Moto3 Jerez 2 Race: An exemplary victory for Tatsuki Suzuki (SIC58 Squadra Corse)

The two French teams entered in the Moto3 World Championship rewarded us with fireworks during the warmup this Sunday morning with the best time for the CIP Green Power team ofAlain Bronec and its driver Darryn Binder and the second time for the Tech 3 team ofHervé Poncharal and Guy Coulon who wished a happy 17th birthday to his pilot Deniz Öncü:

After the Grand Prix of Qatar and that of Spain, it was during the Andalusian GP that Tatsuki suzuki (SIC58 Squadra Corse) achieved pole position for the third consecutive time this Saturday, this time in 1'45.410, ahead of Ai Ogura (Honda Team Asia), Gabriel Rodrigo (Kömmerling Gresini Moto3), Raul Fernandez (Red Bull KTM Ajo), Tony Arbolino (Rivacold Snipers Team), Albert Arenas (Solunion Aspar Team Moto3), Jeremy Alcoba (Kömmerling Gresini Moto3), John mcphee (Petronas Sprinta Racing), Celestino Vietti (SKY Racing Team VR46) and Jaume Masiá (Leopard Racing).

Moto3 ™	2020 Jerez 1	2020 Jerez 2
FP1	1'45.663 Gabriel Rodrigo	1'45.895 Raúl Fernández
FP2	1'46.656 Gabriel Rodrigo	1'46.560 John McPhee
FP3	1'45.700 Celestino Vietti	1'45.165 Andrea Migno
Q1	1'46.595 Romano Fenati	1'45.990 Ayumu Sasaki
Q2	1'45.465 Tatsuki Suzuki	1'45.410 Tatsuki Suzuki
warm up	1'46.250 Tatsuki Suzuki	1'46.517 Darryn Binder
Course	Arenas, Ogura, Arbolino	Suzuki, McPhee, Vietti
All time lap record	1'45.465 Tatsuki Suzuki (2020)	1'45.165 Andrea Migno (in FP3)

For the leader of the World Championship Albert Arenas, qualified only sixth, “Saturday was a day where everyone was going very fast, but we were able to fight. We finished trying things in FP3 and we were able to have a good lap in Q2, despite the fact that at the 6th corner I lost a few important tenths. Other than that, the second line is a good place to start. We still have a little work to do to find the best bike for the race. »

In terms of times, we were going to monitor during this event any weather approaching the 1'46.165 achieved in the second lap last Sunday by Sergio Garcia (Honda Estrella Galicia 0,0), new lap record (established during the race) of the Circuit de Jerez – Angel Nieto.

We regretted the withdrawal of Alonso López (Husqvarna Sterilgarda Max Racing Team), victim of a blood imbalance, without a priori link to Covid-19.

When the lights went out, the fastest in action was Suzuki ahead of Ogura, Rodrigo, Arenas, Fernández, Arbolino and Tatay. Romano Fenati got off to a bad start, only twenty-second at the end of the first lap. Binder, on the other hand, moved to fourteenth.

Suzuki ably held on to first position, closely followed by Rodrigo, Arbolino, Ogura, Fernández, Arenas and McPhee. Darryn Binder continued his comeback, in eighth position with the best time in the race 1'46.175.

Suzuki and Rodrigo fought for the lead, then Arbolino moved to second. The group of leaders then included twelve pilots.

Fernández took the lead ahead of Suzuki, Arenas, Rodrigo, Arbolino and McPhee.

Ayumu Sasaki and Andrea Migno fell together, without seriousness. Then Masiá and Ogura fell shortly after, without damage.

Five riders stood out slightly: Rodrigo, Suzuki, Arenas, Fernandez and McPhee.

Suzuki regained first position, followed by Rodrigo, Fernández, McPhee, Arenas, Arbolino and Binder.

The top 10 had opened up a gap of 2.5 at the halfway mark, which seemed difficult to close. Rodrigo once again took first place from Suzuki, ahead of McPhee and Arenas.

Suzuki, Rodrigo and McPhee were threatened by Binder, Fernández, Arenas, Vietti, Alcoba, Öncü and Arbolino. Fenati eleventh was at 3.0.

Albert Arenas, the leader of the World Championship, fell heavily in Turn 11. He was evacuated on a stretcher.

There were only 7 left in the leading group with 5 laps remaining: Suzuki, Rodrigo, Binder, Fernández, Alcoba, McPhee and Vietti. Öncü eighth was at 2.3.

Suzuki, Rodrigo and Binder stood out slightly from McPhee, Vietti, Alcoba and Fernández.

Deniz Öncü fell in Turn 5, appearing to suffer leg pain.

Alcoba, then fifth, was punished with a “long lap” for having exceeded the limits of the track.

Suzuki tried to resist McPhee, Binder, Vietti and Rodrigo on the last lap. The Japanese finally won magnificently ahead of McPhee, Vietti, Binder and Rodrigo.

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