MotoGP Misano: Foggia celebrates triple home Moto3 win

Leopard’s home hero Dennis Foggia claimed his third Misano World Circuit Moto3 victory in a row on Sunday morning.

Victorious in five of the past six Moto3 races on Italian soil, Foggia celebrated a dramatic and hard-fought win after defending from Red Bull KTM Ajo’s Jaume Masia and Gaviota GasGas Aspar’s Izan Guevara. Tech3’s pole-sitter Deniz Öncü narrowly missing out, in fourth, after battling the pain barrier throughout.

The lightweight drama fired up a little earlier than planned as VisionTrack’s Josh Whatley took a trip through the gravel on the sighting lap on his way to the grid. The now 17-year-old lining up 29th with Australian’s Harrison Voight and Joel Kelso either side on the 10th row.

With the anticipated thunderstorms failing to materialise on Sunday morning, Red Bull Tech3’s Öncü headed the Moto3 grid for the first of the day’s race action. Fellow KTM rider Daniel Holgado and MT Helmets’ Diogo Moreira completed the front row with championship leader Sergio Garcia back on row five. Having confirmed his promotion to Moto2 for next season, Leopard’s Dennis Foggia led Sterilgarda Husqvarna’s John McPhee from seventh and eighth as the Italian strove for his third consecutive victory in front of a home crowd. Scott Ogden sitting 22nd for the 23-lap race.

Öncü maintained control as the lights went out, Max Racing’s Ayumu Sasaki and Avintia’s Nicola Fabio Carraro crashing out at turn four with Aspar’s Guevara into second on the opening lap, teammate Garcia under investigation after contact with Adrian Fernandez in the opening melee.

Guevara hit the front as the two rookies bickered for position narrowly behind, Öncü dropped to sixth as Foggia and David Muñoz capitalised with McPhee going backwards, to 15th.