ROUND 17 / SEPTEMBER 30-OCTOBER 2, 2022
CHANG INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT / BURIRAM, THAILAND
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MOTOGP I FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
for the lead at the end of lap
eight when the contest was red
flagged. After two attempts to
restart, Race Direction ultimately
decided to award half points. Ai
Ogura (Idemitsu Honda Team
Asia) gained half a point on Moto2
Championship leader Augusto
Fernandez (Red Bull KTM Ajo)
when they were locked into sixth
and seventh in the final results.
It was a great ride for Sean
Dylan Kelly (American Racing
Team), who took his best GP
result in 11th. Fellow Americans
Joe Roberts (Italtrans Kalex) and
Cameron Beaubier (American
Racing Team) took eighth and a
DNF, respectively.
(LCR Honda), Martin and Binder
rounding out the top 10.
The championship has Quar-
tararo at 219 points to Bagnaia's
217. Espargaro sits third at 199,
Bastianini fourth with 180 and
Miller the last of the possible
championship challengers in
fifth at 179 points.
Moto2
Torrential rain caused high
drama in Thailand for the Moto2
field, and it was Tony Arbolino
who was eventually classified the
winner of a shortened race.
The Elf Marc VDS Racing
Team rider had just passed Filip
Salac (Gresini Racing Moto2)
Johann Zarco (Alma Pramac
Ducati) had great late-race
pace, ending lap one in ninth
and working past Bastianini,
the crashing Marini, the fading
Bezzecchi and Marc Marquez
(Repsol Honda) before running
up behind Bagnaia. The French-
man admitted he was hesitant in
passing Bagnaia for third place,
knowing full well the champion-
ship implications if he took the
Italian out of the race. He thus
decided to stay in fourth and
shield Ducati's main title hope
from any further attacks.
Marquez came home fifth
from Bastianini, Maverick Vinales
(Aprilia Racing), Alex Marquez
Marc Marquez fancied a win in the dry but the
eight-time World Champion had to settle for
fifth place as his recovery continues.
