Barcelona Moto3: Ramirez wins wild, crash-filled race

Dalla Porta was leading in the early stages when his Leopard Honda bike suffered an engine failure, with Tony Arbolino (VNE Snipers) later also retiring from the lead with an apparent mechanical problem.

Bester Capital Dubai rider Masia meanwhile crashed at Turn 1 while being squeezed by Darryn Binder (CIP), the Spaniard retiring for the third time this season.

Binder later also retired from podium contention, having been taken out by pole-sitter Gabriel Rodrigo (Gresini) at Turn 10 on the penultimate lap.

That incident was followed by Honda Team Asia's Kaito Toba leading into the final lap, with Aron Canet and Alonso Lopez battling behind him.

Toba held the lead after the main straight but the two local riders were all over him at Turn 10 and Toba cracked under the pressure, sliding off track.

In the mayhem, Ramirez moved ahead of both Canet and Lopez, and he completed the remaining four corners of the race to score his first win of the season.

Canet finished second as Sky VR46 rookie Celestino Vietti picked off Lopez at the final turn to snatch the final podium position.

Vietti's teammate Dennis Foggia was fifth ahead of front row starter Ai Ogura (Honda Team Asia) with Romano Fenati (VNE Snipers) taking his best finish since his Moto3 return in seventh.

The top 10 was completed by Ayumu Sasaki (Petronas Sprinta), EG0,0 wildcard Ryusei Yamanaka and Pruestl's Jakub Kornfeil.

Title contender Niccolo Antonelli fell out of podium contention after running wide at Turn 1, the Italian settling for 11th, while John McPhee miraculously avoided a highside at Turn 10 of the final lap. While he managed to hang on to his bike, he dropped from the lead pack to 13th.

The race also saw a dramatic multi-bike crash caused by Can Oncu losing control of his bike at Turn 4.

He first wiped out Albert Arenas and then collected other riders, with Sergio Garcia, Raul Fernandez, Vicente Perez and Filip Salac all hitting the deck simultaneously.

Tatsuki Suzuki fell on the opening lap at Turn 10 with Andrea Migno and Makar Yurchenko also having incidents during the race.

With his second-place finish, Canet's lead is up to 23 points over Dalla Porta in the championship.

Cla	Rider	Bike	Laps	Gap
1	Marcos Ramirez	Honda	21
2	Arón Canet	KTM	21	0.119
3	Celestino Vietti Ramus	KTM	21	0.146
4	Alonso López	Honda	21	0.235
5	Dennis Foggia	KTM	21	0.947
6	Ai Ogura	Honda	21	1.008
7	Romano Fenati	Honda	21	1.068
8	Ayumu Sasaki	Honda	21	1.358
9	Ryusei Yamanaka	Honda	21	1.984
10	Jakub Kornfeil	KTM	21	2.472
11	Niccolo Antonelli	Honda	21	2.729
12	Carlos Tatay	KTM	21	2.980
13	John McPhee	Honda	21	3.264
14	Tom Booth-Amos	KTM	21	11.120
15	Darryn Binder	KTM	21	18.467
16	Kazuki Masaki	KTM	21	21.845
17	Riccardo Rossi	Honda	21	39.997
18	Vicente Pérez	KTM	21	54.306
19	Tatsuki Suzuki	Honda	21	1'00.726
	Kaito Toba	Honda	20	1 Lap
	Gabriel Rodrigo	Honda	19	2 Laps
	Makar Yurchenko	KTM	18	3 Laps
	Jaume Masia	KTM	13	8 Laps
	Tony Arbolino	Honda	12	9 Laps
	Filip Salač	KTM	9	12 Laps
	Andrea Migno	KTM	5	16 Laps
	Can Öncü	KTM	5	16 Laps
	Raúl Fernández	KTM	4	17 Laps
	Sergio García	Honda	4	17 Laps
	Albert Arenas	KTM	4	17 Laps
	Lorenzo Dalla Porta	Honda	3	18 Laps
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