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That meant Moreira led from the off with Holgado and Celes- tino Vietti (SpeedUp Boscoscu- ro) in close pursuit. And once Da vid Alonso (Aspar Kalex) had cleared Albert Arenas (Gresini Kalex), he erased the one-sec - ond deficit to make it a fight for fourth up front. Yet Vietti's challenge came undone when he was handed a long lap for exceeding track lim- its, which he took on lap 18. And Alonso then crashed out at turn nine with five laps to go, leaving Moreira clear to collect a second career win, with Holgado taking a first Moto2 podium. Vietti recov - ered to third, with Arenas, Tony Arbolino (Pramac Boscoscuro) and Ivan Ortola (MSI Boscoscu- ro) completing the top six. Gonzalez (188 points) sees his lead cut to 19 points with Canet (169) second. Moreira (153) is back in third, 35 points in arrears. Marc's (418 points) lead over Alex (276) now stands at 142 points, with Bagnaia (221) now in real danger of falling into Bez - zecchi's (178) clutches. Moto2 While weighing up contract offers from Japanese MotoGP factories, Diogo Moreira (Ital- trans Kalex) fully capitalized on the championship leaders' mis- fortune to show he is still very much part of this year's Moto2 title race. The Brazilian eased clear of Dani Holgado (Aspar Kalex) in the closing laps after champion - ship leader Manuel Gonzalez (IntactGP Kalex) was forced to retire when gravel, left on track after a first-lap collision at turn two, punctured his radiator. Aron Canet (Fantic Kalex) was also off color after a vicious highside on Saturday morning tweaked his neck. sixth, coming out on top of a fun late duel with Binder and Bagna - ia, which had the number 63 off track again, this time at turn one. Behind, Fernandez held off Alex for ninth, with Morbidelli completing his injury comeback in 11th, with Johann Zarco (HRC Castrol) 12th. The weekend was nothing short of disastrous for Yama - ha. Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha) was the best of the M1s in 15th, 25 seconds back of the victor, as a lack of rear grip was exacerbated by Michelin's harder-rear-tire construction, brought here to deal with the demands placed by the regular high speeds the bikes are reaching. Making matters worse was Quartara - ro's teammate Alex Rins, and the Pramac Yamahas of Miguel Oliveira and Jack Miller made it four Yamahas in the bottom four places. ROUND 13 / AUGUST 15-17, 2025 RED BULL RING / SPIELBERG, AUSTRIA ROAD RACE I FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP P86 A stand-up wheelie for the win! Diogo Moreira made the most of Manuel Gonzalez's DNF to take maximum points in the Moto2 race.