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MotoGP Jerez: Aspar one-two as Guevara takes pole in Moto3

Gaviota GasGas Aspar continued its impressive 2022 Moto3 season by heading the Moto3 Spanish GP grid at Jerez.

Izan Guevara’s 1’45.880 solo lap bettered teammate Sergio Garcia by 0.124s on Saturday afternoon with KTM Ajo’s Jaume Masia completing the front row for the Red Bull titled event. While Scott Ogden promoted the VisionTrack Honda from Q1 on his way to an 11th place start for Sunday’s 22-lap race.

CIP Green Power’s Kaito Toba kicked off qualifying action for the Spanish GP as he set the 1’47.230 benchmark for the lightweight class Q1 fight. CFMoto’s Xavi Artigas and Ogden bettering with their third laps of the afternoon as the VisionTrack rider took charge on 1’46 pace. KTM’s Daniel Holgado held the final promotion place as the final five minutes fired up with Leopard’s Tatsuki Suzuki just 0.003s adrift ahead of the final runs.

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The pack played the waiting game as the clock counted down until the penultimate minute saw 13 riders head out en masse, Avintia’s Matteo Bertelle the sole rider choosing to do it alone. The strategy saw riders meeting the flag before setting a fast lap with Ogden and Artigas two of the five caught out ahead of an anxious wait.

A crash for Syarifuddin Azman cut his effort short with Toba’s 1’46.8 taking control overall. The previous leading duo lucky to hold fast inside the Q2 places, in second and fourth as Bertelle’s solo run paid dividends for third.

Garcia set the pace for the pole shootout with an impressive early 1’46.004. Sterilgarda’s Ayumu Sasaki circulating second, three-tenths back, with Guevara on the provisional front row. Sic58’s Riccardo Rossi bickered with Masia for the third place position next time around as Ogden held onto the top ten with his first flying effort.

Guevara headed out alone for his second run with five minutes on the clock. The Aspar striking for glory with a 1’45.880 despite saving a moment at turn nine, to outpace his teammate by 0.124s. Tech3’s Deniz Öncü finding third on his own solo ride moments later.

The remaining pack prepared to once again roll out together for the closing action. Sasaki and Rossi meeting the flag without improvement from fourth and fifth before the hotlaps registered, Garcia, Ryusei Yamanaka, Joel Kelso and Ivan Ortola doing likewise.

Dennis Foggia captured third with Artigas fifth before Masia demoted the pair in the dying seconds for the final front row position. Guevara and Garcia safe out front with Öncü settling for fifth from Artigas, Sasaki and Rossi. Diogo Moreira completed the Q2 in ninth from Carlos Tatay Ogden and Yamanaka on row. A disappointed Andrea Migno heading row five, from 13th on Sunday’s grid with Kelso, Ortola, David Salvador, Bertelle and Toba completing the top 18.

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