The GASGAS rider converts his weekend of dominance into a big win at the Sachsenring
The GASGAS Aspar Team’s Izan Guevara has run away with victory in the Moto3™ Race at the Liqui Moly Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland. The Spaniard had qualified on pole position and he led all 27 laps around the Sachsenring, taking the chequered flag 4.853 seconds up on the field to seal his second win – and fifth podium – in a row. Leopard Racing’s Dennis Foggia finished runner-up after World Championship leader Sergio Garcia failed to make a move stick at the final corner, but the latter still made it two GASGAS Aspar Team entries on the rostrum.
Ayumu Sasaki (Sterilgarda Husqvarna Max), who was a surprise returnee from injury after an ugly crash two rounds ago at Mugello, rode through to pain to claim a commendable fourth, ahead of fellow Japanese pilot Tatsuki Suzuki (Leopard Racing) and Daniel Holgado (Red Bull KTM Ajo). Deniz Öncü hauled his Red Bull KTM Tech3 entry all the way from 24th on the grid to take seventh.
Guevara made a good launch from pole and was looking at fresh air when he exited the first corner, ahead of the Leopard Honda duo of Foggia and Suzuki. Holgado slipped back initially from his front-row start but was on an early charge, climbing to second when he overtook Suzuki on Lap 3 at Turn 1 and Foggia exactly a lap later again, but handed both of those spots back when he ran wide at the same corner on Lap 6.
Garcia and Sasaki relegated him to sixth when they went underneath the rookie further around at Turn 12, as Guevara crept away at the head of the field. The pole-sitter was about 0.6 seconds up at that point and had moved to a full second clear on Lap 9, at which time Garcia took up third position when he passed Suzuki.
An even bigger advantage for Guevara
Second-placed Foggia received a track limits warning on Lap 11, before Sasaki went down the inside of Suzuki and into fourth position on Lap 16 at Turn 12. By then, Guevara was just about out to a two-second gap over the pack of five which was following him, and Öncü ran seventh, albeit several seconds behind Holgado, despite not only starting on Row 8 but also having to serve a double Long Lap penalty for a jumpstart.
Guevara was looking unstoppable, increasing his advantage to three seconds on Lap 19 and four…