Manuel Gonzalez dominated from start to finish to become the winner of round five, the Moto2 Spanish Grand Prix at Jerez.

Times over the weekend had su✨ggested a close affair, but in race trim, the Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP rider was peerless, and rapidly pulled🥂 out a gap.

That advantage onl🌺y grew as the #18 controlled the race from the front, leading over the line by a comfortable✤ 2.256s.

The Spa🍨niard took his first win at home, at weigh in without his gloves and boots after throwing the into the adoring crowd. It is also Gonzalez's second win of the year, the firs🌞t coming at the opening round in Thailand, where he also started from pole.

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The battle for second fluctuated, with Diogo Moreira and Barry Baltus initially giving chase, before Senna Agius broke from the next group and bridged that gap to f♐orm a trio on track.

Baltus had shown pace in practice and qualified a strong fourth. Heading into the 🦩latter laps , Baltus showed a turn of pace and pulled out 💧a gap of his own to finish a clear second for Fantic Racing Lino Senogo.

The Belgian dedicated his best finiꦫsh of the season to his late mother, it being his first rostrum visit since her passing,

That left Moreira an🗹d Aguis to fight for the final podium spot. Moreira held third until Agius showed his cards with three laps remaini🐼ng, choosing to move next to the Italtrans bike and fly underneath to lead the penultimate lap.

Moreira fought back, forcing Aguis to push - which the Dynavolt rider did, causing a seconds gap between the du𒊎o as he brought home a team 1-3, a second third place for the Australian after a p🐓odium visit at the opener in Thailand.

Deniz Oncu ha𓆏s been fast over one lap, lowering the lap record twice, but the close nature of Moto2, saw the Red Bull KTM Ajo rider miss out a little in qualifying, starting sixth.

Able to pull clear of the next group on track the Turkish rider🧸 placed a clear fifth.

The pack was lead over the line by Albert Arenas, in sixth after securing💧 his first front row start this season for Italjet Gresini.

Celestino Vietti and Aron Canet had a mid pack battle for the next slot , with the Italian holding firm for the BETA Tools SpeedRS ﷽Team, the top Boscoscuro.

Canet limited the damage to his title cha💫rge in eighth on the second Fantic entry.

There was a wait for ninth, as Jake Dixon made the best of a tough weekend, trying out some changes on his Elf Marc VD๊S bike, just ahead of his teammate Filip Salac, who completed the top ten.

Joe Roberts only improved as the weekend went 🥀on, qualifying 16th the Americဣan Racing rider placed eleventh, beating his teammate, local rider Marcos Ramirez who was right behind in twelfth.

Adrian Huertas was the top rookie finisher after a personal best finish for It🧸altrans in 13th making up ten places in the race, just ahead of fellow class newcℱomer Collin Veijer for Red Bull KTM Ajo in 14th.

T𒉰ony Arbolino made the best of a tough weekend, where he had been a constant at the wrong end of the timesheets with the final point on offer in 15th for Blu Cru Pramac Yamaha.

Yuki Kuniജi just missed 𝄹out in 16th, ahead of top Forward rider Alex Escrig in 17th.

Sergio Garcia continued to be heavily off the pace as he returns from injury, in 22nd as the final finishe🏅r.

Crashes, Injuries and Replacements

Alonso Loꦰpez was the first to fall ☂re-joining only to crash out again towards the end of the race.

The Aspar ✨garage was due to be tense after contact between David Alonso and Daniel Holgado took Holgado ou🎀t of the race.

Not long after Alons🐟o was out himself losing his bike and collecting Izan Guevara as he fell. Both riders were sent to the medical centre for checks - Alonso hit his head on the rear wheel of the other bike and the floor as he fell.

Ayumu Sasaki had started last after a qualifying fall and had worked his way up to 19th to race his RW Idrofoglia teammate Zonta van den Goorberghဣ, before a 𒉰late exit cemented another tough meeting for the Japanese rider.

Mario Aji missed the race after dꦬislocating his shoulder earlieꦯr in the weekend.

Championship Standings

Race winner Gonzale🗹z returns to the top of the standings, now with 86 points, with Canet dropping seven behind in 𓄧second, on 79.

Dixon remains third after a tough day at the office, on 66, with a podium seeing Baltus close in, now fourth with 53 points, o♎vertaking Ramirez and Oncu.

Ninth placed Holgado remains the top rookie despite his DNF, his previous strong results landing him 36 points, with Veijer now his nearest rival in 16th overall with eleven points.