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Assen Moto3: Canet makes last-corner move to win thrilling race

Aron Canet won yet another thrilling Moto3 race at Assen after overtaking Romano Fenati at the final chicane on the last lap to emerge victorious in an 11-bike battle.

Aron Canet, Estrella Galicia 0,0

Aron Canet, Estrella Galicia 0,0

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While the majority of the race was led by a six-bike group, with pole-sitter Jorge Martin and Romano Fenati trading the lead for much of the distance, a second group led by Canet caught up for the final few laps.

Championship leader Joan Mir started the last lap of the race in the lead, but ran wide at Turn 12, and was passed by several bikes and dropped down to ninth.

Fenati took over following Mir's mistake, but Canet was all over the Italian through the fast sequence of corners before edging past at the final chicane.

British Talent Team's John McPhee, who also slightly lost out behind Mir, fought back and overtook Martin to secure the final podium position from 19th on the grid.

Gresini rider Martin failed to convert his fifth straight pole into his maiden victory in Moto3, but the Spaniard recovered from two incidents to secure fourth.

He ran wide at Turn 1 early in the race from the lead but was back in first just three laps later.

Martin made contact with Marcos Ramirez, who led at the time, later on, and had to run off track again, this time falling outside of the top 10, only to rapidly recover again.

Fenati's Marinelli Rivacold Snipers teammate Jules Danilo took the best Moto3 result of his career in fifth, followed by Ramirez (Platinum Bay), who also lost momentum after his contact with Martin.

Gabriel Rodrigo of RBA Racing Team took seventh, the Argentinian making contact with local rider Bo Bendsneyder just a handful of metres before the chequered flag.

That sent the Dutchman into a crash, his bike theoretically finishing 10th behind Tatsuki Suzuki and Mir, but he was not classified for failing to be in contact with his bike as it crossed the line.

Bendsneyder's removal from the results promoted Niccolo Bulega (Sky Racing VR46) to 10th, the Italian finishing nearly seven seconds behind the leading group.

Bendsneyder wasn't the only rider to fall at the very end as Adam Norrodin, who spent the entire race in the top 10, fell at the fast left-hander before the final chicane.

Norrodin was one of eight riders not to finish the race, with Enea Bastianini and Fabio di Giannantonio, notably simultaneously falling at the final chicane on Lap 3.

Race results

Cla#RiderBikeTime/GapInterval
1 44 spain Aron Canet  Honda 38'20.364  
2 5 italy Romano Fenati  Honda 0.035 0.035
3 17 united_kingdom John McPhee  Honda 0.117 0.082
4 88 spain Jorge Martin  Honda 0.310 0.193
5 95 france Jules Danilo  Honda 0.532 0.222
6 42 spain Marcos Ramírez  KTM 0.594 0.062
7 19 spain Gabriel Rodrigo  KTM 0.651 0.057
8 24 japan Tatsuki Suzuki  Honda 0.679 0.028
9 36 spain Joan Mir  Honda 0.980 0.301
10 8 italy Nicolo Bulega  KTM 6.972 5.992
11 65 germany Philipp Ottl  KTM 8.196 1.224
12 58 spain Juan Francisco Guevara  KTM 9.200 1.004
13 40 south_africa Darryn Binder  KTM 10.746 1.546
14 16 italy Andrea Migno  KTM 10.890 0.144
15 71 japan Ayumu Sasaki  Honda 10.920 0.030
16 12 italy Marco Bezzecchi  Mahindra 16.249 5.329
17 84 czech_republic Jakub Kornfeil  Peugeot 16.344 0.095
18 41 thailand Nakarin Atiratphuvapat  Honda 16.479 0.135
19 27 japan Kaito Toba  Honda 33.845 17.366
20 6 spain Maria Herrera  KTM 34.172 0.327
21 11 belgium Livio Loi  Honda 34.338 0.166
22 4 finland Patrik Pulkkinen  Peugeot 48.171 13.833
  7 malaysia Adam Norrodin  Honda 1 lap 1 lap
  64 netherlands Bo Bendsneyder  KTM 1 lap 0.257
  31 spain Raul Fernandez  Mahindra 2 laps 1 lap
  33 italy Enea Bastianini  Honda 8 laps 6 laps
  48 italy Lorenzo Dalla Porta  Mahindra 8 laps 6'19.568
  14 italy Tony Arbolino  Honda 15 laps 7 laps
  96 italy Manuel Pagliani  Mahindra 16 laps 1 lap
  21 italy Fabio Di Giannantonio  Honda 19 laps 3 laps
  28 netherlands Ryan van de Lagemaat  KTM 20 laps 1 lap
 

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