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Duel to the finish: Guevara gets the gloves off to defeat Öncü

The two escape in the lead for a spectacular last lap showdown, with Garcia completing the podium and taking second overall. The final Moto3™ race of the season was a spectacular farewell, with a duel for the win going right to the wire. The battle saw reigning Champion Izan Guevara (Valresa GASGAS Aspar Team) go toe-to-toe with Deniz Öncü (Red Bull KTM Tech3) throughout the final lap, with the Turkish rider ahead into the final corner and Guevara going wide to gas it to the line - and come out on top to sign off from the lightweight class in some style. Gloves off, and show spectacular to the flag. Sergio Garcia (Valresa GASGAS Aspar Team) completed the podium after escaping from a bigger fight for fourth, ensuring the number 11 takes the silver medal this season. The three contenders for it ultimately crossed the line in order, with Dennis Foggia (Leopard Racing) taking fourth and just pipping Ayumu Sasaki (Sterilgarda Husqvarna Max). Adrian Fernandez (Red Bull KTM Tech3) took an impressive sixth, ahead of David Muñoz (BOE Motorsports) and next rookie home Diogo Moreira (MT Helmets - MSI), with the Brazilian securing Rookie of the Year with the result despite a Long Lap on race day. Ryusei Yamanaka (MT Helmets - MSI) and Daniel Holgado (Red Bull KTM Ajo) complete the top ten, with Sepang winner John McPhee (Sterilgarda Husqvarna Max) signing off from Grand Prix racing in P11 for a few more points. Now it's time for a new chapter for many. A new class for the reigning Champion, runner up and third overall, and new colours and teams for many more too. Make sure to tune in for 2023 and another season of incredible action... and chapeau to the class of 2022!

Moto3™ PODIUM 1 Izan Guevara (Valresa GASGAS Aspar Team) - GASGAS - 38:10.406 2 Deniz Öncü (Red Bull KTM Tech3) - KTM - +0.062 3 Sergio Garcia (Valresa GASGAS Aspar Team) - GASGAS - +6.557 IZAN GUEVARA "Amazing feeling, incredible pace, I was really fast…sublime. Thanks to my team for the work during all the season. A great race, I won the four races in Spain, just phenomenal. It is my last race in the Moto3 class, next year I go to Moto2. Perfect race today. Time to enjoy with my family, team and fans!" For more Moto3 info checkout our dedicated Moto3 News page Or visit the official MotoGP website motogp.com Read the full article

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Guevara takes final Moto3 pole as Garcia, Sasaki and Foggia all line up in the top 7

The reigning Champion pips Öncü as the fight for second gets ready to rumble at the front. Reigning Champion Izan Guevara (Valresa GASGAS Aspar Team) will start his final Moto3™ race from pole position as he pipped Deniz Öncü (Red Bull KTM Ajo) by just 0.046 at the Gran Premio Motul de la Comunitat Valenciana. Sergio Garcia (Valresa GASGAS Aspar Team), who is currently two points ahead in the three-way fight for second overall, locks out the front row. Dennis Foggia (Leopard Racing), the rider two points off Garcia, will start seventh, with Ayumu Sasaki (Sterilgarda Husqvarna Max), currently fourth overall but still in contention for second, lining up fifth. Diogo Moreira (MT Helmets - MSI) is fourth on the grid, and the Brazilian leads the fight for Rookie of the Year heading into the final race. He is currently on 104 points ahead of Red Bull KTM Ajo's Daniel Holgado (97) and BOE Motorsports' David Muñoz (84), his only rivals. Muñoz qualified 14th and Holgado 15th, but both will move up a place as 11th-fastest rider Jaume Masia (Red Bull KTM Ajo) will start from pitlane. Masia was involved in arguably the headline grabber of the day in Moto3™, as he and Kaito Toba (CIP Green Power) had a coming together on-track in FP3 followed by fisticuffs on the sidelines. Both have been given a pitlane start and Long Lap for the race, as well as a fine of 1000 euros.

Moto3™ FRONT ROW 1 Izan Guevara (Valresa GASGAS Aspar Team) - GASGAS - 1'38.479 2 Deniz Öncü (Red Bull KTM Tech3) - KTM - +0.046 3 Sergio Garcia (Valresa GASGAS Aspar Team) - GASGAS - +0.175 For more Moto3 info checkout our dedicated Moto3 News page Or visit the official MotoGP website motogp.com Read the full article

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Five riders within a tenth on Friday

Leopard lead the way, but the top five are covered by just 0.076 on Day 1 for the lightweight class. Tatsuki Suzuki claimed Friday Free Practice honours in the Moto3™ class at the Gran Premio Motul de la Comunitat Valenciana in a Leopard Racing 1-2. Suzuki clocked a 1:39.467 late in FP2 before teammate Dennis Foggia moved into P2 with a 1:39.488 as he took the chequered flag. ‘The Rocket’ is still a good chance of taking second in the World Championship, needing to overcome an eight-point deficit to Sergio Garcia (Valresa GASGAS Aspar Team), who is in sixth. Foggia is looking quick this weekend given he was fastest for much of FP2 after being among the pace-setters in FP1. Izan Guevara (Valresa GASGAS Aspar Team), who was already crowned World Champion, finished third-fastest on the day thanks to the 1:39.533 which he set right at the end of FP1, while Carlos Tatay (CFMoto Racing PruestelGP) is provisionally into Q2 after jumping from outside the top 14 to fourth on combined times with a 1:39.537 on his penultimate lap of FP2. Diogo Moreira (MT Helmets - MSI) holds fifth courtesy of the 1:39.543 which he set in the morning session, and will be especially keen to maximise his qualifying position on Saturday afternoon given he will have to serve a Long Lap Penalty for crashing under a yellow flag in FP1. Garcia sits sixth on a 1:39.586 – just 0.119 seconds slower than Suzuki’s benchmark – ahead of David Salvador (Angeluss MTA Team), Xavier Artigas (CFMoto Racing PruestelGP), Daniel Holgado (Red Bull KTM Ajo), and the other chance for P2 in the Championship, Ayumu Sasaki (Sterilgarda Husqvarna Max) in 10th. The latter holds that position by virtue of a 1:39.715 in FP1, before a minor crash at Turn 6 in FP2. Come back for FP3 from 9:00 (GMT +1), before qualifying from 12:35! FRIDAY: TOP 3 1 Tatsuki Suzuki (Leopard Racing) - Honda - 2'12.226 2 Dennis Foggia (Leopard Racing) - Honda - +0.021 3 Izan Guevara (Valresa GASGAS Aspar Team) - GASGAS - +0.066 For more Moto3 info checkout our dedicated Moto3 News page Or visit the official MotoGP website motogp.com Read the full article

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McPhee paints a masterpiece at Sepang

The Scotsman stuns Sepang for an incredible first win since 2020, pipping Sasaki and Garcia. John McPhee (Sterilgarda Husqvarna Max) took an unbelievable win at the PETRONAS Grand Prix of Malaysia, making the perfect attack at the final corner to come out on top for the first time since San Marino 2020 - and from P22 on the grid. The Scotsman just pipped teammate Ayumu Sasaki to the line by 0.048, with Sergio Garcia (Gaviota GASGAS Aspar Team) completing the podium after losing out late on. Izan Guevara (Gaviota GASGAS Aspar Team) suffered some late drama, having to avoid Sasaki after the Japanese rider suffered a moment, leaving the reigning Champion down in P12. After a freight train start, bit by bit a top six of Guevara, Sasaki, Jaume Masia (Red Bull TKM Ajo), Dennis Foggia (Leopard Racing), Garcia and Diogo Moreira (MT Helmets - MSI) broke away at the front, but there was some decisive drama with four to go. Sasaki had a bobble on the main straight after overtaking Guevara, and the number 28 had to bail out and take some avoiding action, heading off onto the grass and dropping back. Meanwhile, McPhee had bridged the gap and was more than in the fight for victory. That left Garcia leading Sasaki, Masia, Foggia, Moreira and McPhee, and starting the last lap the number 11 was holding firm ahead of Foggia. And then everyone overtook everyone all at once, or so it seemed, with the Leopard going for a move on the Aspar and then the rest of the lap largely two or three abreast. As the gaggle headed into the final corner, it was McPhee who pitched it to perfection, hugging the inside line and then tucking in for the final drag to the flag. Teammate Sasaki went toe-to-toe with the Scotsman but couldn't quite make it stick, with McPhee taking an emotional first win since 2020 by just 0.048. Garcia takes third and another valuable podium, gaining points on Foggia too, as did Sasaki. Foggia finished sixth in the shuffle, with Masia taking fourth and Moreira fifth. That concluded the front group after Guevara was forced to drop out of it earlier, and the second group was fronted by Daniel Holgado (Red Bull KTM Ajo) in seventh, just ahead of Ryusei Yamanaka (MT Helmets - MSI), Ivan Ortola (Angeluss MTA Team), Deniz Öncü (Red Bull KTM Tech3) and Xavier Artigas (CFMoto Racing PrüstelGP) - with Guevara next up in P12 a small gap back. Heading into Valencia it's Garcia keeping the advantage in the fight for silver - and the Circuit Ricardo Tormo is his playground. Tune in for more in two weeks as Moto3™ round out the season in style!

Moto3™ PODIUM 1 John McPhee (Sterilgarda Husqvarna Max) - Husqvarna - 38'04.589 2 Ayumu Sasaki (Sterilgarda Husqvarna Max) - Husqvarna - +0.048 3 Sergio Garcia (Gaviota GASGAS Aspar Team) - GASGAS - +0.146 John McPhee: "I’m proud of myself for that one. That one, I had to dig so deep. It’s been such a tough season, such a tough weekend. Yesterday, honestly, I nearly went and stopped. I was just having so many issues and felt dangerous on the bike. So, just so happy for me, happy for the guys that have supported me. That one was for everyone that stuck behind me and supported me. One last win in Moto3™ and we’ve got one more opportunity in Valencia." For more Moto3 info checkout our dedicated Moto3 News page Or visit the official MotoGP website motogp.com Read the full article

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Foggia heads the grid ahead of GASGAS duo

Foggia heads the grid ahead of GASGAS duo, Sasaki seventh for Sunday's pivotal showdown. A last minute shuffle sees the Honda rider come out on top ahead of Guevara and Garcia, with Sasaki losing out late on. Dennis Foggia (Leopard Racing) put in a last charge for pole at the PETRONAS Grand Prix of Malaysia, setting a new lap record to head the grid for Sunday's pivotal showdown in the fight to take second overall. He has now-reigning Champion Izan Guevara (Gaviota GASGAS Aspar Team) alongside him, with Sergio Garcia (Gaviota GASGAS Aspar Team), who is currently two points ahead of Foggia, locking out the front row. After proving incredibly fast on Friday and sitting on provisional pole for much of Q2, Ayumu Sasaki (Sterilgarda Husqvarna Max) was ultimately shuffled down to seventh on the grid, heading the third row. The second row is Jaume Masia (Red Bull KTM Ajo), Daniel Holgado (Red Bull KTM Ajo) and Andrea Migno (Rivacold Snipers Team), with Sasaki heading Tatsuki Suzuki (Leopard Racing) and Riccardo Rossi (SIC58 Squadra Corse). David Muñoz (BOE Motorsports) heads up the next row and completes the top ten. Garcia is two points ahead of Foggia heading in, with Sasaki a further 16 behind. All start fairly near the front and all have show some speed in Sepang, so who will strike next? Find out at 12:00 (GMT +8) local time on Sunday!

Moto3™ FRONT ROW 1 Dennis Foggia (Leopard Racing) - Honda - 2'11.411 2 Izan Guevara (Gaviota GASGAS Aspar Team) - GASGAS - +0.224 3 Sergio Garcia (Gaviota GASGAS Aspar Team) - GASGAS - +0.263 Dennis Foggia: "Yeah it is important for tomorrow. It is important to start in front but most important will be tomorrow’s race. I’m really happy about my weekend up until now. I’m happy with my fourth pole position of the season. I’m really happy, I feel good so tomorrow more!" For more Moto3 info checkout our dedicated Moto3 News page Or visit the official MotoGP website motogp.com Read the full article

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Foggia and Sasaki split by just 0.070

Two key players in the fight for silver are split by almost nothing on Friday, with Garcia 14th. As the fight for second heats up at Sepang, Dennis Foggia (Leopard Racing) and Ayumu Sasaki (Sterilgarda Max Racing Team) led the way at the top of the timesheets, split by just 0.070 on Friday. Sergio Garcia (Gaviota GASGAS Aspar Team), who leads the battle for silver by two points, had a tougher day down in P14. Rain hit for other classes but not Moto3™, with the lightweight runners enjoying two dry sessions. Foggia led both sessions and Sasaki's best in FP1 is the second best overall, with both faster in the morning. David Muñoz (BOE Motorsports) ends the day in third thanks to his FP2 best, ahead of two more from FP1: Jaume Masia (Red Bull KTM Ajo) and Riccardo Rossi (SIC58 Squadra Corse). Angeluss MTA teammates Ivan Ortola and Stefano Nepa were next up from FP2, ahead of now-reigning World Champion Izan Guevara (Gaviota GASGAS Aspar Team). Guevara crashed in FP2, rider ok. He was one of seven crashers in the afternoon, including a second spill for Taiyo Furusato (Honda Team Asia) after the Japanese rider was the sole faller in FP1. Tatsuki Suzuki (Leopard Racing) and Andrea Migno (Rivacold Snipers Team) complete the top ten. The rider currently second overall, Sergio Garcia (Gaviota GASGAS Aspar Team), sits in P14 after Day 1 and will currently be the last rider through directly to Q2. See who'll make the cut at 9:00 (GMT +11) local time on Saturday morning, before qualifying sets the grid from 12:35! FRIDAY: TOP 3 1 Dennis Foggia (Leopard Racing) - Honda - 2'12.226 2 Ayumu Sasaki (Sterilgarda Husqvarna Max) - Husqvarna - +0.070 3 David Muñoz (BOE Motorsports) - KTM - +0.388 For more Moto3 info checkout our dedicated Moto3 News page Or visit the official MotoGP website motogp.com Read the full article

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Guevara seals the crown with a stylish, signature win on The Island

The Champion elect becomes the Champion confirmed after a four-way fight for the podium Down Under. Izan Guevara (Gaviota GASGAS Aspar Team) attacked and pulled away in style on the last lap of the Animoca Brands Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix, taking another impressive victory and with it, this time, the 2022 Moto3™ World Championship. Deniz Öncü (Red Bull KTM Tech3) got back on the podium in second, ahead of Sergio Garcia (Gaviota GASGAS Aspar Team) as the number 11 ceded the crown but got back on the rostrum. Garcia took the early lead as polesitter Ayumu Sasaki (Sterilgarda Max Racing Team) lost a couple of positions from pole, but all eyes were on Guevara as the Championship leader had some distance to make up from Row 3. He got that done quickly though, slotting into a top six joined by Garcia, Diogo Moreira (MT Helmets - MSI), Sasaki, Öncü and home hero Joel Kelso (CIP Green Power). Bit by bit two riders on the chase were able to close in, too: John McPhee (Sterilgarda Max Racing Team) and Stefano Nepa (Angeluss MTA Team). By 10 to go, four remained in the front group as Guevara, Sasaki, Öncü and Garcia pulled away, and there they stayed. On the start of the last lap, it was Öncü ahead over the line, but that didn't last long as Guevara hit back to take the lead. From there, the number 28 got the hammer down and kept a few precious metres in hand to take what's fast becoming a signature win, sealing the Championship in the process. Sasaki was forced to settle for fourth, ahead of a tight group of Nepa, McPhee, Moreira and Kelso. Moreira and Kelso were separated by just 0.001, with video verification deployed. Dennis Foggia (Leopard Racing) headed up the next group after a tougher race for the Italian, who has fallen back to third overall, with Riccardo Rossi (SIC58 Squadra Corse) completing the top ten. Close behind them in the group came David Muñoz (BOE Motorsports), Carlos Tatay (CFMoto Racing PrüstelGP) and front row starter Ivan Ortola (Angeluss MTA Team). That's a wrap Down Under, with a new World Champion crowned and the pressure now off in Malaysia. What will Sepang bring? We'll find out next weekend, so come back for more at the Petronas Grand Prix of Malaysia!

Moto3™ PODIUM 1 Izan Guevara (Gaviota GASGAS Aspar Team) - GASGAS - 37'52.331 2 Deniz Öncü (Red Bull KTM Tech3) - KTM - +0.345 3 Sergio Garcia (Gaviota GASGAS Aspar Team) - GASGAS - +0.460

Izan Guevara: "In the start of the race today it was really complicated with the slightly wet conditions, but the track dried quickly and I felt really comfortable. It was possible to push in the lead group with my pace, I'm so happy with this moment, this Championship... I'd like to thank my team, my family for the support, and all my friends." For more Moto3 info checkout our dedicated Moto3 News page Or visit the official MotoGP website motogp.com Read the full article

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Guevara is the 2022 Moto3 World Champion!

Sealed with a win: the Majorcan wraps up the crown Down Under. Izan Guevara (Gaviota GASGAS Aspar Team) is the 2022 Moto3™ World Champion! The Majorcan took another stunning victory in the Animoca Brands Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix to wrap up the crown, taking himself more than the requisite 50 points clear with two rounds remaining. Guevara, born in Majorca in 2004, was already riding motorcycles by the age of three. His first international success came in the European Talent Cup in 2019, as the Spaniard took two top tens in his debut races before winning a stunning six races in a row to take the crown as a rookie. That would be his calling card as an achievement the following season, too. Guevara raced in the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup in 2020 and moved into what was then the Moto3™ Junior World Championship, now known as JuniorGP™. There, it was a similar story to the ETC the year before: a few solid results prefaced a first win, a second place and then a run of four victories in a row – three of which were taken from P22 on the grid at MotorLand Aragon. In Valencia, Guevara completed the stunning feat of taking the crown as a rookie, defeating Xavier Artigas and Pedro Acosta. The Majorcan then moved up to the Moto3™ World Championship for 2021 and hit the ground running. The number 28 made an impression immediately, homing in on the podium at Silverstone and Aragon with fourth places. That first rookie win finally came in a chaotic Americas GP, with the GASGAS Aspar rider having shown serious speed all weekend. 2022, therefore, saw Guevara head into the season as a contender from the off. He started the season one place further back than his Grand Prix debut after starting from the back, but was on the podium in Lombok – his first visit to the rostrum that wasn’t a win. By Jerez he was back on the top step with a true stunner of a victory, going round the outside at the final corner. He wasn’t off the podium again before Silverstone, including wins in Catalunya and Germany, and back-to-back glory came again in Aragon and on his first visit to Mobility Resort Motegi. By Phillip Island, Guevara’s advantage had grown to 49 and the Majorcan had his first match point. He played it in style, escaping in a front group of four and then taking the lead to pull away on the final lap – sealing the crown with his sixth win of the season. Congratulations, Izan!

#1ZAN IN STATS Aged 18 years 110 days old on race day at the Australian GP, Izan Guevara becomes the fifth youngest rider to clinch a lightweight world title ahead of Valentino Rossi, who was 18 years and 196 days old when he clinched the title in Brno in 1997. Aged 17 years and 97 days old when he took his maiden Moto3™ win at the Americas GP last year, Guevara became the sixth youngest winner in the class behind Maverick Viñales (17 years and 86 days old). This is the first time that a GASGAS rider has won the Moto3™ World Championship, and it's also the first title for a non-Honda or a non-KTM rider in the class. Guevara has won seven times in Moto3™, and he is tied with Brad Binder and Sergio Garcia in ninth place on the list of riders with most wins in Moto3™. Guevara has stood on the podium 11 times so far in 2022, which is more than everyone else in the class. With six wins in 2022 so far, he is also the most successful rider in terms of victories, ahead of Dennis Foggia. Guevara is the seventh Spanish rider to win the Moto3™ title since the introduction of the class back in 2012, and the 16th Spanish rider to clinch the title in the lightweight category (the 23rd in GP racing). Guevara’s title is also the 22nd in the lightweight category for Spain and the 56th in Grand Prix racing. Izan Guevara: "I'm really happy with my career so far. In 2019 I won the ETC, then Moto3 in JuniorGP with Aspar and I won my first year... then I moved to the Moto3 World Championship with the same team. Last year I was able to have a good season, I took a victory in Austin. A good rookie season. Then this year I pushed in every race to get my goal of being World Champion. And today I achieved it. I'm really happy. "In the start of the race today it was really complicated with the slightly wet conditions, but the track dried quickly and I felt really comfortable. It was possible to push in the lead group with my pace, I'm so happy with this moment, this Championship... I'd like to thank my team, my family for the support, and all my friends. "Today I was really focused on the race, in every overtake I didn't take any risk and I'm really happy with it, winning the Championship with the victory is an incredible moment and I'll enjoy it!"

BIOGRAPHY First Grand Prix: Qatar 2021, Moto3™ First pole position: Qatar 2022, Moto3™ First podium: Americas 2021, Moto3™ First victory: Americas 2021, Moto3™ Grands Prix: 36 Victories: 7 Podiums: 12 Pole positions: 4 Fastest laps: 6 World Championships: Moto3™ (2022) World Championship career: 2021: Moto3™ World Championship – 8th, GASGAS, 18 races, 125 points 2022: Moto3™ World Championship – 1st, GASGAS, 18* races, 290 points *season underway For more Moto3 info checkout our dedicated Moto3 News page Or visit the official MotoGP website motogp.com

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