Moto3™ – Leopard Racing’s Marcos Ramirez clinches last lap win as Aron Canet (Sterilgarda Max Racing Team) taken out.

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Leopard Racing’s Marcos Ramirez took full advantage of an action-packed final lap to take Moto3™ glory at the GoPro British Grand Prix. The Championship fight took a huge turn though when Albert Arenas (Sama Qatar Angel Nieto Team) wiped out Aron Canet (Sterilgarda Max Racing Team) in the early stages, allowing Leopard Racing’s Lorenzo Dalla Porta to move fourteen points clear thanks to a seventh podium of the season.

Poleman Tony Arbolino (VNE Snipers) got the perfect jump to take the holeshot but his lead didn’t last for long with Dalla Porta swooping through. The Championship leader then controlled the race during the opening stages, despite constant pressure courtesy of Arbolino and Petronas Sprinta Racing’s John McPhee.

Then on lap four, a monumental moment in the Moto3™ World Championship took place when Arenas looked to move through on the inside of Canet into Village only for his front end to fold and the man second in the championship to be taken out through no fault of his own. The Valencian quickly grabbed his bike, rejoined and went about trying to salvage something from Silverstone.

Dalla Porta was able to control the pace for seven laps before Arbolino finally found a way past him, on the brakes into Stowe corner. It didn’t last for long though, as Dalla Porta reclaimed the lead just a lap later only for Arbolino to then regain control a few corners later – a classic Moto3™ battle was beginning to kick into gear.

Then, seemingly from nowhere, Honda Team Asia’s Ai Ogura emerged as the leader after the determined Japanese rider dived past Dalla Porta, Arbolino and McPhee into Brooklands. The leading group of twelve was then reduced to eleven after winner last time out, VNE Snipers’ Romano Fenati, crashed out unhurt.

Moves were flying in everywhere and it became blink and you’ll miss it stuff before then with five laps now remaining the World Championship leader decided to put an end to the fun by hitting the front and trying to break clear. It didn’t take long for it to become a Leopard Racing one-two with Marcos Ramirez squeezing past Arbolino. But the 19-year-old Italian grit his teeth and got back past not one but two of the aqua-blue Honda machines to lead the British Grand Prix.

Four laps were now left and Dalla Porta showed some real cojones to roll around the outside of his teammate and Arbolino as the pack flicked left into the super-quick Maggots. But anybody wondering if team orders would come into play were quickly given a firm answer a lap later as Ramirez managed to edge past both Arbolino and teammate Dalla Porta in the tightest of overtakes into The Loop.

Two to go now and it was Arbolino’s turn to lead but Dalla Porta again showed his talent by easing around the outside of his compatriot at Stowe to reclaim the lead. Ramirez followed him through to second as the final lap began, which handed the Championship leader a comfort buffer of a few bike lengths.

The pack closed in down the Hangar Straight but Dalla Porta held on. Only to then make an unlikely mistake into the Club chicane and hand the lead to his teammate Ramirez. As they entered the final sector, Arbolino and Dalla Porta began to battle, which only allowed Ramirez to break even further clear and the Spaniard was able to hold on to his advantage to take the chequered flag for a second career victory.

Arbolino got the better of Dalla Porta to take second place, but a seventh podium of the season did allow the Championship to move fourteen points clear after Canet managed to salvage three points thanks to a quite phenomenal recovery ride through the field.

SIC58 Squadra Corse’s Niccolo Antonelli came across the line in fourth narrowly ahead of his teammate Tatsuki Suzuki and Petronas Sprinta Racing’s Ayumu Sasaki. Home hero John McPhee lost out on the final laps and slipped back to seventh ahead of the SKY Racing Team VR46 duo of Dennis Foggia and Celestino Vietti before Ogura completed the top ten.

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Moto3 Race Classification 2019.

Pos.	Points	Num.	Rider	Nation	Team	Bike	Km/h	Time/Gap
1	25	42	Marcos RAMIREZ	SPA	Leopard Racing	Honda	159.0	37’50.443
2	20	14	Tony ARBOLINO	ITA	VNE Snipers	Honda	159.0	+0.240
3	16	48	Lorenzo DALLA PORTA	ITA	Leopard Racing	Honda	159.0	+0.374
4	13	23	Niccolò ANTONELLI	ITA	SIC58 Squadra Corse	Honda	159.0	+0.425
5	11	24	Tatsuki SUZUKI	JPN	SIC58 Squadra Corse	Honda	159.0	+0.495
6	10	71	Ayumu SASAKI	JPN	Petronas Sprinta Racing	Honda	158.9	+0.816
7	9	17	John MCPHEE	GBR	Petronas Sprinta Racing	Honda	158.9	+1.045
8	8	7	Dennis FOGGIA	ITA	SKY Racing Team VR46	KTM	158.9	+1.210
9	7	13	Celestino VIETTI	ITA	SKY Racing Team VR46	KTM	158.9	+1.235
10	6	79	Ai OGURA	JPN	Honda Team Asia	Honda	158.9	+1.300
11	5	5	Jaume MASIA	SPA	Bester Capital Dubai	KTM	158.9	+1.921
12	4	40	Darryn BINDER	RSA	CIP Green Power	KTM	158.5	+7.341
13	3	44	Aron CANET	SPA	Sterilgarda Max Racing Team	KTM	158.1	+12.318
14	2	52	Jeremy ALCOBA	SPA	Kömmerling Gresini Moto3	Honda	158.1	+12.620
15	1	21	Alonso LOPEZ	SPA	Estrella Galicia 0,0	Honda	158.1	+12.861
16		84	Jakub KORNFEIL	CZE	Redox PruestelGP	KTM	158.1	+13.034
17		16	Andrea MIGNO	ITA	Bester Capital Dubai	KTM	158.1	+13.114
18		25	Raul FERNANDEZ	SPA	Sama Qatar Angel Nieto Team	KTM	158.0	+13.531
19		11	Sergio GARCIA	SPA	Estrella Galicia 0,0	Honda	158.0	+13.752
20		27	Kaito TOBA	JPN	Honda Team Asia	Honda	158.0	+13.934
21		12	Filip SALAC	CZE	Redox PruestelGP	KTM	158.0	+14.028
22		82	Stefano NEPA	ITA	Reale Avintia Arizona 77	KTM	158.0	+14.086
23		76	Makar YURCHENKO	KAZ	BOE Skull Rider Mugen Race	KTM	158.1	+14.362
24		61	Can ONCU	TUR	Red Bull KTM Ajo	KTM	157.1	+27.836
25		69	Tom BOOTH-AMOS	GBR	CIP Green Power	KTM	156.9	+30.556
26		22	Kazuki MASAKI	JPN	BOE Skull Rider Mugen Race	KTM	156.9	+30.706
27		54	Riccardo ROSSI	ITA	Kömmerling Gresini Moto3	Honda	156.9	+30.746
28		73	Maximilian KOFLER	AUT	Sama Qatar Angel Nieto Team	KTM	155.3	+53.880
29		96	Brandon PAASCH	USA	FPW Racing	KTM	154.6	+1’03.928
Not Classified
		55	Romano FENATI	ITA	VNE Snipers	Honda	158.9	8 Laps
		75	Albert ARENAS	SPA	Sama Qatar Angel Nieto Team	KTM	129.6	13 Laps

Moto3 World Standing 2019.

Pos.	Rider	Bike	Nation	Points
1	Lorenzo DALLA PORTA	Honda	ITA	171
2	Aron CANET	KTM	SPA	157
3	Tony ARBOLINO	Honda	ITA	133
4	Niccolò ANTONELLI	Honda	ITA	118
5	Marcos RAMIREZ	Honda	SPA	114
6	John MCPHEE	Honda	GBR	93
7	Celestino VIETTI	KTM	ITA	88
8	Jaume MASIA	KTM	SPA	83
9	Romano FENATI	Honda	ITA	67
10	Jakub KORNFEIL	KTM	CZE	67
11	Ai OGURA	Honda	JPN	66
12	Dennis FOGGIA	KTM	ITA	54
13	Kaito TOBA	Honda	JPN	51
14	Tatsuki SUZUKI	Honda	JPN	50
15	Gabriel RODRIGO	Honda	ARG	50
16	Andrea MIGNO	KTM	ITA	49
17	Ayumu SASAKI	Honda	JPN	47
18	Raul FERNANDEZ	KTM	SPA	45
19	Darryn BINDER	KTM	RSA	44
20	Albert ARENAS	KTM	SPA	35
21	Alonso LOPEZ	Honda	SPA	34
22	Makar YURCHENKO	KTM	KAZ	16
23	Kazuki MASAKI	KTM	JPN	14
24	Sergio GARCIA	Honda	SPA	9
25	Ryusei YAMANAKA	Honda	JPN	7
26	Filip SALAC	KTM	CZE	6
27	Carlos TATAY	KTM	SPA	4
28	Can ONCU	KTM	TUR	4
29	Tom BOOTH-AMOS	KTM	GBR	2
30	Jeremy ALCOBA	Honda	SPA	2
31	Gerry SALIM	Honda	INA
32	Vicente PEREZ	KTM	SPA
33	Stefano NEPA	KTM	ITA
34	Deniz ONCU	KTM	TUR
35	Riccardo ROSSI	Honda	ITA
36	Aleix VIU	KTM	SPA
37	Maximilian KOFLER	KTM	AUT
38	Ryan VAN DE LAGEMAAT	KTM	NED
39	Meikon KAWAKAMI	KTM	BRA
40	Dirk GEIGER	KTM	GER
41	Brandon PAASCH	KTM	USA

Credits : Photos and content courtesy of motogp.com

Moto3™ – Leopard Racing’s Marcos Ramirez clinches last lap win as Aron Canet (Sterilgarda Max Racing Team) taken out.

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GoPro BRITISH GRAND PRIX

Moto3 World Standing 2019.

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