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Immaculate skies and ideal conditions (25°/37°) welcome the Moto3 competitors in this Catalan Grand Prix. Except that Luis Salom is there now, in this sky, and that the whole MotoGP family is in a hurry to turn the page to be able to direct their minds somewhat towards Assen.

And the one most eager to do these 22 laps is perhaps Brad Binder, who sets off best from a first line also composed of Niccolo Antonelli and Jorge Navarro.
Enea Bastianini, second in his wheel, is ultimately the one who makes an excellent start, just like Khairul Idham Pawi.
Alexis Masbou is mowed down by Stefano Valtulini after a few corners; he remains on the ground but is unharmed.

The long straight and its suction phenomenon allows Khairul Idham Pawi to take the lead, but on the next passage the order is obviously upset in a Top 10 currently composed of Navarro, Binder, Rodrigo, Bastianini, Canet, Pawi, Bagnaia, Antonelli, Ono, Fenati, Bulega and Danilo.

Un Jules Danilo who cannot, however, avoid the motorcycle on the groundHiroki Ono after 4 laps of racing.

In the peloton, there are 14 fighting in tight formation and it is impossible to follow all the changes in leadership, even if Jorge Navarro tries to maintain it vigorously...
Behind, Guevara takes Bagnaia to the ground, allowing 10 men to break away in front of Fabio Quartararo; Navarro, Canet, Rodrigo, Binder, Fenati, Bastianini, Pawi, Bulega, Antonelli and Kornfeil.

Gradually, Antonelli and Kornfeil get knocked out and there are only 8 left, at halfway, who can claim victory.

Nobody being able to break away, strategy then comes into play and, in this game, Brad Binder showed us the extent of his talent... He therefore observes Navarro, Bastianini, Fenati and Rodrigo fighting like ragpickers.

Niccolo Antonelli tried hard to get back into this group but did too much and the VR46 Riders Academy rider fell without gravity 7 laps from the checkered flag.

2 laps later, Bulega, Canet and Pawi start to get lost while much further away, Jorge Martin makes a minor mistake. Finally, the 3 men manage to get back together

There are therefore always 8 of them competing with great testosterone when Rodrigo takes Binder off the track. The two men nevertheless remain on their wheels while Pawi makes a mistake by losing the front. Rodrigo imitates it a few turns further.

Binder then begins his ascent; he has 2 laps left to make up the second he has on Navarro, the provisional leader of the race. Navarro accelerates and Binder must pass the 4 competitors who separate him from the Spaniard.
He does so but Jorge Navarro crosses the finish line in the lead, ahead of Binder, Bastianini, Fenati, Bulega, Canet and… Fabio Quartararo, 7th after a strong end of the race.

Behind, Tatsuki suzuki, one of the two drivers of Alain Bronec's CIP team, is once again in the points with his best result of the season.

Pos Points number Pile Country Team Motorcycle Time/Gap
1 25 9 Jorge NAVARRO SPA Galicia Star 0,0 Honda 42'18.228
2 20 41 Brad BINDER RSA Red Bull KTM Garlic KTM +0.564
3 16 33 Enea BASTIANINI ITA Gresini Racing Moto3 Honda +0.817
4 13 5 Roman FENATI ITA Sky Racing Team VR46 KTM +0.925
5 11 8 Nicholas BULEGA ITA Sky Racing Team VR46 KTM +1.531
6 10 44 Aaron CANET SPA Galicia Star 0,0 Honda +1.581
7 9 20 Fabio QUARTARARO FRA Leopard Racing KTM +13.605
8 8 36 Joan Mir SPA Leopard Racing KTM +13.672
9 7 4 Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO ITA Gresini Racing Moto3 Honda +13.753
10 6 84 Jakub KORNFEIL CZE Drive M7 SIC Racing Team Honda +14.814
11 5 64 Bo BENDSNEYDER NED Red Bull KTM Garlic KTM +14.840
12 4 40 Darryn BINDER RSA Platinum Bay Real Estate Mahindra +29.860
13 3 58 Juanfran GUEVARA SPA RBA Racing Team KTM +32.006
14 2 24 Tatsuki SUZUKI JPN CIP-Unicom Starker Mahindra +33.305
15 1 17 John MCPHEE GBR Peugeot MC Saxoprint Peugeot +33.766
16 11 Livio LOI BEL RW Racing GP B.V Honda +34.986
17 65 Philipp OETTL GER Schedl GP Racing KTM +36.384
18 16 Andrea MIGNO ITA Sky Racing Team VR46 KTM +41.731
19 55 Andrea LOCATELLI ITA Leopard Racing KTM +42.985
20 23 Niccolo ANTONELLI ITA Ongetta-Rivacold Honda +59.035
21 3 Fabio SPIRANELLI ITA CIP-Unicom Starker Mahindra + 1'29.713
22 77 Lorenzo PETRARCA ITA 3570 Team Italy Mahindra + 1'30.640
98 Karel HANIKA CZE Platinum Bay Real Estate Mahindra 1 Tour
37 Davide PIZZOLI ITA Procercasa – 42 Motorsport KTM 1 Tour
19 Gabriel RODRIGO ARG RBA Racing Team KTM 2 Tours
89 Khairul Idham PAWI MAL Honda Team Asia Honda 3 Tours
88 Jorge MARTIN SPA ASPAR Mahindra Team Moto3 Mahindra 6 Tours
12 Albert Arenas SPA MRW Mahindra Aspar Team Mahindra 9 Tours
21 Francesco Bagnaia ITA ASPAR Mahindra Team Moto3 Mahindra 17 Tours
7 Adam NORRODIN MAL Drive M7 SIC Racing Team Honda 17 Tours
76 Hiroki ONO JPN Honda Team Asia Honda 19 Tours
95 Jules DANILO FRA Ongetta-Rivacold Honda 19 Tours
6 Maria HERRERA SPA MH6 Team KTM 20 Tours
43 Stefano VALTULINI ITA 3570 Team Italy Mahindra 20 Tours
10 Alexis MASBOU FRA Peugeot MC Saxoprint Peugeot 0 Tour

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