Pini becomes first Italian since 2022 to win in Moto3 after epic COTA duel
19:39, 29 Mar
Updated: 19:52, 29 Mar
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The Moto3 race in COTA concluded with Italy's Guido Pini on top after a four-way battle which went down to the last corner. Check out the full results table below:
| Position | Rider | Time/Gap |
| 1. | Guido Pini | - |
| 2. | Maximo Quiles | +0.056 |
| 3. | Alvaro Carpe | +0.254 |
| 4. | Valentin Perrone | +0.445 |
| 5. | Adrian Fernandez | +9.192 |
| 6. | Adrian Cruces | +14.914 |
| 7. | Rico Salmela | +15.075 |
| 8. | Brian Uriate | +15.105 |
| 9. | Matteo Bertelle | +15.240 |
| 10. | Scott Ogden | +15.570 |
| 11. | Eddie O'Shea | +16.204 |
| 12. | Marco Morelli | +17.274 |
| 13. | Hakim Danish | +18.513 |
| 14. | Marcos Uriate | +20.559 |
| 15. | Jesus Rios | +27.200 |
| 16. | Ruche Moodley | +28.093 |
| 17. | Nicola Carraro | +28.099 |
| 18. | Ryusei Yamanaka | +28.332 |
| 19. | Cormac Buchanan | +37.244 |
| 20. | Leo Rammerstorfer | +61.694 |
| OUT | Zen Mitani | TBA |
| OUT | Casey O'Gorman | TBA |
| OUT | Joel Kelso | TBA |
| OUT | Joel Esteban | TBA |
| OUT | Veda Pratama | - |
| DNS | David Almansa | - |
The battle went right down to the final corner as Perrone, Carpe, Quiles and Pini all scrapped and pulled off a series of unbelievable overtakes on each other. Perrone led the group heading into the final corner before Carpe's late lunge forced them both wide, allowing Pini and Quiles to come through and take 1st and 2nd place.
Joel Esteban suffered more bad luck after his brutal high-side in Brazil, this time being taken down unavoidably by Veda Pratama after a mistake at the start of the back straight.
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