but the American Racing rider
Ramirez went for a lunge at the
final corner on the last lap. He
pulled it off, but Lopez got the
cutback and won the drag race
to the line.
Behind Ramirez in fourth,
Chantra got the better of Dixon,
meaning Dixon dropped to
fourth in the standings. Sam
Lowes (Elf Marc VDS Racing
Team) completed his final
Grand Prix race in seventh, Joe
Roberts (Italtrans Racing Team)
took eighth ahead of his team-
mate Dennis Foggia, with Albert
Arenas (Red
Bull KTM Ajo)
completing the top 10.
In the final points, Pedro Acos-
ta (Red Bull KTM) is champion
Ramirez
was out of touch to
threaten the top two and had
Jake Dixon (Inde GasGas Aspar
Team) for company as the Brit
was desperate to seal third in
the title race.
The battle for third on track
was between Lopez, Ramirez,
Dixon and Somkiat Chantra
(Idemitsu Honda Team Asia),
with Lopez pushing past Dixon
for fourth with 14 laps remaining.
With 12 laps to go and
Aldeguer was able to extend
the gap to 1.5 seconds, even
-
tually taking the flag by 3.982
seconds,
with Canet second.
The fight for the final place on
the podium went to the wire as
Lopez got through on Ramirez
Moto2
Fermin Aldeguer (CAG SpeedUp)
stole the limelight yet again as
he took his fifth Moto2 victory of
the season and fourth in a row.
The Spaniard was untouchable
as Aron Canet (Pons Wegow
Los40) had to settle yet again
for second place, with Alonso
Lopez (CAG SpeedUp) coming
out on top in the battle for the
final podium spot in third.
Aldeguer stretched the field
right from the beginning as he
had Canet clinging onto his
coattails in second. With 20 laps
to go they already had a sub
-
stantial gap to Marcos Ramirez
(OnlyFans
American Racing) in
third.
ROUND 20 / NOVEMBER 24-26, 2023
RICARDO TORMO CIRCUIT / VALENCIA, SPAIN
MOTOGP I FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
P60
If Fermin Aldeguer continues
this kind of form in 2024, the
rest may as well not show up.
It was four Moto2 wins in a row
for the young Spaniard.
