Moto3™: Sergio Garcia (Valresa GasGas Aspar Team) produces more last lap brilliance for victory.

Over the next ten laps, the five riders at the front swapped places lap after lap. They all had their chance at leading the race at one stage or another, with Garcia and Masia even having contact on the run down to Turn 1 as they squabbled over track position.

Two and a half laps left and it was Garcia leading the way ahead of Sasaki, Öncü, Masia and Guevara. The GasGas man got swallowed up down the straight though as they started the penultimate lap, as Sasaki and Masia both managed to get ahead of him. But Garcia wasn’t giving up easily, battling back on Masia for second.

We started the final lap with Sasaki leading but it didn’t last long. Garcia flew past him and had enough on the brakes to emerge at the front. It was incredibly congested through Turn 1 but a big and brave move from Masia saw him jump from second to fourth. He heaped pressure on Garcia, desperately looking for the smallest gap to try and nudge through.

But Garcia was perfect on the final lap once again, fending off a determined Masia to take the chequered flag and his second win of the season. The Ajo rider had to settle for second, 0.069 seconds behind Garcia, for back-to-back podium finishes following his victory in Austin. Third went the way of Sasaki, his second rostrum of the season, ahead of the frustrated Öncü and Guevara in fourth and fifth.

Foggia was down in 17th on the first lap but recovered well to fight his way through to the front of the third group, with both Carlos Tatay (CFMoto Racing PruestelGP) in sixth and Andrea Migno (Rivacold Snipers Team) in seventh ahead of him. Completing the top ten behind Foggia were Joel Kelso (CIP Green Power), a great ride from 22nd on the grid, and Diogo Moreira (MT Helmets – MSI), who was demoted two places from eighth to tenth after the race.

Moto3™ Portuguese GP Top 10:
1. Sergio Garcia (Valresa GASGAS Aspar Team)
2. Jaume Masia (Red Bull KTM Ajo) + 0.069
3. Ayumu Sasaki (Sterilgarda Husqvarna Max) + 0.110
4. Deniz Öncü (Red Bull KTM Tech3) + 0.210
5. Izan Guevara (Valresa GASGAS Aspar Team) + 0.373
6. Carlos Tatay (CFMoto Racing PruestelGP) + 4.094
7. Andrea Migno (Rivacold Snipers Team) + 4.729
8. Dennis Foggia (Leopard Racing) + 7.170
9. Joel Kelso (CIP GreenPower) + 7.241
10. Diogo Moreira (MT Helmets – MSI) + 7.165*

Grande Prémio tissot de Portugal

Moto3™ RAC Classification 2022

1	25	11 SergioGarcia Valresa GASGAS Aspar Team	GasGas	151	38’17.7250
2	20	5 JaumeMasia Red Bull KTM Ajo	KTM	151	+0.069
3	16	71 AyumuSasaki Sterilgarda Husqvarna Max	Husqvarna	151	+0.110
4	13	53 DenizÖncü Red Bull KTM Tech 3	KTM	151	+0.210
5	11	28 IzanGuevara Gaviota GASGAS Aspar Team	GasGas	151	+0.373
6	10	99 CarlosTatay CFMOTO Racing PrustelGP	CFMoto	150.8	+4.094
7	9	16 AndreaMigno Rivacold Snipers Team	Honda	150.7	+4.729
8	8	7 DennisFoggia Leopard Racing	Honda	150.6	+7.170
9	7	66 JoelKelso CIP Green Power	KTM	150.6	+7.241
10	6	10 DiogoMoreira MT Helmets – MSI	KTM	150.6	+7.165
11	5	54 RiccardoRossi SIC58 Squadra Corse	Honda	150.6	+7.276
12	4	24 TatsukiSuzuki Leopard Racing	Honda	150.6	+7.334
13	3	19 ScottOgden VisionTrack Racing Team	Honda	150.5	+7.442
14	2	20 LorenzoFellon Sic58 Squadra Corse	Honda	149.8	+18.989
15	1	82 StefanoNepa Angeluss MTA Team	KTM	149.6	+22.437
16		64 MarioSuryo Aji Honda Team Asia	Honda	149.6	+22.627
17		27 KaitoToba CIP Green Power	KTM	149.4	+25.411
18		18 MatteoBertelle QJMOTOR Avintia Racing Team	KTM	149.3	+26.195
19		23 EliaBartolini QJMOTOR Avintia Racing Team	KTM	149.3	+26.213
20		43 XavierArtigas CFMOTO Racing PruestelGP	CFMoto	149.3	+26.580
21		6 RyuseiYamanaka MT Helmets – MSI	KTM	149.3	+27.217
22		38 DavidSalvador Sterilgarda Husqvarna Max	Husqvarna	149.1	+30.402
23		87 GerardRiu Male BOE SKX	KTM	148.3	+42.926
24		63 SyarifuddinAzman Rivacold Snipers Team	Honda	148.3	+42.989
25		72 TaiyoFurusato Honda Team Asia	Honda	147.8	+50.532
26		70 JoshuaWhatley VisionTrack Racing Team	Honda	147.8	+50.902
27		80 DavidAlonso GASGAS Aspar Team	Kalex	147.7	+51.199
28		22 AnaCarrasco BOE SKX	KTM	147.6	+54.005

Non-classified riders

		96 DanielHolgado Red Bull KTM Ajo	KTM	150.5	17 Laps
		48 IvanOrtola Angeluss MTA Team	KTM	149.2	7 Laps

Championship Standings Moto3™ 2022

Moto3™ Championship 2022

1	11 Sergio Garcia		Valresa GASGAS Aspar Team	GasGas	83
2	7 Dennis Foggia		Leopard Racing	Honda	82
3	5 Jaume Masia		Red Bull KTM Ajo	KTM	54
4	16 Andrea Migno		Rivacold Snipers Team	Honda	50
5	53 Deniz Öncü		Red Bull KTM Tech 3	KTM	50
6	28 Izan Guevara		Gaviota GASGAS Aspar Team	GasGas	48
7	71 Ayumu Sasaki		Sterilgarda Husqvarna Max	Husqvarna	45
8	99 Carlos Tatay		CFMOTO Racing PrustelGP	CFMoto	42
9	54 Riccardo Rossi		SIC58 Squadra Corse	Honda	29
10	27 Kaito Toba		CIP Green Power	KTM	27
11	24 Tatsuki Suzuki		Leopard Racing	Honda	27
12	43 Xavier Artigas		CFMOTO Racing PruestelGP	CFMoto	26
13	10 Diogo Moreira		MT Helmets – MSI	KTM	26
14	96 Daniel Holgado		Red Bull KTM Ajo	KTM	16
15	6 Ryusei Yamanaka		MT Helmets – MSI	KTM	16
16	66 Joel Kelso		CIP Green Power	KTM	14
17	23 Elia Bartolini		QJMOTOR Avintia Racing Team	KTM	13
18	17 John McPhee		Sterilgarda Husqvarna Max	Husqvarna	11
19	48 Ivan Ortola		Angeluss MTA Team	KTM	11
20	19 Scott Ogden		VisionTrack Racing Team	Honda	10
21	82 Stefano Nepa		Angeluss MTA Team	KTM	7
22	31 Adrian Fernandez		Red Bull KTM Tech 3	KTM	7
23	20 Lorenzo Fellon		Sic58 Squadra Corse	Honda	3
24	64 Mario Suryo Aji		Honda Team Asia	Honda	2
25	18 Matteo Bertelle		QJMOTOR Avintia Racing Team	KTM	1
26	72 Taiyo Furusato		Honda Team Asia	Honda	0
27	22 Ana Carrasco		BOE SKX	KTM	0
28	87 Gerard Riu Male		BOE SKX	KTM	0
29	70 Joshua Whatley		VisionTrack Racing Team	Honda	0
30	67 Alberto Surra		Rivacold Snipers Team	Honda	0
31	38 David Salvador		Sterilgarda Husqvarna Max	Husqvarna	0
32	63 Syarifuddin Azman		Rivacold Snipers Team	Honda	0
33	80 David Alonso		GASGAS Aspar Team	Kalex	0