Moto3 Thailand Race: Dennis Foggia wins and comes back strong in the Championship

Dennis Foggia qualified on pole for the third time in his GP career after France and Catalonia. He will attempt to claim what would be his fourth victory this year with the Indonesian, British and San Marino GPs. He finished P3 in Moto3 in 2018 at Buriram. This is also Honda's first pole at Buriram in Moto3, the first two having gone to KTM riders (2018 and 2019).

James Masia qualified in second position for his best qualifying since his pole position at last year's Americas GP. He will aim for victory for the first time since Le Mans. Ayumu Sasaki qualified in third position, which is the sixth time since the start of the year that he has qualified in the top three. He will attempt to reach the podium for the first time in three successive Moto3 races.

Stefano Nepa qualified in fourth position, equaling his best GP qualifying result last year at Catalunya. His best Moto3 race result so far is P5. Diogo Moreira qualified in fifth position, which is the seventh time he has qualified in the top six during his rookie season. He will try to get on his first podium in Moto3, his best result in Moto3 being P6.

The leader of the championship, Izan Guevera, qualified in 11th position, his worst result since his 12th place last year at the Algarve GP. He will still try to win for the first time in the three successive Moto3 races. Second in the Championship, Sergio Garcia qualified in 20th position, his worst result since his 24th place at last year's British GP.

What will this Moto3 race of this Thai Grand Prix have in store for us? Before answering this question, here is the table which summarizes the facts known so far.

Thailand Buriram Moto3™	2019	2022
FP1	1'42.789 Andrea Migno	1'51.520 Tatsuki suzuki
FP2	1'43.107 Gabriel Rodrigo	1'43.503 Ayumu Sasaki
FP3	1'54.989 Ai Ogura	1'42.084 Dennis Foggia
0Q1	1'43.579 Celestino Vietti	1'42.813 Lorenzo Fellon
Q2	1'42.599 Celestino Vietti	1'42.077 Dennis Foggia
Warm up	1'43.027 Albert Arenas
Course	Arenas, Dalla Porta, Lopez	Foggia, Sasaki, Rossi
All time lap record	1'42.235 Marco Bezzecchi (2018)	1'42.077 Dennis Foggia

It's 25,9° in the air, the race will be on a dry track. The weather is nice

Drivers will have 22 laps to complete

Off we go and Foggia comes out in front ahead of Nepa who gets the better of Masia, Sasaki.

Garcia and Fernandez fall in turn 12: Fernandez attempts an attack which causes Garcia to fall. The Spaniard loses heavily in the championship.

Foggia digs into his opponents; behind Sasaki is 2nd

kick of Tuff

The race management announces a concern regarding the distribution of the times..NO TIMES ARE ACCESSIBLE 

Top6: Foggia, Sasaki, Masia, Munoz, Moreira, Rossi

Munoz took advantage of a gap from Masia to take 2nd place.

McPhee falls to the front

Suzuki in slow motion, he gives up.

RETURN OF THE CHRONOS..

Up front Foggia held his own in front of Sasaki, Munoz, Moreira and Rossi. 13 rounds left

Sasaki is only 0.135s behind Foggia who leads the way. Munoz, Moreira, Rossi, Masia, Guevara, Oncu, Nepa and Yamanaka complete this top10 

Garcia who did not give up is in the right car..

Long lap for Oncu: he exceeded the limits of the track.

Sasaki gets the better of Foggia who makes a blunder, but the Italian responds just as quickly and regains his possession.

Rossi moves to 3rd position, the fight is open with Munoz and Moreira.

Garcia returns to the box.

New Long lap for Oncu for the same reasons: track limit: The Tech3 driver is 12th

With 7 laps to go, Foggia leads ahead of Rossi, Sasaki, Munoz, Moreira, Guevara, Migno, Yamanaka, Masia and Nepa.

Gun pass between Guevara and Masia

Garcia gives up

Guevara joins the top5: in front of him, Munoz, Sasaki, Rossi and Foggia who leads the way. 2 rounds left

Foggia is 1.064s ahead of Sasaki, Rossi. The 2nd group is led by Nepa, Munoz, Migno and Guevara, Moreira

Victory for Foggia ahead of Sasaki, Rossi, Nepa and Guevara. 

 

         Moto3 Thailand Race: classification

 

Credit classification motogp.com