MOTOGP
FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 18 / NOVEMBER 17-18, 2018
RICARDO TORMO CIRCUIT / VALENCIA, SPAIN
P72
championship result for the
Del Conca Gresini Honda
team.
Bezzecchi had been
fighting for the lead when
he had the first of two
tumbles, finally finishing
20th and last, a lap down,
after pitting for running
repairs.
Enea Bastianini (Leopard
Honda) finished strongly for
fifth, leaving Jaume Masia
(Bester Capital KTM) by
seven seconds at the end.
But it was good enough for
Masia to secure Rookie of
the Year prize.
Antonelli and Atiratphu-
vapat (both Honda) and the
KTMs of Ramirez and Vietti
wrapped up the top 10
places. CN
MOTOGP
1. Andrea Dovizioso (Duc)
2. Alex Rins (Suz)
3. Pol Espargaro (KTM)
4. Michele Pirro (Duc)
5. Dani Pedrosa (Hon)
MOTO2
1. Miguel Oliveira (KTM)
2. Iker Lecuona (KTM)
3. Alex Marquez (Kal)
4. Mattia Pasini (Kal)
5. Remy Gardner (T3)
MOTO3
1. Can Oncu (KTM)
2. Jorge Martin (Hon)
3. John McPhee (KTM)
4. Fabio Di Giannantnio (Hon)
5. Enea Bastianini (Hon)
under age, after winning the Red
Bull Rookies Cup. Aged 15 years
and 115 days, he broke Scott
Redding's "youngest-ever" win-
ner's record by 55 days, becom-
ing simultaneously the first Turk
to win a GP, and the first to win
at his first attempt (in any class)
since Nobbie Ueda in Japan in
1991.
It was a race of survival, with
champion Martin finally getting
clear of the pursuit trio, where
John McPhee (CIP Green Power
KTM) came back to overtake Fa-
bio Di Giannantonio. The Italian
didn't fight back. With his rival
for second overall, Redox KTM's
Marco Bezzecchi, out of the
points, fourth was good enough
for him to make it a one-two
crashes, to defeat new cham-
pion Jorge Martin (Del Conca
Gresini Honda) by four seconds.
He inherited the lead after
pole starter Tony Arbolino (Mari-
nelli Snipers Honda) slipped off
after 12 of 23 laps, after having
built up a lead of almost three
seconds, yet another victim of a
cold and puddled Ricardo Tormo
circuit outside Valencia. Oncu
continued alone, and survived
an out-of-the-seat moment of his
own on the final lap.
"It's an incredible feeling—my
first time. I don't know what's go-
ing on," he said, thanking Dorna
for the chance to join "the best
team."
Oncu, the elder of two Turk-
ish twins, had been allowed in,
Can Oncu stunned
the world with a
rookie race win, the
15-year-old becoming
the youngest winner
in the history of the
world championship.
