Moto2 Full Race Results | Title battle is flipped on its head after race start drama
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Kada Sárközi joined GPblog as an editor ahead of the 2023 Formula 1 season. He graduated with a BA in Sports Journalism in the UK and has covered Grands Prix and other F1 events live.
Izan Guevara won the Moto2 race in Japan and cut his gap to Manuel Gonzalez in the standings after the championship leader's bike stalled on the grid. Tony Arbolino finished in second place, while Filip Salac completed the podium.
The Moto2 race began with drama as Manuel Gonzalez had to push his bike off the grid before the lights went out, and the Intact GP rider had to start from the pit lane. Meanwhile, Gonzalez's championship rival, Guevara, saw what happened and kept the lead after the start.
After the opening laps, three riders, including Guevara, Tony Arbolino and Filip Salac, began to pull away from the rest of the riders.
Arbolino remained on Guevara's heels, and with three laps to go, he made his first attempt. However, the Italian could not make the move stick and found himself under pressure from Salac.
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The Fantic Racing rider was unable to launch another attack on Guevara, and thanks to this result, the future MotoGP rider is now only 10.5 points behind Gonzalez in the Moto2 standings.
Full Results - The Moto2 race of the Japanese Grand Prix
| Position | Riders | Teams | Points |
| P1 | Izan Guevara | Pramac | 25 |
| P2 | Tony Arbolino | Fantic | 20 |
| P3 | Filip Salac | American Racing | 16 |
| P4 | Ivan Ortola | MSi | 13 |
| P5 | David Alonso | CFMoto Aspar | 11 |
| P6 | Celestino Vietti | SpeedRS | 10 |
| P7 | Deniz Öncü | Marc VDS | 9 |
| P8 | Daniel Holgado | CFMoto Aspar | 8 |
| P9 | Alonso Lopez | Gresini | 7 |
| P10 | Jose Antonio Rueda | KTM Ajo | 6 |
| P11 | Adrian Huertas | Italtrans | 5 |
| P12 | Daniel Muñoz | Italtrans | 4 |
| P13 | Senna Agius | Intact GP | 3 |
| P14 | Ayumu Sasaki | RW Racing | 2 |
| P15 | Zonta van den Goorbergh | RW Racing | 1 |
| P16 | Barry Baltus | Fantic | |
| P17 | Aron Canet | Marc VDS | |
| P18 | Alex Escrig | KLINT Forward | |
| P19 | Xabi Zurutuza | KLINT Forward | |
| P20 | Joe Roberts | American Racing | |
| P21 | Luca Lunetta | SpeedRS | |
| P22 | Manuel Gonzalez | Intact GP | |
| P23 | Unai Orradre | MSi | |
| P24 | Milan Pawelec | KTM Ajo | |
| DNF | Mario Aji | Honda Team Asia | |
| DNF | Taiyo Furusato | Honda Team Asia | |
| DNF | Sergio Garcia | Gresini |
What happened in Moto3?
David Almansa won the opening race of the day at the Motegi circuit in Japan. The Intact GP rider finished marginally ahead of championship leader Maximo Quiles. This means the Aspar rider was unable to mathematically secure the Moto3 title this weekend. KTM's Alvaro Carpe completed the podium.
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