A surprisingly sedate 16-lap Moto3 grand prix kicked off the race motion on Sunday, which noticed Leopard Honda’s Jaume Masia the runaway victor.
Getting off the road from pole the strongest, Masia and Intact GP Husqvarna’s Ayumu Sasaki shortly broke away from the remainder of the pack because the anticipated huge slipstream group battle by no means emerged on the Buddh Worldwide Circuit.
Masia continued to carry agency because the race reached its closing phases, with Sasaki ultimately dropping again into the clutches of team-mate Collin Veijer and the SIC58 Honda of Kaito Toba.
A good scrap emerged between that trio over the ultimate podium locations and led to catastrophe because the Intact GP duo collided.
Having handed Toba earlier on the ultimate lap, Veijer launched a profitable raid on Sasaki for second.
Sasaki outbraked Veijer on the best way into Flip 12 however ran huge doing so and linked together with his team-mate.
Veijer crashed out whereas Toba was capable of take second from Sasaki.
Jaume Masia, Leopard Racing
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Masia took the chequered flag 5.477 seconds away from this drama, with Toba and Sasaki finishing the highest three as Tech3 KTM’s Daniel Holgado recovered from 18th on the grid to fourth.
That end result means he retains his championship lead, although he’s now degree on 174 with Masia, whereas Sasaki sits one level adrift in third.
David Alonso is 23 factors off the lead after ending fifth on his Aspar GasGas, whereas David Munoz (BOE Motorsports), Riccardo Rossi (SIC58), the Angeluss MTA pair of Ivan Ortola and Stefano Nepa, and Ajo KTM’s Jose Antonio Rueda accomplished the highest 10.
Pedro Acosta dominated a chaotic red-flagged 12-lap Moto2 race in India to increase his championship lead.
The race was halted earlier than the opening lap was accomplished after Gresini’s Jeremy Alcoba triggered a multi-rider pile-up at Flip 1.
The grand prix was restarted over 12 laps, with Acosta capitalising on early battling behind to instantly draw back from the chasing pack.
The Ajo KTM rider would in the end get to the chequered flag 3.5s away from title rival Tony Arbolino (Marc VDS) to increase his factors result in 39.
Joe Roberts accomplished the rostrum for Italtrans Racing after an exhilarating battle with Pons’ Sergio Garcia that ended with the Spaniard operating huge into the penultimate nook on the final lap to give up third.
Yamaha VR46 Grasp Camp rider Manuel Gonzalez was fifth from Fieten Olie Racing GP’s Zonta van der Goorbergh, Intact GP’s Darryn Binder, Barry Baltus (Fieten Olie Racing GP), American Racing’s Marcos Ramires – who was concerned within the Alcoba pile-up – and Gresini’s Filip Salac.
Pedro Acosta, Pink Bull KTM Ajo
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Poleman Jake Dixon was taken out in a racing incident with Alonso Lopez, whereas Aron Canet, Sam Lowes and Ai Ogura tangled with one another.
Alcoba was handed a protracted lap penalty for his Flip 1 smash, however didn’t serve this and was given a double lengthy lap penalty because of this.
When he went to serve this, he suffered a careless slow-speed crash to finish his race within the gravel.