Moto3 Catalonia Race: Izan Guevara wins at home, retirement for Dennis Foggia

In Catalonia, Dennis Foggia qualified on pole position for the second time in his Grand Prix career, as he did in France last month. He will aim for victory for the second time since the start of the year with Indonesia. He finished third in 2020 in Catalonia, his only Moto3 podium at this circuit. This is Honda's sixth consecutive pole position at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Moto3, and eighth overall in the category at the circuit.

Since 2020, only five riders have won in Moto3 after starting from pole: Tatsuki suzuki at the 2020 Andalusian GP. GP, Raul fernandez at the 2020 Portuguese GP, Roman Fenati at the British GP last year, Sergio Garcia in Argentina this year and Izan Guevara also this year.

Deniz Oncu, who was on pole position last weekend in Italy, qualified in second position, which is the third time since the start of the year that he has qualified in the top three. He reached the Moto3 podium for the first time last year in Catalunya and will now aim for victory for the first time.

Izan Guevara qualified in third position, which is the fourth time since the start of the year that he has qualified in the top three and the first time since he was on pole position at Jerez and won the race, which is also his last victory.

Lorenzo Fellon qualified fourth, the second best result of his GP career after Portugal earlier this year, where he qualified third. He finished P16 last year in Catalunya, which was his best result in Moto3 at the time.

After going through Q1, Ryusei Yamanaka qualified in fifth for his best Moto3 result, although he started from fourth in Qatar this year after qualifying sixth. He will aim to reach the podium for the first time in this category.

Leader of the championship and winner last year in Catalonia, Sergio Garcia qualified in seventh position. This is the fifth time this year he has failed to qualify among the top six. He will aim for victory for the first time in two consecutive Moto3 races.

What will this Catalan Grand Prix race have in store for us? Before answering this question, here is the table which summarizes the facts known so far.

Catalunya-Barcelona Moto3™	2021	2022
FP1	1'48.467 Sergio Garcia	1'48.675 Izan Guevara
FP2	1'47.950 Gabriel Rodrigo	1'48.979 Izan Guevara
FP3	1'47.761 Stefano Nepa	1'47.765 Dennis Foggia
Q1	1'48.529 John McPhee	1'49.389 Scott Ogden
Q2	1'47.597 Gabriel Rodrigo	1'48.290 Dennis Foggia
Warm Up	1'48.839 John McPhee	1'49.182 Izan Guevara
Course	Garcia, Alcoba, Öncü	Guevara, Munoz and Suzuki
All time lap record	1'47.597 Gabriel Rodrigo 2021

It's 26,6° in the air and 43,6° on the track.

The drivers will have 21 laps to complete under clear sunshine.

In concentration mode for Foggia!

It's off and Foggia holds the line ahead of Guevara and Rossi. Garcia and Oncu complete this top5

Garcia gets rid of Rossi to gain 3rd position, Oncu takes advantage, the Turk moves to 4th.

It's heating up ahead between Guevara and Foggia: The GASGAS driver attempts an ambush but it doesn't work

After 3 laps, the positions are as follows: Foggia, Guevara, Suzuki who came back strong, Garcia, Oncu, Rossi, Yamanaka, Salvador, McPhee and Holgado.

Suzuki passes Guevara and thus takes 2nd position.

Suzuki takes the lead of the race, ahead of Garcia, Foggia is 3rd.

Guevara takes control again: he is ahead of Suzuki, Garcia, Foggia and Yamanaka. 17 laps are still to be completed!

It's a fierce fight between the 2 GASGAS pilots: Garcia takes the lead. Suzuki took advantage of this and took 2nd position.

But Suzuki doesn't give up, he regains control in front of Guevara, Foggia, Garcia and Oncu.

Foggia in slow motion...channel skipped! Catastrophic! which makes Garcia's business for the Championship.

New top5 with 13 laps to go: Suzuki, Oncu, Garcia, Guevara and Salvador.

Munoz, unleashed, takes 4th position, he started 20th

Big falls in sectors 3 and 4 (turn 10): Salvador, Yamanaka and Holgado: Salvador got his legs rolled over…

Furusato crashes in turn 5

Oncu takes the lead ahead of Garcia, Guevara, Munoz and Suzuki. There are 11 laps left before the finish.

Guevara wants his victory at home: he regains control. Munoz, at 16, takes 2nd position ahead of Fernandez.

Munoz takes his turn in charge! He is caught by Fernandez. Who will win this crazy race?

Long lap for Migno who exceeded the limits of the track. Long lap poorly done…failed entry. Will he have to do it again?

9 more laps and it's Masia who takes back the reins of the patrol; not for a long time. because Suzuki gets involved: Oncu, Masia, Munoz and Guevara complete this provisional top5.

Long lap for Felon…

Meanwhile, Guevara takes the lead ahead of Garcia, Masia, Munoz and Oncu. Guevara is trying to get away. 6 more rounds.

Uriarte Falls

Salvador at the mobile clinic for a check-up.

Toba falls in turn 10.

4 more laps: Guevara holds on ahead of Garcia, Munoz, Suzuki and Oncu

0.560s separate Guevara from Garcia, his pursuer: Munoz, Suzuki and Munoz complete this provisional top5. There are 2 laps left before the finish.

Long lap for Rossi who exceeded the limits of the track.

Last round !

Munoz doesn't give up; he takes 2nd position ahead of Garcia, Suzuki and Oncu

Hot !

Victory for Guevara ahead of Munoz and Suzuki

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