Moto3 Indonesia: Foggia dominates to take championship lead

The very first grand prix motorcycle action in Indonesia since 1997 ended with last year’s championship runner-up Foggia brushing off a disappointing seventh in the opening round in Qatar to open up his account in 2022 in supreme fashion.

Off the line at the start, Aspar’s Sergio Garcia jumped poleman Carlos Tatay on the run into Turn 1, as Migno went from fifth to second.

Snipers Honda rider Migno proceeded to take the lead from Garcia into Turn 10 to lead the pack over the line to start the second lap.

The Valentino Rossi protege and Qatar race winner came under attack from Foggia into Turn 10, but the Leopard Honda rider ran wide and dropped to fourth.

However, by lap four Foggia had recovered and took the lead properly into Turn 12, stripping Guevara of first and immediately blasting off into the distance.

By lap six, Foggia was already a second clear of the warring group behind as Aspar GasGas team-mates Izan Guevara and Garcia battled hard over runner-up spot.

Foggia’s gap continued to swell, rising to over five seconds come the latter stages and kept him out of reach to comfortably cruise to his first win of the season.

Carlos Tatay, PruestelGP

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Guevara prevailed in the battle for second as he shook off Garcia and put a second between himself and the group behind.

Poleman Tatay - who recovered from a long lap penalty for a track limits violation -completed the podium after a last-lap move on Garcia for third, while Tech3 KTM rider Deniz Oncu was fifth.

Prustel GP rider Xavier Artigas rounded out the top six, pipping Ajo KTM’s Jaume Masia by 0.327s at the chequered flag.

Avintia KTM rider Elia Bartolini, who was sandwiched between Ajo KTM pair Masia and Bartolini’s fellow