Moto3™. Marco Bezzecchi (Redox PrustelGP) wins crazy Moto3™ race.

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Marco Bezzecchi (Redox PrustelGP) takes his maiden Moto3™ victory with a magnificent ride on a drying track at the Gran Premio Motul de la Republica Argentina, pushing from the start and able to pull away for a 6.8 second lead after ten laps. Pole position man Tony Arbolino (Marinelli Snipers Team) opted to start the race on the slick tyres, while Championship leader Jorge Martin (Del Conca Gresini Moto3) pulled in at the end of the warm up lap to make the same gamble.

Aron Canet (Estrella Galicia 0,0) battled hard to take a valuable 20 points and the lead in the Championship as he took second, as Del Conca Gresini Moto3™ rider Fabio Di Giannantonio finished 0.274 back in third. Enea Bastianini (Leopard Racing) threatened late in the race to take his first podium of the season, but a mistake on the last lap ended his chances – he finished a solid fourth.

A gap of 3.294 then separated the Italian to Adam Norrodin (Petronal Sprinta Racing) who claimed his career best finish in fifth, with sixth place Estrella Galicia 0,0 man Alonso Lopez also grabbing his career best result. Lopez led Lorenzo Dalla Porta (Leopard Racing) in seventh and Niccolo Antonelli (SIC58 Squadra Corse) in eighth.

Home hero Gabriel Rodrigo (RBA BOE Skull Rider) managed to get a top ten finish at his home grand prix, after dropping back from the leading group late in the race but taking ninth.

Then came the pole man Arbolino, who carved his way through to tenth after opting for slicks at the start of the race. He led Martin over the line by 1.074 seconds in P11. The risk didn’t quite pay off with reward, but the two men took solid points.

There were a number of crashes, including Jaume Masia (Bester Capital Dubai) who tagged the back of Di Giannantonio at turn five – crashing out of fourth on the penultimate lap in some late heartbrake for the rookie but all riders ok.

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Moto3 Race Classification 2018.

Pos.	Points	Num.	Rider	Nation	Team	Bike	Km/h	Time/Gap
1	25	12	Marco BEZZECCHI	ITA	Redox PruestelGP	KTM	145.1	41’43.822
2	20	44	Aron CANET	SPA	Estrella Galicia 0,0	Honda	144.8	+4.689
3	16	21	Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO	ITA	Del Conca Gresini Moto3	Honda	144.8	+4.963
4	13	33	Enea BASTIANINI	ITA	Leopard Racing	Honda	144.7	+5.818
5	11	7	Adam NORRODIN	MAL	Petronas Sprinta Racing	Honda	144.5	+9.112
6	10	72	Alonso LOPEZ	SPA	Estrella Galicia 0,0	Honda	144.3	+13.349
7	9	48	Lorenzo DALLA PORTA	ITA	Leopard Racing	Honda	144.3	+13.925
8	8	23	Niccolò ANTONELLI	ITA	SIC58 Squadra Corse	Honda	144.2	+14.363
9	7	19	Gabriel RODRIGO	ARG	RBA BOE Skull Rider	KTM	144.1	+16.573
10	6	14	Tony ARBOLINO	ITA	Marinelli Snipers Team	Honda	143.7	+24.299
11	5	88	Jorge MARTIN	SPA	Del Conca Gresini Moto3	Honda	143.6	+25.373
12	4	42	Marcos RAMIREZ	SPA	Bester Capital Dubai	KTM	143.6	+26.060
13	3	16	Andrea MIGNO	ITA	Angel Nieto Team Moto3	KTM	143.5	+26.376
14	2	84	Jakub KORNFEIL	CZE	Redox PruestelGP	KTM	143.5	+26.488
15	1	11	Livio LOI	BEL	Reale Avintia Academy	KTM	143.5	+26.537
16		71	Ayumu SASAKI	JPN	Petronas Sprinta Racing	Honda	143.4	+29.252
17		17	John MCPHEE	GBR	CIP – Green Power	KTM	143.2	+32.937
18		41	Nakarin ATIRATPHUVAPAT	THA	Honda Team Asia	Honda	143.1	+33.892
19		27	Kaito TOBA	JPN	Honda Team Asia	Honda	142.9	+37.665
20		22	Kazuki MASAKI	JPN	RBA BOE Skull Rider	KTM	142.9	+38.202
21		24	Tatsuki SUZUKI	JPN	SIC58 Squadra Corse	Honda	141.5	+1’02.305
22		40	Darryn BINDER	RSA	Red Bull KTM Ajo	KTM	140.7	+1’17.384
23		65	Philipp OETTL	GER	Sudmetal Schedl GP Racing	KTM	139.7	+1’36.986
24		76	Makar YURCHENKO	KAZ	CIP – Green Power	KTM	136.7	1 Lap
Not Classified
		5	Jaume MASIA	SPA	Bester Capital Dubai	KTM	144.6	2 Laps
		10	Dennis FOGGIA	ITA	SKY Racing Team VR46	KTM	144.4	3 Laps
		75	Albert ARENAS	SPA	Angel Nieto Team Moto3	KTM	143.2	4 Laps
		8	Nicolo BULEGA	ITA	SKY Racing Team VR46	KTM	141.9	5 Laps

Credits : Photos and content courtesy of MotoGP.com

Moto3™. Marco Bezzecchi (Redox PrustelGP) wins crazy Moto3™ race.

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GRAN PREMIO MOTUL DE LA REPÚBLICA ARGENTINA

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