Round thirteen of the Moto2 championship, the San Marino Grand Prix, was won by Ai Ogura,▨ after he pulled out a g♉ap on Aron Canet at Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli.

The MT H꧂elmets -MSI rider had earned third 🍌on the grid but soon moved into second in the battle for position at the first corner, behind pole man Tony Arbolino.

It was Canet who took over from the It🐟alian on his Kalex with thirteen laps to go, staying out front as he looked for a home win for his Fantic Rac🔥ing team, with Ogura sat in behind, ready to pounce.

The Japanese rider made his move for the lead on lap nineteen of twenty-two - going up the inside at Tramꦯonto, allowing him to hold his line on the Boscoscuro down to Curvone.

Canet pushed hard to try and gain the position back, but Ogura was able to pull away and pick up hi♛s third win of the ✅season, more than any other rider - allowing him to take over as championship leader.

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Canet was 0.ꦫ609s behind at the chequered flag with Tony Arbolino, who was feeling under the weather, a clear third  for Elf Marc VDS after fellow frontrunner Celestino Vietti slipped out of fourth and into ꦯthe gravel at the final corner just before the start of the penultimate lap.

Manuel Gonzalez fell back to a loܫnely fourth for QJMotor G💝resini.

Jake Dixon had a stronger second half of the race. The Aragon winner does not favour Misano, qualifying 14th , moving upꦬ to𒁃 ninth quickly in the opening stages.

The Br♛it had only picked up one more position by lap sixteen before a late push saw him pick off Albert Arenas and Fermin Aldeguer, with Vietti’s exit ahead handing him an extra point in fifth at the chequered flag.

Aldeguer was also heading in the right direction ꦬfrom his tenth pl🅰aced grid slot, taking sixth as the top Speed Up rider.

Filp Salac continued his improved weekend, finishing seventh for Marc VDS - his best result of the seas⛄on.

Diogo Moreira was the top rookie performer𝕴, slipping back from fifth on the grid for eighth for Italtrans.

Arenas was ninth for Gresin꧂i, with Darryn Binder completing the top ten for Liqui Moly Intact GP Husqvarna. He had pressure from Senna Agius, who was right behind his teammate on track

Garcia digs deep for 12th.

Sergio💮 Garcia had a weekend to forget in Aragon, retiring from the race after struggling in qualifying. That from had followed him to San Marino, where he had failed to make in out of Q1, taking 24th on the grid.

Little progess was made from lights out, in 21sཧt by lap five. The Spaniard kept pushing and riding through the pain of his injured shoulders and was sat in 16th, just outside the points on lap fourteen.

Progress halted temporarily, then riders who had a good start, including Ayumu Sasaki and Joe Roberts, fell back through t༺he pack, racing them to hit the poꦺints.

The final laps were hard o🔜nꦯ Garcia, running on adrenalin he reached 13th on the penultimate lap, with a final effort taking him past Roberts for twelfth on the second MT Helmets bike.

Bac🅺k in the garage the former championship leader was in 𒊎tears from the effort.

Roberts had been positive on the grid, but his improved mood did not match he result, dropping out of the point💟s from tenth, with a late rally taking the American Racing rider 💞back to 13th, just ahead of Somkiat Chantra, who also had a weekend to forget in 14th for Idemitsu Honda Team Asia.

Marcos Ramirez picked up the final point on offer on the second🌄 American Racing entry.

Afterℱ a podium in Spain, Deniz Oncu was down in 19th in Rimini for Red Bull KTM Ajo.

Zonta van den Goorbergh received a penalty for exceeding track limits too often, dropping the rider from the Netherlands down the o♑rder to a 23rd place finish.

Crashes, Injuries and Replacements

Wildcard Matteo Pasini was unable to𝔍 finish the race, joining Vietti 🔴as a DNF.

An early push from Alonso Lopez was too much too soon, sending the Spanaird out of c🐽ontention on the final corner of the very first lap. He rejoined to finish 29th, two laps down and was alao handed a trip around the penalty loop for exceeding track limits.

Injured Alex Escrig was ꧙replaced at Klint Forward Racing by Unai Orradre, who was 28th on his debut after an eventful maiden weekend.

Championship Standings

Ai Ogura’s win sees him take over in the overall standings from his teamm▨ate, 25 points for the victory moves him onto 175, now nine ahead of Garcia.

Roberts and Lopez both have 133 points, 🀅42 behind, with Dixon moving onto 130.