MotoGP German GP: Full Moto2 and Moto3 race results

A tense 23-lap Moto3 grand prix kicked off race action on Sunday at the Sachsenring, as victory was decided at the last corner between Oncu and Ayumu Sasaki.

Sasaki took the lead early on his Intact GP Husqvarna and at one stage was over 1.5s clear of the field, as poleman Oncu fought with Dani Holgado.

Oncu started to bring Sasaki back to him, but as the Ajo KTM rider closed in he began to struggle with cramping issues – the Turk repeatedly punching his leg.

Deniz Oncu, Red Bull KTM Ajo

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It didn’t slow Oncu down, however, as he kept Sasaki in sight.

Sasaki ran defensively for most of the final lap, but Oncu launched a daring raid on the inside of the last corner and got to the chequered flag 0.095 seconds clear for his maiden grand prix victory.

Sasaki settled for second as Holgado extended his championship lead over Jaume Masia to 41 points after completing the podium on his Tech3 KTM.

Ivan Ortola [Angeluss MTA KTM] was fourth, 0.122s adrift, as David Alonso completed the top five for the Aspar GASGAS team.

Masia was sixth on his Leopard Honda from MT Helmets KTM’s Diogo Moreira, Aspar’s Ryusei Yamanaka, Angeluss MTA’s Stefano Nepa and Honda Team Asia’s Taiyo Furusato.

Moto3 German GP results

Cla	Rider		Bike	Gap	Interval
1	Deniz Öncü		KTM
2	Ayumu Sasaki		Husqvarna	0.095	0.095
3	Daniel Holgado		KTM	12.074	11.979
4	Ivan Ortola		KTM	12.196	0.122
5	David Alonso		GASGAS	17.158	4.962
6	Jaume Masia		Honda	17.328	0.170
7	Diogo Moreira		KTM	17.416	0.088
8	Ryusei Yamanaka		GASGAS	17.468	0.052
9	Stefano Nepa		KTM	17.548	0.080
10	Taiyo Furusato		Honda	18.132	0.584
11	Xavier Artigas		CF MOTO	17.838
12	David Munoz		KTM	20.723	2.885
13	Jose Antonio		KTM	21.034	0.311
14	Kaito Toba		Honda	21.147	0.113
15	Andrea Migno		KTM	21.241	0.094
16	Adrian Fernandez		Honda	33.445	12.204
17	Riccardo Rossi		Honda	33.536	0.091
18	Romano Fenati		Honda	33.611	0.075
19	Mario Suryo Aji		Honda	33.759	0.148
20	Scott Ogden		Honda	36.144	2.385
21	Filippo Farioli		KTM	43.725	7.581
22	Joel Kelso		CF MOTO	45.306	1.581
23	Joshua Whatley		Honda	55.584	10.278
24	David Salvador		KTM	55.605	0.021
25	Tatchakorn Buasri		Honda	55.729	0.124
26	Danial Syahmi		KTM	55.801	0.072
27	Ana Carrasco		KTM	55.954	0.153
	Matteo Bertelle		Honda	2 Laps	2 Laps
	Collin Veijer		Husqvarna	22 Laps	20 Laps
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In the 25-lap Moto2 race, Ajo KTM’s Acosta stormed to his fourth win of the 2023 season as he effortlessly pulled away from the field.

Marc VDS’ Tony Arbolino got the holeshot off the line, but poleman Acosta came through to reclaim the lead at Turn 12 on the opening lap.

Acosta, just as he did last week in Italy, quickly built up a gap to Arbolino and got the chequered flag 2.7s clear to close in on the championship lead.

Arbolino came under threat from Aspar’s Jake Dixon late on but held firm to keep second ahead of the British rider.

Tony Arbolino, Marc VDS Racing Team

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Acosta is now just 15 points behind Arbolino in the championship now.

Honda Team Asia’s Somkiat Chantra took a season-best fourth ahead of Speed Up’s Alonso Lopez and the Yamaha VR46 Master Camp team rider Manuel Gonzalez.

The top 10 was completed by Marc VDS’ Sam Lowes, Speed Up’s Fermin Aldeguer, Albert Arenas (Ajo KTM) and Fantic Racing’s Celestino Vietti.

Pons rider Aron Canet crashed out of podium contention early on.

Moto2 German GP results

Cla	Rider		Bike	Gap	Interval
1	Pedro Acosta		Kalex
2	Tony Arbolino		Kalex	2.730	2.730
3	Jake Dixon		Kalex	2.825	0.095
4	Somkiat Chantra		Kalex	9.013	6.188
5	Alonso López		Boscoscuro B-21	12.274	3.261
6	Manuel Gonzalez		Kalex	13.540	1.266
7	Sam Lowes		Kalex	14.457	0.917
8	Fermin Aldeguer		Boscoscuro B-21	15.053	0.596
9	Albert Arenas