Ayumu Sasaki𓄧 completed two laps of the penalty loop, before charging through the field, looking in control of the Moto3 Austrian Grand Prix, round thirteen of the champioღnship.

Starting b🐎y taking over at the front, the𒀰 Sterilgarda Husqvarna Max rider was leading the race when he hit the long loop for the first time, which dropped the #71 to 17th, but on the back of the lead group.

Sasaki then took his second lap soon after (the penalty was awarded for running into the back of Sergio Garcia in Silverstღone) which dropped him to 21st.

The Japanese ride♒♐r never gave up and was soon able to latch on to the back of the lead group.

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Hitting the front aroun🅰d the halfway mark, pulling up to second on the way to the new chicane, then taking Guevara with a decisive move, Sasaꦦki then picked up the pace and commanded the race from the front for his second win, with his first coming back in Assen.

His friend and former Petronas team-mate Jake Dixon was among the first to congratulate Sasaki on track, as his Japanese flag got tangled in𒊎 his back w🌸heel while celebrating.

Where Sasaki needed no slips🎃tream aid up font, it was what his fellow countryman Tatsuki Suzuki was hoping for behind. Instead he first had to contend with attention from both Deniz Oncu and David Munoz as they put in their claims for a podium spot, forcing the Leopard rider to move to defensive lines instead of being able to chase down Sasaki.

As they battled each other the #24 had a final chance but even in the slipsteam he could not pull past, finishing 0.064s behind as 🥀the top Honda by some margin.

It was rookie Munoz whℱo won the battle behind for the final rostrum spot, with his𝓰 late move on the BOE Motorsports KTM made to count.

Red🥃 Bull KTM Tech 3 rider Deniz Oncu was clear in fourth, with a🎐 gap back to the next group on track.

That was lead over the line by Sergio Garcia, which extenꦉds his title laead with both his GasGas team-mate Izan Guevara and Dennis Foggia (Leopard Honda) behind in seventh and a distant twelfth respectively.

The Aspar bikes were split🍌 by another impressive rookie, with MT Helmets-MSI 🧔rider Daniel Holgado having a strong race in sixth.

Daniel Holgado started from pole and initially held his𓄧 own at the front before slipping back𝔍 to eighth for Red Bull KTM Ajo.

John McPhee started from 18th on the gಌrid after getting beaten by the clock in qualifying and not reaching his potential. The Sterilgarda Husqvarna Max rider has shown his pace earlier in the weekend after finishing free practice third ♎and used that speed and his racecraft to climb to ninth by the chequered flag.

Kaito Toba completed the top ten for CIP Green Power after just holding off rookie Ivan Ortola (﷽Angeluss MTA Team) who had to settle for e🌊leventh.

Foggia was a second further back, with Ryusei Yamanaka in close company on the second MT Helmets entry in 13th.
The remaining points on✨ offer went to 14th plac⭕ed  Xavier Artigas (CMOTO Racing PreustelGP) and Stefano Nepa (Angeluss MTA Team) in 15th.

VisionTrack’s Scott Ogden couldn’t match the com💙eback of compatriot McPhee and finished 21st, his team-mate Joshua Whatley was 29th.

Crashes and penalties

Carlos Tatay was taken out at turn three, af🤡ter contact with Andrea Migno. Migno was handed a long lap penalty for his actions which saw him finish 23rd.

Ana Carrasco wa🐼s also handed a long lap penalty for getting𓆏 in Tatsuki Suzuki’s way back in Q1, She finished 28th.

Riccar꧒do rossi was handed a long lap loop trip early in the race for cutting the chicane, the SIC58 Squadra Corse rider made a better job of a come🍬back in 19th.

Jaum🀅e Masia was the only other faller in the race, he r🌺emounted to finish one place higher in 18th for Red Bull KTM Ajo.

Where does that leave the championship?

Fif🍃th sees Sergio G🃏arcia extend his lead slightly, now on a total of 193, with an advantage of five over team-mate Izan Guevara.

Dennis Foggia remains third despite slipping back to twelfth in the race, now wit🐼h a 49 point defecit.

Ayumu Sasaki pulls himself into contention as the form rider, with two wins in the last three races - now 55 points shy of Garcia’s😼 to♐tal.