podium in third.
The final race of Cameron
Beaubier's Moto2 career ended
with a crash while lying in a
competitive fourth. Joe Roberts
finished 15th and Sean Dylan
Kelly came home 18th.
The final title points sees Fer-
nandez champion on 271.5 from
Ogura's 242 and Aron Canet
third on 200.
MOTO3
Izan Guevara snatched victory in
the Moto3 race at Valencia from
Deniz Oncu despite trailing the
Turk into the final corner.
Guevara led all the way until
midway through the last lap of
the season at Valencia but got
the run off the final corner and
powered his Valresa GasGas
got some work to do still but let's
see what Tuesday brings." KTM's
Motorsport Director Pit Beirer has
indicated that the company will
bring a new bike with substantial
changes to Tuesday's test.
NEW SAFETY
OFFICER
MotoGP will have a new FIM
Safety Officer for 2023 after
Franco Uncini confirmed on Friday
his retirement from the role he
has held since 2013. Prior to that,
he was nominated by riders as a
Safety Delegate in the paddock in
1993. "I'm a grandfather of two, I
have two daughters, and my wife
who has been by my side since
1981," was his given reason. Un-
cini's replacement, Tome Alfonso
Ezpeleta, raised a few eyebrows.
Ezpeleta has experience as a
track marshal at Jarama, time-
keeping coordinator at Dorna,
General Manager of Lusail Interna-
tional Circuit, and most recently,
Managing Director of Motorland
Aragon. But he is also the nephew
of Dorna CEO Carmelo. But riders
generally waved away calls there
was possible nepotism at play. On
whether he'd have preferred an
ex-rider appointed, Maverick Vina-
les explained, "But we don't know
about the tarmac. I think you have
to be a specialist about tarmacs,
gravel, run-off areas and so on."
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Fabio Quartararo (20) fought like
a boxer but the gap to the leading
four was just too big for him to
make an impression.
