ROUND 18 / OCTOBER 14-16, 2022
PHILLIP ISLAND CIRCUIT / PHILLIP ISLAND, AUSTRALIA
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MOTOGP I FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
part of an incredible season. It
was a really close group at the
front here today—I pushed as
hard as I could, and in the last
lap I thought it was possible to
win the race."
Deniz Oncu (Red Bull KTM
Tech3) finished second on the
day, from Garcia and Ayumu
Sasaki (Sterilgarda Husqvarna
Max). Dennis Foggia (Leopard
Racing), who started the day as
Guevara's nearest rival for the
title, took the flag in ninth and
is now third in the riders' stand-
ings, two points behind Garcia.
Guevara sits on an unassail-
able 290 points from Garcia's
225, Foggia is third on 223.
CN
MotoGP
1. Alex Rins (Suz)
2. Marc Marquez (Hon) +0.186
3. Francesco Bagnaia (Duc) +0.224
4. Marco Bezzecchi (Duc) +0.534
5. Enea Bastianini (Duc) +0.557
6. Luca Marini (Duc) +0.688
7. Jorge Martin (Duc) +0.884
8. Johann Zarco (Duc) +3.141
9. Aleix Espargaro (Apr) +4.548
10. Brad Binder (KTM) +5.940
Moto2
1. Alonso Lopez (Bos)
2. Pedro Acosta (Kal)
3. Jake Dixon (Kal)
4. Fermín Aldeguer (Bos)
5. Manuel Gonzalez (Kal)
Moto3
1. Izan Guevara (GG)
2. Deniz Oncu (KTM)
3. Sergio Garcia (GG
4. Ayumu Sasaki (Hus)
5. Stefano Nepa (KTM)
only Phillip Island MotoGP race,
taking seventh on the American
Racing Team Kalex. Beaubier's
teammate Sean Dylan Kelly took
18th, while Joe Roberts (Italtrans
Racing Kalex) failed to finish.
In the championship, Ogura
now assumes command with
242 points to Fernandez's
238.5. Aron Canet (FlexBox
Hp40 Kalex) is third at 192.
MOTO3
Izan Guevara (Gaviota GasGas
Aspar Team) is the 2022 Moto3
World Champion after the young
Spaniard came out on top in
four-way fight for victory at Phillip
Island, giving him an unassail-
able 65-point lead over team-
mate Sergio Garcia with two
races to go this season.
"To be world champion is in-
credible!" Guevara said. "I don't
know how to say it. It was an
incredible race which has been
Up rider took the lead four cor-
ners into the 25-lap encounter
and despite the detour he was
forced to take at turn four (now
Miller Corner), he remained in
front thereafter to claim victory
by an official margin of 3.556
seconds.
Pedro Acosta (Red Bull KTM
Ajo) finished second and Jake
Dixon (Inde GasGas Aspar
Team) third, while Ai Ogura
(Idemitsu Honda Team Asia) took
over the championship lead by a
3.5-point margin even though he
got home only 11th.
The Japanese rider looked
like incurring a big blow to his
title hopes as he struggled in
midfield, but then his chief title
rival Augusto Fernandez (Red
Bull KTM Ajo) crashed out of
third position with less than 10
laps to go.
Cameron Beaubier had a
good showing in his first and
Izan Guevara did it
in style by taking
the race and 2022
Moto3 World
Championship win
at Phillip Island.
