Despite strong winds and a postponement of the various schedules following a red flag in the European Talent Cup, it was nice to find the Estoril track today under a blue sky, with its differences in altitude and its parabolic which make it a missed circuit in Grand Prix.
At the start of the only Moto3 race, Aaron Polanco (Team Leopard junior, Honda) starts best from second position but brakes early at the first corner and leaves the lead to Ai Ogura (Asia Team Talent, Honda) and a Dennis Foggia (Junior Team VR46 Riders Academy, KTM) already moved up from his 3rd row, while Petrarca, Riu and Farid fell to the back of the peloton.
Ogura et Foggia start to get stuck from the first round while Jeremy Alcove (Junior Team Estrella Galicia 0,0) falls in the second round.
In the 4th round, Aaron Polanco (Team Leopard junior, Honda) regains command in the straight, ahead Dennis Foggia (Junior Team VR46 Riders Academy, KTM) and the three Japanese representatives of the Asia Talent Team (Masaki, Ogura, Kunii) when Raúl Fernández (MRW Mahindra Team Aspar, Mahindra) falls alone.
At mid-race, the 5 men are completely detached, under the leadership of the representative of Valentino Rossi while Vicente Pérez (Reale Avintia Academy), the pole sitter of the last round of the FIM Repsol CEV in Valencia, made a mistake.
5 laps from the checkered flag, Kazuki Masaki (Asia Talent Cup, Honda) makes a first attack and takes command but Dennis Foggia (Junior Team VR46 Riders Academy, KTM) doesn't give up and immediately gets back on track. The pace picks up and Foggia and Masaki manage to gain a few meters lead over the other three drivers.
Foggia takes the lead at the start of the last lap while Aaron Polanco (Team Leopard junior, Honda) suffered a highside while in 3rd position.
Finally, Dennis Foggia (Junior Team VR46 Riders Academy, KTM) crossed the finish line first after behaving like a boss throughout the race.
On the French-speaking side, Jason dupasquier (CarXpert Interwetten Junior Team) finished 16th, Lyvan Luchel (Larresport) 21st whileAndy Verdoïa (CarXpert Interwetten Junior Team) retired from the start of the race.
In the championship, Dennis Foggia (Junior Team VR46 Riders Academy, KTM) strengthens its lead, with 50 points ahead of Jeremy Alcove (Junior Team Estrella Galicia 0,0, Honda). Something to please who you know...
