In the championship, Gardner
still leads by nine points, 271 to
262, but it's now all to play for
with Fernandez firmly on the
attack with three rounds and 75
point on the table. Third is Bez-
zecchi on 206.
MOTO3
Izan Guevara (Solunion GasGas
Aspar Team) was declared the
Moto3 race winner at the Red
Bull Grand Prix of The Americas
after a double red-flagged race.
The reigning Junior World Cham-
pion was first when the initial
red flags were shown follow-
ing a crash, eight laps into the
lightweight class race, before a
frightening multi-rider incident on
the back straight at more than
140 mph caused the red flags to
be shown for a second time.
Red Bull KTM Ajo's Deniz
Oncu chopped across the front
of Jeremy Alocba (Indonesian
Racing Gresini Moto3), causing
Alcoba to go down and Andrea
Migno (Rivacold Snipers Team)
and Pedro Acosta (Red Bull
KTM Ajo) to take avoiding ac-
tion, the latter two slamming into
debris left by Alcoba's stricken
Honda.
Incredibly, Alcoba, Migno
and World Championship leader
Acosta (Red Bull KTM Ajo)
were able to walk away from the
crash. For his part in the ac-
cident, Oncu has been hit with
a two-race suspension and will
only take the restart in the final
race of the season at Valencia
on November 14. The top three
at Austin went to Guevara, Den-
nis Foggia (Leopard Racing) and
John McPhee (Petronas Sprinta
Racing).
In the championship, Acosta
still leads the way despite two
DNF's in the last three races on
218 to Foggia's 188 and Sergio
Garcia's 168.
ROUND 15 / OCTOBER 1-3, 2021
CIRCUIT OF THE AMERICAS / AUSTIN, TEXAS
P64
MOTOGP I FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Alex Rins (42) was in
fine form and nearly
took another podium at
a track he loves.
Talk about a swing! Raul Fernandez
(25) is now just nine points behind
Remy Gardner with 75 points
still to play for in Moto2.
