Austin Moto3 Grand Prix, COTA, Texas - Race Results
Izan Guevara wins the COTA Moto3 Grand Prix after two race stoppages and a shocking multi-rider accident involving title leader Pedro Acosta.
The original race was red-flagged with 7 laps completed (and 10 remaining) after Filip Salac needed medical attention following a highside.
A 5-lap dash was announced for the restart, but with three laps to go there was a massive accident on the back straight when Jeremy Alcoba clipped the back wheel of Deniz Oncu and fell, with Andrea Migno and Acosta then being launched into the air after hitting Alcoba's stricken bike at around 160mph.
Miraculously, none of the riders were seriously hurt.
WIth less than 2/3rds of the restart completed and no time for another restart (unless moved to the end of the day) then, as per the rules, the result was taken from the end of the first race.
That meant Guevara - who had retired from the restart lead with a technical problem, leaving him in tears after a meltdown in the pits - was suddenly declared a first-time Grand Prix winner.
Dennis Foggia has closed to within 30 points from Acosta, while fellow title contender Sergio Garcia was ruled out of the remainder of the weekend after a hematoma on his kidney was discovered following a Friday fall...
| Austin Moto3 Grand Prix, COTA - Race Results | |||||
| Pos | Rider | Nat | Team | Bike | Time |
| 1 | Izan Guevara | SPA | Solunion GASGAS Aspar Team | (GASGAS) | 15m 57.747s |
| 2 | Dennis Foggia | ITA | Leopard Racing | (Honda) | 15m 58.132s |
| 3 | John McPhee | GBR | Petronas Sprinta Racing | (Honda) | 15m 58.246s |
| 4 | Jaume Masia | SPA | Red Bull KTM Ajo | (KTM) | 15m 58.453s |
| 5 | Deniz Öncü | TUR | Red Bull KTM Tech 3 | (KTM) | 15m 59.013s |
| 6 | Jeremy Alcoba | SPA | Indonesian Racing Gresini Moto3 | (Honda) | 15m 59.018s |
| 7 | Darryn Binder | RSA | Petronas Sprinta Racing | (Honda) | 15m 59.138s |
| 8 | Pedro Acosta | SPA | Red Bull KTM Ajo | (KTM) | 15m 59.290s |
| 9 | Tatsuki Suzuki | JPN | SIC58 Squadra Corse | (Honda) | 15m 59.567s |
| 10 | Andrea Migno | ITA | Rivacold Snipers Team | (Honda) | 16m 0.227s |
| 11 | Stefano Nepa | ITA | BOE Owlride | (KTM) | 16m 0.430s |
| 12 | Romano Fenati | ITA | Sterilgarda Max Racing Team | (Husqvarna) | 16m 1.004s |
| 13 | Ayumu Sasaki | JPN | Red Bull KTM Tech 3 | (KTM) | 16m 1.239s |
| 14 | Xavier Artigas | SPA | Leopard Racing | (Honda) | 16m 1.399s |
| 15 | Niccolò Antonelli | ITA | Avintia VR46 | (KTM) | 16m 3.833s |
| 16 | Lorenzo Fellon | FRA | SIC58 Squadra Corse | (Honda) | 16m 6.691s |
| 17 | Maximilian Kofler | AUT | CIP Green Power | (KTM) | 16m 7.276s |
| 18 | Carlos Tatay | SPA | Avintia Esponsorama Moto3 | (KTM) | 16m 7.724s |
| 19 | Alberto Surra | ITA | Rivacold Snipers Team | (Honda) | 16m 7.877s |
| 20 | Riccardo Rossi | ITA | BOE Owlride | (KTM) | 16m 8.283s |
| 21 | Adrian Fernandez | SPA | Sterilgarda Max Racing Team | (Husqvarna) | 16m 11.854s |
| 22 | Ryusei Yamanaka | JPN | CarXpert PruestelGP | (KTM) | 16m 11.975s |
| 23 | Kaito Toba | JPN | CIP Green Power | (KTM) | 16m 12.384s |
| 24 | Andi Farid Izdihar | INA | Honda Team Asia | (Honda) | 16m 12.541s |
| 25 | Yuki Kunii | JPN | Honda Team Asia | (Honda) | 16m 12.715s |
| Filip Salac | CZE | CarXpert PruestelGP | (KTM) | DNF | |
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