MotoGP Argentina: Garcia grabs sensational Moto3 victory

An edge of seat last lap battle saw Sergio Garcia victorious in Argentina as the Solunion GasGas Aspar rider claimed his fifth Moto3 win.

Leopard’s Dennis Foggia and Sterilgarda Husqvarna’s Ayumu Sasaki equally impressive after fighting though the pack to complete the podium celebrations.

Garcia lined up on pole for the third race of the season. His GasGas teammate Izan Guevara joining him on the front row, in third, with Sasaki - who faced a long lap penalty for his part in a crash with Andrea Migno at Mandalika - splitting the pair from second. SIC 58’s Riccardo Rossi and a duo of rookies, Joel Kelso and Daniel Holgado, behind on row two with 21 laps ahead.

The track was already up to 36℃ as the lights released the pack for the morning’s first race. Garcia maintaining command from Sasaki with Rossi initially bettering the second Aspar machine. Guevara however fought back at the halfway stage, before joining his teammate out front. CFMoto’s Xavi Artigas and MT Helmets’ Diogo Moreira ran fifth and sixth as the third lap began with Ana Carrasco’s Argentina GP coming to a close early due to a technical issue on her BOE SKX.

Guevara hit the front with the fastest lap of the race so far, immediately running half a second clear of from Garcia and Artigas as Moreira joined the fight in fourth. KTM’s Jaume Masia arriving from nowhere as he manoeuvred his way through the top ten before claiming the final podium position by lap four. Sasaki looking to regroup from 18th having dispatched his penalty.

Masia was the next to set a fastest lap as he continued to battle with the leading group, Moreira sliding through as the KTM went wide, much to the delight of the South American fans, before the Ajo rider hit back.

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