and took seventh, with the Italian
leading Kaito Toba (SIC58 Squad-
ra Corse), Daniel Holgado (Red
Bull
KTM Ajo) and Collin Veijer
(Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP)
across the line with the Dutchman
rounding out the top 10.
Masia is crowned champion
with 271 points from Sasaki with
243 and Alonso third with 225.
CN
Sunday MotoGP Race
1. Fabio Di Giannantonio (Duc)
2. Francesco Bagnaia (Duc)
3. Luca Marini (Duc)
4. Maverick Vinales (Apr)
5. Brad Binder (KTM)
MotoGP Sprint Race
1. Jorge Martin (Duc)
2. Fabio Di Giannantonio (Duc)
3. Luca Marini (Duc)
4. Alex Marquez (Duc)
5. Francesco Bagnaia (Duc)
1999 Argentine 125cc Grand Prix,
a race in which Melandri was ac-
cused of deliberately trying to take
Alzamora
out to claim the title.
Masia incredibly escaped pun-
ishment from race direction in a
typically
tight Moto3 race, even-
tually working his way through to
win
from David Alonso (Gaviota
GasGas Aspar Team) and Deniz
Oncu (Red Bull KTM Ajo), al-
though he did not escape an ab-
solute blasting on social media
for
his tactics with even five-time
500cc World Champion Mick
Doohan condemning his riding
and the Leopard Honda team's
unsportsmanlike conduct.
Sasaki would eventually come
home in sixth after Ricardo
Rossi (SIC58 Squadra Corse) and
Vicente Perez (BOE Motorsports
KTM) both found their way past
the Japanese.
Matteo Bertelle (Rivacold Snip-
ers Team) was also in that battle
dium
in Moto2, while Ogura's last
corner move on Dixon saw the Jap
-
anese rider claim fourth. Vietti was
sixth,
Somkiat Chantra (Idemitsu
Honda Team Asia) seventh from
Acosta, Alonso Lopez (Beta Tools
SpeedUp) and Arbolino.
The title race has Acosta solid
as champion on 328.5 from
Arbolino's 249.5. The only place
on the title podium left to decide
is third between Dixon (194),
Aldeguer (187) and Canet (175).
MOTO3
Jaume Masia is the 2023 Moto3
World Champion under con-
troversial circumstances after
some
questionable riding tactics
in Qatar in which he twice ran
title rival Ayumu Sasaki (Liqui
Moly Husqvarna Intact GP) way
wide at turn 10.
Masia's moves were reminis-
cent of Marco Melandri's tactics
against
Emilo Alzamora at the
ROUND 19 / NOVEMBER 17-19, 2023
LUSAIL INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT / DOHA, QATAR
MOTOGP I FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
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One of the moments people will be
talking about for a while as Jaume Masia
(5) inexplicably takes Ayumu Sasaki
wide in Moto3. The Spaniard would go
on to take the race and the title.
