Thai Somkiat Chantra held a general assembly meeting in Motegi

Chantra achieved the first victory of the season and the second victory of her sports careerIn 2022, after Indonesia, he is ahead of his teammate, Japanese Ai Ogura (Kalex), and the world leader, Spanish Pedro Acosta (Kalex), who has increased his advantage in the provisional table of 39 world championship points. Motegi is leaving for Indonesia in fifteen days with up to 50 of them.

Spanish Alonso López (Boscoscuro) started from the second line of the starting lineup with a double “long lap” penalty He had to oblige as he introduced Englishman Jake Dixon (Kalex) into the Indian race and this forced him not to give up trying to lose as little time and ground as possible to his rivals at that moment.

Thailand Somkiat Chantra (Kalex), The fastest in the Moto2 class did not fail at the start and took control of the testThe first corner saw a flurry of moves as world championship leader Pedro Acosta (Kalex), who would take second place, made a good start, but inside his line again the Spaniard Arón Canet brutally “sneaked in” (Kalex).

Behind him, Alonso López, who started sixth, was in second place by the second lap, more than a second behind. Somkiat Chantra who is already shooting soloThere is the clear goal of trying to gain maximum advantage before having to comply with a double “long round” penalty.

1:50.679, including the new absolute fastest lap record (previous 1:50.788 set by Franco Morbidelli in 2016), in which Chantra stood out and led solidly. A group of up to eight pilots formed behind him Including Ai Ogura, Alonso López, Jake Dixon, Pedro Acosta, Sam Lowes, Filip Salac, Manuel González and Sergio García Dols.

On the fourth lap, Alonso López suffered his first “long lap” penalty and returned to the race behind Sam Lowes, who finished seventh. there is still an obligation to make the second “long tour”, He did so on the next lap to finish tenth behind American Joe Roberts and ahead of Italian Tony Arbolino (Kalex), who never showed signs of being “in” the race.

Somkiat Chantra maintained his lead in the race with a much better pace than his rivals, giving him a two-second advantage over his teammate. Ai Ogura also started shooting solo by just over a second compared to the group containing world leader Pedro Acosta.

Acosta had some troubling rivals. Englishman Jake Dixon, who did not do well on the first day of training but Czech Filip Salac and Englishman Sam Lowes made significant progress in second place, one second clear compared to the next group led by Spaniard Sergio García Dols.

Race conditions were “in his favor” Alonso López saw American Roberts leave the track before him and Lowes crash. this allowed him to move up from tenth to eighth.

Like if the lead of the race had been clearly defined by Somkiat Chantra, his teammate Ogura would have taken second place behind Increased interest due to errors such as falling or leaving the track, In addition to overtaking, which led to many changes during the classification, with Pedro Acosta effectively defending third place against Dixon’s attacks.

Alonso López achieves a new place Sergio García Dols crashed at turn three on the ninth lap It was one of the nineteen races that all drivers had to complete as Fermín Aldeguer (Boscoscuro) also finished recently, but the effort and some driving errors caused him to lose a number of positions.

López finished seventh, but gradually fell to eleventh He had three laps to go but finished thirteenth after passing Tony Arbolino and Joe Roberts in the final two laps.

Somkiat Chantra managed her advantage perfectly. He gave him a break in the final laps where Ai Ogura got a little closer without bothering himPedro Acosta sits comfortably in third place after recovering from pressure from Jake Dixon.

Further back and alone, with a very tense group, Jake Dixon, Filip Salac, Manuel González, Marcos Ramírez, Arón Canet, Zonta Van der Goorbergh and Darryn Binder entered in the top ten positions.