VOLUME 57 ISSUE 10 MARCH 10, 2020 P51
Albert Arenas (75) took the Moto3-class win.
tween Arenas and McPhee as
the others scrambled behind.
The Scot thought it wise to
avoid a braking duel into the
final corner, instead setting up
a slipstream to the line. But
Arenas' KTM held him off to win
by 0.053 of a second, an early
marker in the sand.
"I think this was the best
race of my life," Arenas said.
"The last lap was so tense, but
amazing in the end." McPhee
was magnanimous in second. "I
thought about taking a lunge on
the last corner, but I thought I
could draft on the straight after a
good exit. Anyway, P2 is a really
good way to start the season."
Jaume Masia (Leopard Hon-
da) originally crossed the line in
third, 0.1 seconds back but was
hauled out of parc fermé when
the FIM Stewards judged him to
have gained an unfair advantage
by exceeding track limits on the
final lap. He was docked a posi-
tion, which promoted Ai Ogura
(Honda Team Asia) to the final
podium slot.
Suzuki eventually came home
fifth, ahead of Rodrigo in a top
13 covered by just 1.6 seconds.
Neil Morrison
Moto2
1. Tetsuta Nagashima (Kal)
2. Lorenz Baldassarri (Kal)
3. Enea Bastianini (Kal)
4. Joe Roberts (Kal)
5. Remy Gardner (Kal)
Moto3
1. Albert Arenas (KTM)
2. John McPhee (Hon)
3. Ai Ogura (Hon)
4. Jaume Masia (Hon)
5. Tatsuki Suzuki (Hon)
