ROUND 14 / SEPTEMBER 2-4, 2022
MISANO WORLD CIRCUIT MARCO SIMONCELLI / RIMINI, SAN MARINO
P92
MOTOGP I FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
gent, Joe Roberts (Italtrans
Kalex) came home ninth, Cam-
eron Beaubier (American Rac-
ing Team) took 14th and Sean
Dylan Kelly (American Racing
Team) crashed out with seven
laps remaining.
In the title race, Fernandez
has four points over Ogura, 198
to 194. Canet is third at 157, one
point up on Celestino Vietti, who
couldn't convert his pole posi-
tion into points, crashing out for
the fifth time in 2022 to severely
damage his title hopes.
the Spaniard still looking for
that first win, while Lopez's win
was the Speed Up/Boscoscuro
chassis' first victory since Fabio
Quartararo took the gold at the
2018 Catalunya Moto2 race.
Augusto Fernandez (Red Bull
KTM Ajo) pushed through to
third and the championship lead
at Misano, bettering Albert Are-
nas (Inde GasGas Aspar Team),
with erstwhile championship
leader Ai Ogura (Idemitsu Honda
Team Asia) in fifth.
As for the American contin-
at the start of the year, having
been dropped by Max Biaggi's
Moto3 team last year, but
received the call-up from Luca
Boscoscuro to replace the un-
derperforming Romano Fenati
after the Jerez round.
At Misano, Lopez made good
on the promise shown over the
next seven rounds, taking a
commanding 1.2-second vic-
tory as he controlled the race
from Aron Canet (Flexbox HP40
Kalex). It was Canet's eighth
second-place finish in Moto2,
Dennis Foggia charged back into title
contention with the Moto3 Misano win.
