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Cycle News 2020 Issue 43 October 27

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MOTOGP FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 12 / OCTOBER 25, 2020 MOTORL AND ARAGON / TERUEL, SPAIN P104 Moto3 After becoming the 100th differ- ent Grand Prix winner for Honda last weekend, Jaume Masia (Leopard Racing) handed the Japanese manufacturer its 800th Grand Prix win with a pitch- perfect performance at the Gran Premio Liqui Moly de Teruel. The Spaniard grabbed the win at the penultimate corner to cross the line ahead of Ayumu Sasaki (Red Bull KTM Tech3) as the Japanese rider secures his maiden Moto3 podium. Kaito Toba (Red Bull KTM Ajo) bags his first podium of 2020 with a P3 as championship leader Albert Arenas (Solunion Aspar Team Moto3) gets shuffled back to P4 8.4 seconds behind Lowes, with Enea Bastianini (Italtrans Racing Team) relinquishing his title lead despite a second MotorLand podium. American Joe Roberts was 10th. "I'm really happy because last weekend we were strong, to win the race you have to finish but I felt like Bezzecchi crashed but he had the win, Diggia crashed," Lowes said. "It was a great ride, but I wanted to improve this weekend and today there was no doubt. I was the fastest guy all weekend, I made a great start and made the race." In the series, Lowes leads with 178 from Bastianini at 171 with Marini third with 155. the gravel after the South Afri- can, Binder, tagged the back of the Australian. In the championship stand- ings, Mir leads with 137 points to Quartararo's 123. Vinales is third with 118 points. Moto2 For the first time since Phil Read in 1971, a British rider won three intermediate class World Championship races in a row. Dominant Sam Lowes (EG 0,0 Marc VDS) was in a league of his own at the Teruel GP to take his third Moto2 win in a row, seeing the number 22 take the title lead heading into the final three races. Fabio Di Giannantonio (Light- ech Speed Up) finished second, Sam Lowes captured his third consecutive Moto2 victory.

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