for the lead, with Dixon passing
Vietti for third on the same lap.
The Italian then dropped behind
Tony Arbolino (Elf Marc VDS
Racing Team) with 15 laps to go,
as Aldeguer began to pick his
way back through the pack.
With 12 laps left, the top nine
were split by 1.9 seconds. Vietti
had slipped to 10th, just ahead of
World Champion Pedro Acosta
(Red Bull KTM Ajo). Dixon made
a move stick for second on
Roberts and soon after, Aldeguer
was through on both.
A couple of laps later, Al
-
deguer was 1.1 seconds up the
road
from Canet and Gonzalez,
with Dixon dropping to just over
a second away from the podium
fight in fourth.
Canet was pipped to second by
Gonzalez who celebrates a first po
-
lights up the Lusail International
Circuit
to bag another 25-point
haul in 2023, as Manuel Gonzalez
(Correos Prepago Yamaha VR46
Team) and Aron Canet (Pons
Wegow Los40) finish just 0.009
seconds apart in the battle for the
podium—the former clinching a
debut rostrum with P2.
Joe Roberts (Italtrans Racing
Team) got a good launch from
pole position to grab the hole
-
shot ahead of Celestino Vietti
(Fantic
Racing) and Aldeguer,
with Jake Dixon (Inde GasGas
Aspar Team) grabbing fourth.
Canet went backward at the start
but climbed back up to second
by the end of lap one.
At the start of lap two, Aldegu
-
er went way wide going into turn
one, which dropped
him to ninth.
Canet then pounced on Roberts
will not be easy because 21 points
is not enough to relax, but we are
happy with the work done. I was
expecting this pace yesterday, but
I wasn't in the position to do it. I
think I was able to fight for this
win, but second position is a really
good result in any case."
With one round to go, this
weekend's Valencian MotoGP,
Bagnaia is in the box seat for the
title, 21 points ahead of the hap
-
less Martin. Bezzecchi, who had
a poor weekend
by his standards
with a pair of 13th places in
Qatar, is safe in third, 69 points
behind Martin.
MOTO2
Thailand, Malaysia and now Qa-
tar. It's three wins in the last three
races
for Fermin Aldeguer (Beta
Tools SpeedUp) as the Spaniard
ROUND 19 / NOVEMBER 17-19, 2023
LUSAIL INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT / DOHA, QATAR
MOTOGP I FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
P54
Fermin Aldeguer came
from behind to win
in Moto2, his third
triumph in a row.
