Category: Moto3

Still in the grips of the European heatwave, Assen was already roasting by the time the Moto3 riders rolled out for the start of the eighth race of their 2019 World Championship.

Niccolo Antonelli and his Sic58 Squadra Corse teammate, Tatsuki Suzuki, led the way in the very early stages, whilst Kaito Toba (Honda Team Asia) and the two VNE Snipers bikes of Tony Arbolino and Romano Fenati also looked strong.

The group was, as was to be expected, encompassing of almost the entire field. Even after five laps, twenty-six riders could have been classed in the ‘front group’, and from there it was only retirements which split the group.

Eventually, Jakub Kornfeil (Redox PruestelGP) was gifted an advantage at the front thanks to action in the final chicane. Unfortunately for the Czech rider, his victory hopes were dashed by a long-lap penalty, a sanction which he was not the first to receive in the race after several riders found themselves taking the long route at Osserbroeken.

Kornfeil’s penalty left Lorenzo Dalla Porta (Leopard Racing) out front from Tony Arbolino, whilst Kornfeil dropped back into third place and within reach of the group behind.

Dalla Porta had a reasonable gap to Arbolino, but with the tow and target of his compatriot, Arbolino was able to set the fastest lap of the Grand Prix on the penultimate tour, which set up an all-Italian last lap scrap for the win.
Arbolino tried to pass in turn seven, but that was a strong point for Dalla Porta.

The #14’s attempt forced him wide and cost him time, but by Mandeveen the leading two were together once more, and Arbolino was in the prime position to try to pass in the Ramshoek, which he did with complete finesse, running wide on the exit to protect the inside line at the chicane, forcing Dalla Porta to the outside. Dalla Porta had a better run through the chicane, but it was not enough to deny Arbolino, who became the first rider to win two races in 2019, and the first rider to repeat victory in thirteen Moto3 Grands Prix.

In taking his second win of the year, and beating Dalla Porta for the second time in a last lap fight, Arbolino confirmed his status as a championship challenger and, although he does not hold the points lead – partly thanks to his breakdown in Barcelona – perhaps he does have the biggest target on his back ahead of Sachsenring.

Dalla Porta will be disappointed to miss the victory when it was so close, but after a difficult weekend for the Italian he will be content to take points out of the championship lead of Aron Canet (Sterilgarda Max Racing Team) who finished down in twelfth, meaning the gap is trimmed by sixteen points with one race before the summer break.

Kornfeil was able to break away from the group after his long lap penalty and secure his first podium of the season, which he deserved after a strong weekend at a track which is perhaps not best suited to the KTM which tends to struggle in the long corners.

Gabriel Rodrigo (Kommerling Gresini Moto3) finished fourth, despite dropping as low as twentieth at times, whilst John McPhee (Petronas Sprinta Racing) rounded out the top five. Ai Ogura (Honda Team Asia) was sixth over the line, ahead of Marcos Ramirez (Leopard Racing) and Niccolo Antonelli (Sic58 Squadra Corse) who appeared to take the long lap penalty for no reason which dropped him back to the lower reaches of the top twenty before fighting back to eighth. Dennis Foggia (Sky Racing Team VR46) and Alonso Lopez (Estrella Galicia 0,0) completed the top ten.

Romano Fenati looked very strong in the first half of the race but dropped back to eleventh in the end, ahead of the aforementioned Aron Canet who will need to bounce back in Sachsenring. Kazuki Masaki (BOE Skull Rider Mugen Race) was in twenty-fifth when the front group contained twenty-six riders, but he stayed on the bike and came through to finish thirteenth for three points, ahead of Filip Salac (Redox PruestelGP) and Sergio Garcia (Estrella Galicia 0,0).

Can Oncu (Red Bull KTM Ajo) was another rider to receive a long lap penalty and finished sixteenth, ahead of Ayumu Sasaki (Petronas Sprinta Racing) who had the mother of all rear-end saves early in the race. Makar Yurchenko (BOE Skull Rider Mugen Race) finished 12.984 seconds off the win in eighteenth.

Andrea Migno (Bester Capital Dubai) remounted after a crash for nineteenth, ahead of Stefano Nepa (Reale Avintia Arizona 77) and Riccardo Rossi (Kommerling Gresini Moto3) who was yet another rider to take the long lap loop. Wildcard Ryan van der Lagemaat (Qnuim Racing) was twenty-second ahead of Tom Booth-Amos (CIP Green Power) who was the final classified rider in twenty-third.

Surprisingly, it took until seven laps from the flag before there was a retirement, as Jaume Masia (Bester Capital Dubai) dropped out with mechanical problems and Albert Arenas (Sama Qatar Angel Nieto Team) crashed out.

Tatsuki Suzuki (Sic58 Squadra Corse) dropped out on the next lap and was involved in an incident where Kaito Toba (Honda Team Asia) clipped the back wheel of Celestino Vietti (Sky Racing Team VR46) in De Strubben. Vietti and Toba went down and Suzuki had nowhere to go, and neither did Raul Fernandez (Sama Qatar Angel Nieto Team) who was also caught up in the incident. Fernandez, Toba and Vietti all got back to the pits but were unable to continue.

Darryn Binder (CIP Green Power) made his presence known, as usual, in the group, sending riders wide at almost every opportunity. He eventually crashed at De Strubben with four laps to go.

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The Moto3 World Championship heads to Assen this weekend, for the eighth round of the 2019 season following on from Marcos Ramirez’ (Leopard Racing) debut win two weeks ago in Montmelo.

Ramirez’ win was the fruit of his move back to Leopard Racing, with whom he fought for the 2016 CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship, and his first rostrum appearance since round one at Qatar. The result moved him up to eighth in the championship, fifty-four points off the top of the standings.

Somewhat closer to the summit of the World Championship is Ramirez’ Leopard Racing teammate, Lorenzo Dalla Porta, who has returned to form in the last three races and was unfortunate to drop out of the Catalan GP his teammate won due to bike problems early on in the race. This weekend, the Tuscan will be after his first rostrum on Dutch soil and to close his twenty-three-point deficit to Aron Canet (Sterilgarda Max Racing Team) who is atop the standings.

Canet’s first appearance in Holland was astonishing. He was the fastest rider throughout the weekend, then riding the Estrella Galicia 0,0 Honda, and should have had pole position but for a crash in the first part of qualifying which meant he started at the back. In the race, he charged through the pack and looked, despite the poor starting position, like he could challenge for the win, but a crash in the final chicane ended his chances. Canet seems reformed this season, having finished every race inside the points, and all but one (Argentina, where he was twelfth) inside the top ten. Additionally, Canet has been on the podium in three of the seven races so far, including one win in Texas. Another extension of his championship advantage this weekend would start to set off the alarms for his rivals.

Celestino Vietti (Sky Racing Team VR46) made a last corner, last lap move for the final rostrum spot in Barcelona. It was his third podium in Grands Prix and his second of the season. Like Canet, Vietti has finished outside the top ten only once in 2019, back in Argentina. Vietti’s consistency in his rookie season in the World Championship means he currently sits fourth in the standings, only twelve points behind Dalla Porta in second and thirty-five away from Canet. It will be interesting to see how the Italian fares on his first visit to Assen, known not only for being one of the fastest, most exciting circuits of the year, but also one of the most difficult to learn.

Third in the championship at the moment is Niccolo Antonelli (Sic58 Squadra Corse), despite his absence from the podium this year barring his win in Jerez. It is Antonelli’s seventh season in Moto3, so he certainly won’t have the problem facing Vietti for this weekend. Instead, Antonelli’s issue this weekend could be the one which has seemed to face him throughout the year, and that is his mid-race pace. The Italian has tended to slip back in the pack in the middle part of the races this year, falling to the fringes of the top ten and outside of it. In Barcelona a mistake forced him down the order, and after recovering to eighth place the #23 ran wide in turn seven, and he finished eleventh. Antonelli has had the pace this year, but seemingly not the race-craft.

Keep an eye out for Jaume Masia (Bester Capital Dubai) this weekend. The Spaniard has been quite inconsistent this season, at least since the arrival of the championship in Europe. Whereas race-craft has been one of the weak points for Antonelli this year, for Masia it has been a strong point, with Mugello being a prime example when he came from an almost invisible race to land himself a podium spot with an excellent out-braking manoeuvre and some fantastic bike-placement on the final lap.

Alonso Lopez (Estrella Galicia 0,0), too, should be competitive this weekend after Celestino Vietti’s Catalan GP podium came at the expense of the Spaniard’s prospective third place, after he had led for much of the race.

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The 2019 Moto3 World Championship had its seventh race of the season in Barcelona. Despite the race taking place before noon, the track temperature was exceptionally high.

Tony Arbolino (VNE Snipers) took the early lead with the holeshot from Aron Canet (Sterilgarda Max Racing Team) and Tatsuki Suzuki (Sic58 Squadra Corse), although Suzuki was down at turn ten on the first lap with contact with Albert Arenas (Sama Qatar Angel Nieto Team).

By the end of the first lap, it was Lorenzo Dalla Porta (Leopard Racing) who was able to come to the front, ahead of Canet and Arbolino. By this point, there was already something of a breakaway group of eleven riders.

This was reduced to ten, however, when Dalla Porta’s Honda expired at the end of lap three. Dalla Porta’s bike let go on the exit of turn thirteen, and the pack behind was lucky to avoid the luckless Italian.

There was then a pileup in turn four, involving both Sama Qatar Angel Nieto Team riders, Albert Arenas and Raul Fernandez, as well as Can Oncu (Red Bull KTM Ajo), Filip Salac (Redox PruestelGP), Vicente Perez (Reale Avintia Arizona 77) and Sergio Garcia (Estrella Galicia 0,0). This didn’t change the leading order too much, but it created some gaps in the field, with the front group now a distinctive thirteen, with Niccolo Antonelli (Sic58 Squadra Corse) and Ryusei Yamanaka (Estrella Galicia 0,0) just off the back.

Tony Arbolino hit the front with eleven laps to go. He then gave up the lead immediately as he ran out wide in turn three. It was a strange moment, as he sat up in the middle of turn three, and cruised round the outside of it. It looked like a bike problem, but he was back in the race moments later, although behind his teammate, Romano Fenati (VNE Snipers). One lap later, though, Arbolino was out.

Gabriel Rodrigo (Kommerling Gresini Moto3) and Darryn Binder (CIP Green Power) had looked strong throughout the race, especially Rodrigo who started from pole position. However, they were both out at turn ten on the penultimate lap when they made contact.

Onto the final lap, it was all to play for, but Kaito Toba (Honda Team Asia) had the advantage. He crashed, though, at turn ten, and almost immediately after John McPhee (Petronas SRT) gave up his chance at the podium as he made an attempt to impersonate Randy Mamola, being high-sided by his Honda, but holding onto it. Toba was out, but McPhee’s incredible effort to stay on the bike earned him three points.

In the remaining four corners, no one was able to challenge Marcos Ramirez (Leopard Racing) who inherited the lead after Toba’s crash. Aron Canet had a go a passing Ramirez into the final corner, but Ramirez’ entry speed was too much for the #44, who remained second. Ramirez’ first win comes at one of his home Grands Prix. Although an Andalusian, to take his first victory in Spain will be a special point in the #42’s career. It has not been a stunning season so far from Ramirez who re-joined the team with whom he fought for the 2016 CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship, but this could prove an important moment in his season, as he became the twelfth winner in as many races in the lightweight class.

Whilst Canet was unable to make the move into the final corner, he was able to finish second and extend his championship lead, taking profit from the misfortune of his rivals, Jaume Masia (Bester Capital Dubai) who crashed in an incident with Darryn Binder; Lorenzo Dalla Porta and Tony Arbolino, all of whom did not score.

Although the lead did not change in the final corner, Celestino Vietti (Sky Racing Team VR46) was able to pass Alonso Lopez (Estrella Galicia 0,0) in turn fourteen. This gave Vietti his second podium of 2019 and the third of his career. Unfortunately for Lopez, it came at the cost of a home race rostrum for the #21. After having his podium in Jerez last season taken away thanks to a post-race penalty, Lopez’ emotional response in the garage after the race to losing third place in the 2019 Catalan GP was understandable. However, it was a strong ride from the Spaniard, who led for much of the race and had some strong pace – arguably the strongest of the field.

Dennis Foggia (Sky Racing Team VR46) was able to recover from thirtieth on the grid to finish fifth which equals his best result of the season of last time out in Mugello.

Ai Ogura made a bad start from the front row of the grid, but was able to recover and finished sixth, which is the best result in the World Championship for the rookie. Romano Fenati took seventh place, his best result of the season, ahead of Ayumu Sasaki (Petronas SRT), wildcard Ryusei Yamanaka and Jakub Kornfeil (Redox PruestelGP) who came from twenty-second on the grid to round out the top ten.

Niccolo Antonelli spent much of the final portion of the race contesting the lead, but a mistake at turn one with three laps to go dropped the Italian down the order. He was recovering, and was inside the top ten halfway round the final lap, but at turn seven made a mistake which once again dropped him back. In the end, Antonelli took eleventh place, ahead of the wildcard Carlos Tatay (Fundacion Andreas Perez 77) who took his first GP points in twelfth; the aforementioned John McPhee; Tom Booth-Amos (CIP Green Power) who took his first points in the World Championship and Darryn Binder who got back on after his crash with Rodrigo for the final point in fifteenth.

Kazuki Masaki (BOE Skull Rider Mugen Race) was unlucky, as he clipped the rear wheel of Ramirez in the closing the stages at turn ten. Ramirez had contact with another rider, and Masaki had nowhere to go when the Spaniard backed out of the throttle. Eventually, Masaki came back for sixteenth, ahead of Riccardo Rossi (Kommerling Gresini Moto3), Vicente Perez and Tatsuki Suzuki.

Such a crazy race had a number of retirements, the first being Dalla Porta. He was followed out by the riders involved in the turn four pileup: Arenas, Garcia, Fernandez, Oncu, Migno and Salac, although the latter three all got back on before retiring later on. Arbolino was the next to go, before Masia dropped out. Then it was Makar Yurchenko (BOE Skull Rider Mugen Race) to fall, before Rodrigo’s incident with Binder took him out, and Toba’s final lap crash.

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The Moto3 race in Mugello is always spectacular, the long straight meaning the group rarely gets an opportunity to split thanks to the slipstream. The 2019 edition was no exception to these trends.

The group was large from the start, with twenty or more bikes, but the group split slightly in the middle of the race, with the top ten fighting for first. Eventually, the group merges again, but not before one or two riders had identified themselves as the favourites entering the final stages.

Tony Arbolino (VNE Snipers) set pole position on Saturday by over six tenths, and had looked strong in the race despite falling back in the middle; whilst Tatsuki Suzuki (Sic58 Squadra Corse) had fought through from a poor grid position after getting his flying lap cancelled in Q2, and was seemingly able to pull away through most of the lap before the slipstream brought everyone back together. Similarly, although arguably to a larger extent than Suzuki, Lorenzo Dalla Porta (Leopard Racing) seemed to have an advantage in the more technical part of the lap, especially from Casanova to Scarperia. On several occasions, Dalla Porta was able to make a significant gap throughout the lap, but on no occasion was that gap large enough to defend him from the slipstreaming behind, and he was swamped by the pack time and time again.

A divebomb from Jaume Masia (Bester Capital Dubai) at San Donato on the final lap sent him temporarily into the lead, but it also sent both himself and Dalla Porta wide, allowing Arbolino and almost Dennis Foggia (Sky Racing Team VR46) up the inside of the pair of them.

Arbolino led to turn two at Luco, where Masia put another strong move, this time on the #14 to reclaim the lead, whilst Dalla Porta secured third place from Foggia and Niccolo Antonelli (Sic58 Squadra Corse) took fifth place from John McPhee (Petronas SRT) who was now contending with Suzuki, whilst Aron Canet (Sterilgarda Max Racing Team) was sat at the back of the group.
Whilst passing Foggia for third in Luco, Dalla Porta carried good enough speed to put him on the inside of Arbolino in Poggio Seccho, claiming third as the group headed for Materassi.

It took the Tuscan until Corentaio to be able to claim the lead from Masia, but the Honda had looked to have a speed advantage on the KTM throughout the race, so it seemed the #48 was safe. This safety was jeopardised by Arbolino’s move on Masia in Bucine, the final corner, and the #14 was able to slipstream past Dalla Porta to the line to win his first Grand Prix, at his home Grand Prix, by 0.029 seconds. Arbolino’s first win has been coming for a while, so for him to finally achieve it now could be an important moment for the future of his career. It will be interesting to see now how Arbolino’s season goes from here, whether he will push on and take many more podiums and wins and fight for the championship now that the pressure of trying to win his first GP is lifted.

Dalla Porta was not too disappointed after the finish to forget the similarity between his second place in Mugello and the one he took in Qatar at round one, and he noted it to Simon Crafar in the parc ferme interview. After returning the podium in Le Mans, Dalla Porta has now taken his third podium of the season, moving him to just three points behind the championship leader, Aron Canet who finished seventh in Italy. The championship momentum is again moving the way of the Leopard rider.

Jaume Masia returned to the podium after missing the top three since Austin where he was second. After COTA, Masia was level with Canet atop the standings, but leaving Mugello, despite his podium, the Spaniard is eighteen points behind his compatriot. However, that gap is not impossible to overcome, and the season is still very long.

Missing the podium in his home race by a whole 0.078 seconds was Niccolo Antonelli who, like teammate Suzuki, had to fight through from a lowly grid position after his flying lap was cancelled in Q2. Fourth for Antonelli leaves him thirteen points behind Canet as the series heads to Barcelona for round seven.

Dennis Foggia rounded out the top five after a strong race for the #7, of which the entirety was spent in the front group. John McPhee had a poor qualifying, but a good start, although he was not able to repeat his Le Mans win and finally finished sixth, ahead of the aforementioned Aron Canet, whilst Tatsuki Suzuki was at the back of the front group in eighth, a whole 0.595 seconds off the win.

One second back of Suzuki was Celestino Vietti (Sky Racing Team VR46), the rookie continuing his 100% points record in 2019, with five of those six rides being inside the top ten. Darryn Binder (CIP Green Power) spent some time in the front of the race, but ultimately rounded out the top ten.

Raul Fernandez (Sama Qatar Angel Nieto Team) finished eleventh on his first visit to Mugello, ahead of Albert Arenas (Sama Qatar Angel Nieto Team), Sergio Garcia (Estrella Galicia 0,0), Jakub Kornfeil (Redox PruestelGP) and Makar Yurchenko (BOE Skull Rider Mugen Race) who completed the points finishers.

Ai Ogura’s replacement at Honda Team Asia, Gerry Salim, finished sixteenth, less than one tenth off the final point on his GP debut, and ahead of Estrella Galicia 0,0 wildcard Ryusei Yamanaka, as well as reigning Red Bull Rookies Cup champion Can Oncu (Red Bull KTM Ajo), Vicente Perez (Reale Avintia Arizona 77), Filip Salac (Redox PruestelGP) and Riccardo Rossi (Kommerling Gresini Moto3) who was the twenty-first and final finisher in his first home Grand Prix.

Kazuki Masaki (BOE Skull Rider Mugen Race) was the first rider to retire, before Gabriel Rodrigo (Kommerling Gresini Moto3) fell at Materassi one lap later. Wildcard Kevin Zannoni (RGR TM Official Team) was the next to fall five laps later, as well as Alonso Lopez (Estrella Galicia 0,0). Next it was the turn of Tom Booth-Amos (CIP Green Power) to crash out, before Marcos Ramirez (Leopard Racing) fell for the second race in succession. Romano Fenati (VNE Snipers) then came together with Andrea Migno (Bester Capital Dubai) at Bucine with five to go, before Kaito Toba (Honda Team Asia) high sided on the exit of Poggio Seccho with four laps to go having been passed by Darryn Binder. The crash of Toba left Ayumu Sasaki (Petronas SRT) nowhere to go, and he went down as he hit his compatriot’s abandoned Honda.

Rain was forecast for Sunday, but the Moto3 World Championship race at Le Mans took place before it arrived, instead enjoying dry, if overcast, conditions for the fifth round of the 2019 series.

John McPhee (Petronas SRT) started from pole but it was Tony Arbolino (VNE Snipers) who took the holeshot, although Tatsuki Suzuki (Sic58 Squadra Corse) took the lead at turn six on the opening lap.

The pack was split on lap one, as Ai Ogura (Honda Team Asia) high-sided on the exit of turn ten. His bike came back onto the track, but somehow the entire field managed to avoid it.

That left four riders out front, although they were soon joined by three more to make it a seven-way scrap. It was Suzuki, McPhee, Gabriel Rodrigo (Kommerling Gresini Moto3), Aron Canet (Sterilgarda Max Racing Team), Lorenzo Dalla Porta (Leopard Racing) and Andrea Migno (Bester Capital Dubai) who were fighting for the lead, and it stayed this way for the majority of the race.

The change came in the closing stages, when Suzuki crashed in turn three, and collected Arbolino. This split the group, and allowed McPhee and Dalla Porta a break at the front, although it was not long before Migno arrived back with the two leaders. In fact, on the penultimate lap, the group expanded to its largest, with twelve riders now fighting for the win.

However, onto the final lap, it was clear that the win would be contested between four riders: McPhee, Dalla Porta, Canet and Kaito Toba (Honda Team Asia) who had benefitted from his compatriot’s crash a few laps previous.

Canet and Toba were taken out of contention on the final lap in turn eleven, when the Spaniard nearly crashed, and nearly took Toba with him, when he passed the #27 for third place. It was a move that Toba was clearly unhappy with after the race, and it was certainly on the limit from Canet, but it was fair enough on the last lap.

That left Dalla Porta and McPhee to fight for the win with three corners to go, but Dalla Porta was unable to out-brake the Scot into the final complex, and so McPhee emerged the winner.

McPhee’s triumph was the second of his career, and the first victory for a pole sitter at Le Mans in the lightweight class since Maverick Vinales bested Nico Terol in 2011. It was a classy race from McPhee, not getting involved in too much in the first part of the race, but when the race moved towards the closing stages, he was always able to put himself in the right place.

Dalla Porta finally returned to the podium after a trio of disappointing results since his rostrum in Qatar. Perhaps this result will see the start of a retaliation in the championship from the Tuscan, whose return to form has arrived just in time for his home Grand Prix in a couple of weeks.

Rounding out the podium was Canet. Unpopular with at least one of his rivals post-race, but the Spaniard’s third podium of the season came at an important moment, as the results of some of his rivals have allowed him to significantly extend his championship advantage. It was also an important result for the Max Racing Team, as Pietro Biaggi, Max’s father, died earlier in the weekend.

Gabriel Rodrigo took fourth place, having taken advantage of Canet’s move on Toba. Andrea Migno did the same, to finish fifth, whilst Toba dropped from third to sixth in the final sector of the lap. A poor qualifying and anonymous race led to a seventh place for Celestino Vietti (Sky Racing Team VR46), who is beginning to make a habit of finding the top ten on Sundays. Kazuki Masaki (BOE Skull Rider Mugen Race) took eighth place after a decent weekend for the Japanese, ahead of Jakub Kornfeil (Redox PruestelGP) and Raul Fernandez (Sama Qatar Angel Nieto Team) who completed the top ten.

Albert Arenas (Sama Qatar Angel Nieto Team) finished eleventh, ahead of Jaume Masia (Bester Capital Dubai), who incurred a 2.2 second penalty for cutting turn four and finished twelfth.

Makar Yurchenko (BOE Skull Rider Mugen Race) was the first rider home outside of the front group, finishing thirteenth, ahead of Ayumu Sasaki (Petronas SRT) and Filip Salac (Redox PruestelGP) who scored the first point of his Grand Prix career with fifteenth.

A plethora of retirements befell the Moto3 race: Sergio Garcia (Estrella Galicia 0,0) and Ai Ogura were both down on lap one. Then, Darryn Binder (CIP Green Power) ended a miserable weekend in the gravel trap of turn three, before Riccardo Rossi (Kommerling Gresini Moto3) also crashed out. Marcos Ramirez (Leopard Racing) spent his race riding around on his own, unable to catch the front group, and crashed on his own at turn three with fifteen laps to go.

Romano Fenati (VNE Snipers) was slow throughout the race until he retired two laps after Ramirez, possibly suffering with the after-effects of his Saturday crash. The big news for the championship was Niccolo Antonelli (Sic58 Squadra Corse) crashing, as he missed only one point compared to Aron Canet coming into this weekend. Vicente Perez (Reale Avintia Arizona 77) was the next to go, before Arbolino fell at the hand of Suzuki. Alonso Lopez (Estrella Galicia 0,0) joined his teammate in retirement with five to go at turn seven, whilst Dennis Foggia (Sky Racing Team VR46) crashed out at turn nine on the same lap, five tours from the end of the 2019 French Moto3 Grand Prix.

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