Moto3™-Jaume Masia (Bester Capital Dubai) claim maiden Moto3™ victory.

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Jaume Masia (Bester Capital Dubai) has won his first ever Moto3™ race after taking a sensational win at the Gran Premio Motul de la República Argentina, the Spaniard holding off Darryn Binder (CIP Green Power) and maiden podium position finisher Tony Arbolino (VNE Snipers) as the lightweight class treated us to yet another unbelievable race long scrap.

Pole man and eventual race winner Masia messed up his launch as second on the grid Aron Canet (Sterilgarda Max Racing Team) got the holeshot, with Arbolino having a shocker off the line to slip outside the top ten. But it was Canet who remained at the front as Niccolo Antonelli (SIC58 Squadra Corse) made a good start to slot into second ahead of Masia, as Canet and the Italian exchanged positions at the front on the opening couple of laps.

In typical Moto3™ fashion, the top 19 were covered by just 2.1 seconds as home hero Gabriel Rodrigo (Kömmerling Gresini Moto3) and Free Practice’s quickest man John McPhee (Petronas Sprinta Racing) started making moves from outside the top ten to pick up the baton at the front – the crowd going wild for Rodrigo.

Another man to make moves from the rear end of the field was Binder as the battle at the front raged, with the race seeing nine different leaders in the first 12 laps of the race. McPhee and Alonso Lopez (Estrella Galicia 0,0) then crashed out of winning contention with nine laps to go at Turn 13, the Scotsman running in too hot and clipping the back of the Spaniard’s Honda after his rear brake had broken moments before.

Back at the front and Dennis Foggia (SKY Racing Team VR46) had now taken over at the front, but Canet, Binder and Rodrigo were the top three over the line with seven to go. With five laps remaining, 1.7 seconds covered the top 17, with less than a second covering the top 14 in a race that really was anyone’s to claim at this point.

Binder and Dalla Porta were at the forefront with Rodrigo right there on home territory and heading onto the last lap, it was Dalla Porta moving underneath Binder at Turn 1 to take the lead. But at Turn 5, Binder got revenge. However, slight contact between the two meant Dalla Porta ran wide as Rodrigo used the slipstream to grab P1, Masia slotted into P2. The Spaniard held it during sector three and heading down into the tricky Turn 13, Masia, Rodrigo, Binder and Arbolino were searching for the best line, but there was small drama for Rodrigo as he nearly crashed after tagging the rear wheel of Binder. This allowed Arbolino to go through as Masia held P1 to claim his first Grand Prix win, Binder grabbed a sensational second with Arbolino securing his maiden podium in P3.

Antonelli crossed the line fourth, with Ayumu Sasaki (Petronas Sprinta Racing) earning a top five for his best Moto3™ result. Rodrigo held it together and had to take P6. After being forced wide on the final lap at Turn 5, Dalla Porta came across the line in seventh, with fellow Italian Foggia earning an eighth place in Argentina. Marcos Ramirez (Leopard Racing), a race leader at one point, settled for P9 as Qatar GP winner Kaito Toba (Honda Team Asia) closed out the top ten.

Redox PrüstelGP teamates Filip Salac and Jakub Kornfeil crashed at Turn 13, both of whom were able to rejoin.

Another breathless Moto3™ race sees Toba continue to lead the Championship ahead of Dalla Porta, with Masia jumping up 26 places to third in the title race following his victory.

GRAN PREMIO MOTUL DE LA REPÚBLICA ARGENTINA

Moto3 Race Classification 2019.

Pos.	Points	Num.	Rider	Nation	Team	Bike	Km/h	Time/Gap
1	25	5	Jaume MASIA	SPA	Bester Capital Dubai	KTM	155.6	38’54.562
2	20	40	Darryn BINDER	RSA	CIP Green Power	KTM	155.6	+0.108
3	16	14	Tony ARBOLINO	ITA	VNE Snipers	Honda	155.6	+0.295
4	13	23	Niccolò ANTONELLI	ITA	SIC58 Squadra Corse	Honda	155.6	+0.386
5	11	71	Ayumu SASAKI	JPN	Petronas Sprinta Racing	Honda	155.5	+0.519
6	10	19	Gabriel RODRIGO	ARG	Kömmerling Gresini Moto3	Honda	155.5	+0.550
7	9	48	Lorenzo DALLA PORTA	ITA	Leopard Racing	Honda	155.5	+0.588
8	8	7	Dennis FOGGIA	ITA	SKY Racing Team VR46	KTM	155.5	+0.671
9	7	42	Marcos RAMIREZ	SPA	Leopard Racing	Honda	155.5	+0.792
10	6	27	Kaito TOBA	JPN	Honda Team Asia	Honda	155.5	+1.280
11	5	16	Andrea MIGNO	ITA	Bester Capital Dubai	KTM	155.5	+1.629
12	4	44	Aron CANET	SPA	Sterilgarda Max Racing Team	KTM	155.5	+1.775
13	3	24	Tatsuki SUZUKI	JPN	SIC58 Squadra Corse	Honda	155.5	+1.836
14	2	13	Celestino VIETTI	ITA	SKY Racing Team VR46	KTM	155.5	+1.978
15	1	25	Raul FERNANDEZ	SPA	Sama Qatar Angel Nieto Team	KTM	155.4	+2.092
16		55	Romano FENATI	ITA	VNE Snipers	Honda	155.4	+2.273
17		79	Ai OGURA	JPN	Honda Team Asia	Honda	155.4	+2.350
18		69	Tom BOOTH-AMOS	GBR	CIP Green Power	KTM	154.9	+9.798
19		81	Aleix VIU	SPA	Sama Qatar Angel Nieto Team	KTM	154.9	+9.904
20		76	Makar YURCHENKO	KAZ	BOE Skull Rider Mugen Race	KTM	154.9	+10.136
21		17	John MCPHEE	GBR	Petronas Sprinta Racing	Honda	153.8	+26.464
22		54	Riccardo ROSSI	ITA	Kömmerling Gresini Moto3	Honda	153.8	+27.044
23		22	Kazuki MASAKI	JPN	BOE Skull Rider Mugen Race	KTM	153.0	+39.985
24		84	Jakub KORNFEIL	CZE	Redox PruestelGP	KTM	152.9	+40.177
25		12	Filip SALAC	CZE	Redox PruestelGP	KTM	151.8	+58.474
26		61	Can ONCU	TUR	Red Bull KTM Ajo	KTM	148.0	1 Lap
Not Classified
		77	Vicente PEREZ	SPA	Reale Avintia Arizona 77	KTM	155.7	8 Laps
		21	Alonso LOPEZ	SPA	Estrella Galicia 0,0	Honda	155.9	10 Laps

Moto3 World Standing 2019.

Pos.	Rider	Bike	Nation	Points
1	Kaito TOBA	Honda	JPN	31
2	Lorenzo DALLA PORTA	Honda	ITA	29
3	Jaume MASIA	KTM	SPA	25
4	Niccolò ANTONELLI	Honda	ITA	21
5	Darryn BINDER	KTM	RSA	20
6	Aron CANET	KTM	SPA	20
7	Marcos RAMIREZ	Honda	SPA	20
8	Tony ARBOLINO	Honda	ITA	16
9	Celestino VIETTI	KTM	ITA	13
10	Ayumu SASAKI	Honda	JPN	11
11	Gabriel RODRIGO	Honda	ARG	11
12	Albert ARENAS	KTM	SPA	10
13	Raul FERNANDEZ	KTM	SPA	10
14	Dennis FOGGIA	KTM	ITA	8
15	Romano FENATI	Honda	ITA	7
16	Andrea MIGNO	KTM	ITA	7
17	Jakub KORNFEIL	KTM	CZE	6
18	Ai OGURA	Honda	JPN	5
19	Alonso LOPEZ	Honda	SPA	4
20	John MCPHEE	Honda	GBR	3
21	Tatsuki SUZUKI	Honda	JPN	3
22	Vicente PEREZ	KTM	SPA
23	Tom BOOTH-AMOS	KTM	GBR
24	Can ONCU	KTM	TUR
25	Kazuki MASAKI	KTM	JPN
26	Aleix VIU	KTM	SPA
27	Makar YURCHENKO	KTM	KAZ
28	Ryusei YAMANAKA	Honda	JPN
29	Filip SALAC	KTM	CZE
30	Riccardo ROSSI	Honda	ITA

Credits : Photos and content courtesy of motogp.com

Moto3™-Jaume Masia (Bester Capital Dubai) claim maiden Moto3™ victory.

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GRAN PREMIO MOTUL DE LA REPÚBLICA ARGENTINA

Moto3 World Standing 2019.

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