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With Agius clear by 3.6 sec- onds at the checkered flag, the real drama came behind as nine riders fought it out for second place. Intriguingly, title contend- ers Manuel Gonzalez (IntactGP Kalex), Diogo Moreira (Italtrans Kalex) and Aron Canet (Fantic Kalex) were among them, with Gonzalez and Moreira regularly trading blows in a duel that took on a personal edge. Yet Gonzalez's rear tire was dropping in the race's second half, which allowed David Alonso (Aspar Kalex), Jake Dixon (Marc VDS Boscoscuro), Dani Holgado (Aspar Kalex) and Barry Baltus (Fantic Kalex) to jump ahead. out on lap 23, despite an im - proved mid-race pace. Bagnaia's now fourth in the title race on 274 points. Moto2 Senna Agius (IntactGP Kalex) made his home GP appear ef- fortless as he broke clear of an epic fight behind to claim a sec- ond Moto2 victory. The 20-year- old Sydneysider posted a devastating run of seven laps to open his lead out to 4.5 seconds by lap 14. From there, he just had to maintain concentration to become the first Australian in history to win an intermediate class race at their home GP. conservatism allowed the hun- grier Di Giannantonio through to second, with Bezzecchi cement- ing third on the penultimate lap. The absent 2025 champion Marc Marquez still leads hand- somely on 545 points, with brother Alex second on 379, and now 97 up on Bezzecchi's 282 in third. Pecco Bagnaia (Lenovo Ducati), had another horrific weekend with 19th in the Sprint, only one place ahead of Mar - quez's stand-in rider, Michele Pirro. It made for the first time in anyone's memory that the factory Ducati team's two riders finished a race last and second last. However, it was better than the Sunday race, as he crashed ROUND 19 / OCTOBER 17-19, 2025 PHILLIP ISLAND / VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA ROAD RACE I FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP P74 Lap one in Moto2, and Senna Agius (81) already has the bit between his teeth. Nothing was going to deny the homeboy his first Aussie GP win.