It is time now, to bring the action, in Moto3, for the second consecutive week, in Andalusia at the Jerez de la Frontera circuit. It's time for the young riders, the future motorcycle racing stars, to strut their stuff. It is a quick getaway as we begin the Moto3 race, the second one, here in Spain. #24 Tatsuki Suzuki is off to a fast start and so is #79 Ai Ogura. A couple rapid Japanese riders are on the move already. Gabriel Rodrigo of Argentina has taken the lead on bike #2, the Kommerling Gresini Moto3 Honda. A good number of these bikes in Moto3 are Honda's and there are Husqvarna's and KTM's as well. Wow. Suzuki really wanted to take Rodrigo into the turn, and Rodrigo is having none of it and does the over under on Tatsuki Suzuki!
Ouch. Two riders have already spilled in turn one. Andrea Migno, the Italian, on the #16 Sky Racing Team VR46 KTM, (another one of Valentino Rossi's young charges who's career he is helping to develop), and also, the #71 Red Bull KTM Tech3 team rider, Ayumu Sasaki of Japan. Like VR46, Red Bull KTM has riders they are developing for the future who will move up the ladder to Moto2 and MotoGP in years to come. For now, these two riders are out of this race. There's still more crashing! It's not over yet. A nice aligned order, turns into a crash, bang, wallop, in the space of a couple turns.
#5 Jaume Masia from Spain, riding a Leopard Racing Honda (no debates this time on Leopard or Leo-pard, please), and #79 bike (who we saw on the front row) Ai Ogura of Japan, on the first of the Honda Team Asia bikes, have crashed out. They both went for a ride, right together, and as you can tell from the pictures, the Honda Team Asia mechanics are none too happy. One long conga line begins to develop, as is so often the case in Moto3 competition. We've actually fast forwarded the tape, ladies and gentlemen. Yours truly didn't even notice, but between turns nine and 11, Tatsuki Suzuki has gone around Gabriel Rodrigo. Another fall, another sliding fall, at turn 11. Albert Arenas, from Spain, on the #75 Husqvarna for another famous junior motorcycle team, Aspar, that has also seen success in the big leagues, is down.
This race is 22 laps in duration and we've pressed the fast forward button once more. Suzuki and Rodrigo run 1-2 and if and when points are awarded when this race is done and dusted, Suzuki will have a five point cushion on Rodrigo for second in the championship. Albert Arenas fell and might be out of this race but he still maintains a six point cushion on Suzuki in the championship table right now. Suzuki leads Rodrigo with John McPhee, Raul Fernandez, and Darryn Binder, younger brother of MotoGP KTM star Brad Binder, following.
Oh my! Speaking of Darryn Binder, he is third now, and he is putting the move on Rodrigo for second spot! Where did he come from? He is now second behind Suzuki. It is now the final corner, the final corner of the last lap. Darryn Binder, we were singing his praises a bit earlier on, but he's gone backwards and is fifth. So, he will get a top five out of this race today. He is actually still in contention. It's a five way battle for the victory. Tatsuki Suzuki, John McPhee, Celestino Vietti, and Spaniard Jeremy Alcoba, are all battling for victory.
Suzuki looks like he is going to hold off the challenge of everybody as they come to the line! Yes! Alcoba looked like he wanted to make a move, but tucked back in line and so, Tatsuki Suzuki is victorious in Moto3 in the second event here at Jerez de la Frontera.
#24 Tatsuki Suzuki JPN. SIC58 Squadra Corsa Honda
This is a great victory for the team that was founded for and by the late, great MotoGP legend, Marco Simoncelli. A great victory for them! Suzuki, McPhee, and Vietti, are the podium finishers. The next event for Moto3 is coming up, in two weeks, along with Moto2 and MotoGP, at the Czech Republic Grand Prix, at the Brno Autodrom in a couple of weeks. Stay tuned for that one. Adios, from Andalusia for now.
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