MotoGP Americas GP: Full Moto2 and Moto3 race results

The 14-lap Moto3 race kicked off Sunday’s grand prix proceedings and was a thriller down to the wire.

Angeluss MTA rider Ivan Ortola took the chequered flag to score his maiden Moto3 victory after the 18-year-old Spaniard survived a massive scare going through Turn 2 on the opening lap.

As Intact GP Husqvarna rider Ayumu Sasaki took the lead from Leopard Honda poleman Jaume Masia, Ortola touched the kerb on the way into the Turn 2 right-hander and was almost thrown from his KTM.

Completing the first lap in 18th, Ortola began a stunning charge that saw him move into the lead at Turn 12 on the final tour when MT Helmets KTM rider Diogo Moreira ran wide.

Ortola held firm through the final few corners to score the first win for both himself in Moto3 and the Angeluss MTA team.

Ivan Ortola, Angeluss MTA Team

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He beat Masia by 0.457s, who briefly held the lead in the latter stages before being forced off track at Turn 13 when Sasaki crashed out of first on lap 12.

Masia was dropped 1.5s adrift of the race lead, but fought through to snatch second at the final corner from Prustel GP’s Xavi Artigas.

Moreira was denied a podium by 0.009s after being passed by Masia and Artigas at the last corner, with Tech3 KTM’s Dani Holgado and Ajo KTM rider Deniz Oncu rounding out the top six.

The top 10 was completed by CIP KTM’s David Salvador, Aspar GASGAS duo David Alonso and Ryusei Yamanaka and Ajo’s Jose Antonio Rueda.

Sasaki re-joined after his crash but pulled into pitlane shortly after.

Holgado now leads the championship joint on 49 points from Moreira, with Artigas 17 points adrift.

Moto3 results

Cla	Rider		Bike	Gap	Interval
1	Ivan Ortola		KTM
2	Jaume Masia		Honda	0.457	0.457
3	Xavier Artigas		CF MOTO	0.558	0.101
4	Diogo Moreira		KTM	0.567	0.009
5	Daniel Holgado		KTM	0.657	0.090
6	Deniz Öncü		KTM	9.493	8.836
7	David Salvador		KTM	9.547	0.054
8	David Alonso		GASGAS	9.663	0.116
9	Ryusei Yamanaka		GASGAS	9.975	0.312
10	Jose Antonio		KTM	10.085	0.110
11	Kaito Toba		Honda	12.430	2.345
12	Mario Suryo Aji		Honda	15.789	3.359
13	Collin Veijer		Husqvarna	15.967	0.178
14	Scott Ogden		Honda	16.179	0.212
15	Riccardo Rossi		Honda	16.214	0.035
16	Romano Fenati		Honda	23.833	7.619
17	David Almansa		CF MOTO	24.204	0.371
18	Filippo Farioli		KTM	24.401	0.197
19	Andrea Migno		KTM	24.676	0.275
20	Taiyo Furusato		Honda	24.913	0.237
21	Ana Carrasco		KTM	35.940	11.027
	David Muñoz		KTM	1 Lap	1 Lap
	Stefano Nepa		KTM	1 Lap	0.133
	Ayumu Sasaki		Husqvarna	2 Laps	1 Lap
	Matteo Bertelle		Honda	8 Laps	6 Laps
	Syarifuddin Azman		KTM	9 Laps	1 Lap
	Tatsuki Suzuki		Honda	10 Laps	1 Lap
	Joshua Whatley		Honda
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Ajo KTM’s Pedro Acosta registered his second win of the 2023 Moto2 season after overtaking Marc VDS’ Tony Arbolino on the last lap.

Acosta got the holeshot from second on the grid, but found himself overtaken by Speed Up’s Alonso Lopez with a daring move at Turn 2 on the opening lap.

The Ajo rider quickly deposed Arbolino and led the field for the opening few tours, but the Spaniard would drop to fourth when he hit a false neutral at Turn 12.

Regrouping from this, Acosta would join Arbolino in breaking away from the pack as the pair ran line astern for much of the second half of the grand prix.

Acosta made his decisive move for the lead at Turn 12 on the last lap and fended off the Marc VDS rider to get to the chequered flag first.

Tony Arbolino, Marc VDS Racing Team

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Bo Bendsneyder scored his first Moto2 podium for the SAG Team in thirdm beating Gresini duo Jeremy Alcoba and Filip Salac.

Speed Up duo Fermin Aldeguer and Alonso Lopez followed, with Pons’ Aron Canet, poleman Celestino Vietti (Fantic Racing) and Yamaha VR46 Master Camp’s Manuel Gonzales.

Aspar’s Jake Dixon was due to start from sixth, but crashed on the warm-up lap.

Arbolino continues to lead the championship, with Acosta seven points adrift.

Moto2 Results

Cla	Rider		Bike	Gap	Interval
1	Pedro Acosta		Kalex
2	Tony Arbolino		Kalex
3	Bo Bendsneyder		Kalex
4	Jeremy Alcoba		Kalex
5	Filip Salač		Kalex
6	Fermin Aldeguer		Boscoscuro B-21
7	Alonso López		Boscoscuro B-21
8	Arón Canet		Kalex
9	Celestino Vietti Ramus		Kalex
10	Manuel Gonzalez		Kalex
11	Somkiat Chantra		Kalex
12	Albert Arenas		Kalex
13	Sam Lowes		Kalex
14	Dennis Foggia		Kalex
15	Ai Ogura		Kalex
16	Joe Roberts		Kalex
17	Zonta van den Goorbergh		Kalex
18	Sean Kelly		Kalex
19	Rory Skinner		Kalex
20	Borja Gomez		Kalex
21	Izan Guevara		Kalex
22	David Sanchis		Forward F2
23	Soichiro Minamimoto		Kalex
	Sergio García		Kalex
	Marcos Ramirez		Forward F2
	Barry Baltus		Kalex
	Lorenzo Dalla Porta		Kalex
	Lukas Tulovic		Kalex
	Jake Dixon		Kalex
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