The third round saw the FIM World Championship JuniorGP™ head to beautiful Barcelona and the action did not disappoint. With six races on the books, three were decided in the final turns with battles for the podium raging until the very end.
In the FIM World Championship category JuniorGP™, Jesus Rios (MRE Talent) and Alvaro Carpe (STV Laglisse Racing) won the honors, while Dani Muñoz (Gas Up Racing Team) did the double in the European Championship Moto2™. In L'European Talent Cup, Marco Morelli continued to show what a future talent he is by winning the only race.
Jesus Rios scored three victories in four races in the first clash of the day in the FIM category JuniorGP™. The Spaniard was the Championship leader before Barcelona, and he extended his advantage after carrying out his attack to perfection in Catalonia.
#54 was joined on the podium by Marcos Uriarte (CFMoto Aspar Junior Team) and the pole sitter Adrian Cruces (Finetwork Team), but only after Eddie O'Shea (British Talent Team – Mlav Racing) was deprived of a victory at the end of the race.
The Briton indeed led the action for most of the race, but a fight on the final lap at turn 10 saw him stray and open the door for Rios who went from P4 to P1 in the blink of an eye. of eye.
In race 2, Alvaro Carpe surprised the two CFMoto Aspar riders, Uriarte and Morosi, on the starting line. Starting in 12th position on the starting grid, the No. 83 bided his time while the race lead changed hands several times. A large group competed for honors, with a fall ofEddie O'Shea in the last lap which prevented the Briton from winning again, then a separate incident, which saw the winner of race 1, Jesus Rios, fall with Marcos Ruda (SeventyTwo Artbox Racing Team) and Rico Salmela (Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact JuniorGP Team), caused havoc in the chase group.
This allowed the top three to escape in the final sector and define a new leader in the Championship.
Le Moto2™ ECh saw a fourth different winner in just four races in 2024, as the rookie Dani Muñoz exploded to claim a sensational victory.
The Spaniard started from fifth place on the starting grid, but benefited from a dream start to slip behind the pole sitter Jorge Navarro (Klint Forward Junior Team) from the first round, with Roberto Garcia (Fantic Cardoso Racing) in third position. This trio broke away from the rest of the field and exchanged attacks in a brilliant race, but Muñoz eventually found the rhythm to move ahead of Navarro and Garcia, who took the P2 and P3 spots, respectively.
Mattia Casadei was the championship leader going into round three, but a surprising start saw him tumble down the timing screens before he began a comeback, although he was denied P4 by his teammate of Team Ciatti – Boscoscuro, Alberto Surra, which allowed him to cede the leadership of the title race to Garcia.
French side, Johan Gimbert (PromoRacing), started 15th, finished 9th, Lorenzo Fellon (SF Racing) 12th, and Charles Aubrie (JEG Racing) 16st.
Later in the afternoon, the Moto2s returned to the track and Dani Muñoz achieved the double. The second race of the day followed a similar scenario, with Casadei struggling at the start and Muñoz, Navarro and Garcia escaping, but this time joined by Eric Fernandez (FAU55 TEY Racing) and Surra.
All five led the race at one point before Muñoz took control ahead of Navarro, and the two left the rest of the field in their wake and, in a repeat of Race 1, that's how they have finished.
On the French side, we also find approximately the same scenario, with Johan Gimbert (PromoRacing) 10th, Lorenzo Fellon (SF Racing) 12th, and Charles Aubrie (JEG Racing) 17th.
In L'European Talent Cup, Marco Morelli showed his class by taking his second victory of the campaign by 2,9 seconds, David Gonzalez (AC Racing Team) and Giulio Pugliese (CFMoto Aspar Team) joining him on the podium.
Marco Morelli started from pole position, and the Argentinian pulled out early to pull away and avoid a dramatic battle on the podium behind him. Carlos cano (SeventyTwo Artbox Racing Team) started from the back of the grid and raced through the times to catch Gonzalez and Pugliese on the podium, but just as the Spaniard was looking to overtake on the final lap, he was caught by Valentin Perrone (Frando Racing VHC Team) and sent to the gravel to record a blank result from Barcelona. Marco Morelli therefore regains control of the championship with two races to come at Portimao.
French side, Henri Mignot (BRS Brechon Racing School), Matteo Roman (First Bike Academy), Elliot Kassigian (Team Larresport) and Randy Truchot (Mecaprojets Team Ado) did not enter the Last Chance Race to join Benjamin Caillet (JEG Take OFF GP), Enzo Bellon (Team Estrella Galicia 0,0), Remy Sanjuan (Mecaporjets Team Ado), David DaCosta (BRS Brechon Racing School), Evan Boxberger (JEG Take OFF GP) and Mattias Rostagni (Mecasport) on the starting grid for the only race on Sunday.
In the end, it's again Benjamin Caillet who did the best by finishing 18th.
All roads now lead the FIM JuniorGP™ World Championship to Portugal, under the Algarve sun, on June 23. After a thrilling third round in Barcelona, Portimao doesn't have an easy task, but it promises to be unmissable, so don't miss out on following it!
