third in the world championship, 22 points behind of the co-leaders, Albert Arenas eighth, Fermín Aldeguer tenth, after a long lap penalty, eleventh García Dols, who had to undergo surgery to correct a compartment syndrometwelfth Manu González, 16th Jeremy Alcoba, 19th Borja Gómez, 20th Marcos Ramírez and 22nd the current Moto3 champion Izan Guevara who is still not adapting to the new bike.
Source: La Verdad
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