2022 Japanese Moto2 Grand Prix, Motegi - Race Results

Race results from the 2022 Japanese Moto2 Grand Prix at Motegi.

25 Sep 2022

Ai Ogura, Moto2, Japanese MotoGP, 23 September

Japanese Moto2 Grand Prix, Motegi - Race Results
Pos	Rider	Nat	Team	Bike	Time
1	Ai Ogura	JPN	IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia	(Kalex)	40m 56.269s
2	Augusto Fernandez	SPA	Red Bull KTM Ajo	(Kalex)	40m 57.461s
3	Alonso Lopez	SPA	Beta Tools Speed Up	(Boscoscuro)	41m 3.437s
4	Jake Dixon	GBR	Shimoko GASGAS Aspar Team	(Kalex)	41m 3.866s
5	Somkiat Chantra	THA	IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia	(Kalex)	41m 8.524s
6	Tony Arbolino	ITA	Elf Marc VDS Racing Team	(Kalex)	41m 10.458s
7	Pedro Acosta	SPA	Red Bull KTM Ajo	(Kalex)	41m 10.789s
8	Albert Arenas	SPA	Shimoko GASGAS Aspar Team	(Kalex)	41m 14.679s
9	Bo Bendsneyder	NED	Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team	(Kalex)	41m 16.667s
10	Filip Salac	CZE	Gresini Racing Moto2	(Kalex)	41m 19.409s
11	Cameron Beaubier	USA	American Racing	(Kalex)	41m 19.873s
12	Joe Roberts	USA	Italtrans Racing Team	(Kalex)	41m 20.002s
13	Marcel Schrotter	GER	Liqui Moly Intact GP	(Kalex)	41m 20.440s
14	Barry Baltus	BEL	RW Racing GP	(Kalex)	41m 30.064s
15	Lorenzo Dalla Porta	ITA	Italtrans Racing Team	(Kalex)	41m 31.817s
16	Zonta Vd Goorbergh	NED	RW Racing GP	(Kalex)	41m 36.275s
17	Taiga Hada	JPN	Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team	(Kalex)	41m 38.765s
18	Keminth Kubo	THA	Yamaha VR46 Master Camp	(Kalex)	41m 42.761s
19	Sean Dylan Kelly	USA	American Racing	(Kalex)	41m 45.395s
20	Marcos Ramirez	SPA	MV Agusta Forward Racing	(MV Agusta)	42m 6.023s
	Jeremy Alcoba	SPA	Liqui Moly Intact GP	(Kalex)	DNF
	Jorge Navarro	SPA	Flexbox HP40	(Kalex)	DNF
	Niccolò Antonelli	ITA	Mooney VR46 Racing Team	(Kalex)	DNF
	Aron Canet	SPA	Flexbox HP40	(Kalex)	DNF
	Celestino Vietti	ITA	Mooney VR46 Racing Team	(Kalex)	DNF
	Simone Corsi	ITA	MV Agusta Forward Racing	(MV Agusta)	DNF
	Alessandro Zaccone	ITA	Gresini Racing Moto2	(Kalex)	DNF
	Fermín Aldeguer	SPA	Beta Tools Speed Up	(Boscoscuro)	DNF
	Manuel Gonzalez	SPA	Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Tea	(Kalex)	DNS

Ai Ogura fights from 13th on the grid to win his home Japanese Moto2 Grand Prix at Motegi, cutting Augusto Fernandez's title lead to just two points.

Only Fermin Aldeguer could stick with Aron Canet in the early laps, but when the Speed Up rider slid off it handed the Spaniard a near two-second advantage... until Canet also tumbled, at Turn 9.

Canet's third crash from a Moto2 pole put Somkiat Chantra into the lead ahead of Tony Arbolino, Alonso Lopez and Ogura.

By the time Ogura took the lead from Misano winner Lopez, with 10 laps to go, Fernandez had also caught the pair. But Ogura built a crucial 1.8s lead while Fernandez spent several laps wrestling with a fading Lopez.

Once into second, the Ajo rider was unable to make an impact on the Japanese rider's advantage, while Lopez held on to third ahead Jake Dixon and Chantra.

Canet, who later crashed for a second and final time, wasn't the only title contender in the gravel with VR46's Celestino Vietti suffering yet another DNF.

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Japanese MotoGP - Full race weekend schedule (UK time)

Friday September 23rd

05:15 - 05:55am Moto3 FP1

06:10 - 06:50am Moto2 FP1

07:05 - 08:20 MotoGP FP1

Saturday September 24th

01:00 - 01:40 Moto3 FP2

01:55 - 02:35 Moto2 FP2

02:50 - 03:35 MotoGP FP2

04:35 - 04:50 Moto3 Q1

05:00 - 05:15 Moto3 Q2

05:30 - 05:45 Moto2 Q1

05:55 - 06:10 Moto2 Q2

06:25 - 06:55 MotoGP FP3

07:05 - 07:20 MotoGP Q1

07:30 - 07:45 MotoGP Q2

Sunday September 25th

02:00 - 02:10 Moto3 Warm Up

02:20 - 02:30 Moto2 Warm Up

02:40 - 03:00 MotoGP Warm Up

04:00 Moto3 Race

05:20 Moto2 Race

07:00 MotoGP Race

2022 Japanese Moto2 Grand Prix, Motegi - Race Results

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