By Lisa Lewis

Louis Salom took a dramatic win for RW Racing in a busy Moto3 rac𒀰e at Motorland Aragon, with the top ten riders all in victory contention for most of the race.

It is Salom's💟 second win, while Kalex-KTM/KTM bikes filled the top four positions.

Salom got the better of his injury woes, riding through the pain barrier to take an impressive victory on the last lap despite hurting his collarbone in practice and 🤡crashing again in Sunday warm-up.

The Spaniard powered past Sandro Cortese and Jonas Folger to snatch victory by 0.155, movi𝓰ng Salom to second in the world championship standings.

Championship leader Cortese cut through the field on꧋ the Red Bull KTM to hit the front after seven laps but could not lose the chasing pack, saying in parc ferme that he "really wanted to win and gave everything" and revealing that he has been ill all race weekend.

His second place maintains his record of 12 podiums from 13 races this season and means he has achieved a top six finish at every grand prix since Aragon last year. The German 🎀rider now holds a championship lead of 51 points, over Salom.

Pole-sitter Jonas Folger manoeuvred his Mapfre Aspar into an ea✨rly lead and after🧜 falling back into the pack fought back in "one of the hardest races" to complete the podium.

British rider Danny Kent stamped his authority on the race hitting the front with seven laps to go, 💞but was forced wide and off track in the closing stages, h𓂃e still managed a late comeback to take fourth for the Red Bull KTM team.

Efren Vazquez was next across the stripe for JHK Laglisse and the first non-KTM finisher placing fifth for FTR Ho꧒♏nda, Alex Rins finished sixth for Estrella Galicia while Frenchman Louis Rossi was seventh for Racing Team Germany.

Rins' team mate Miguel Oliveira crossed the line eighth, with Red Bull KTM's Arthur Sissis in ninth. Gresini♈ rider Niccolo Antonelli completཧes the top ten.

Jakub Kornfeil brought his FTR Honda home in 11th with Team Italia FMI rider Alessandro Tonucci 12ꦡth. JHK Laglisse rider Aﷺlberto Moncayo was 13th and Niklas Ajo 14th for TT Motion Events. The final points place was claimed by Alex Marquez for Ambrogio Next racing.

Caretta replacement ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚrider John McPhee was 22nd on his KRP Honda a🌄nd Danny Webb crossed the line 25th on the Mahindra.

Maverick Vinales saw his fading c🤪hampionship hopes take a massive blow when his Blusens Avintia suffered an engine iss🏅ue on the warm-up lap and despite his best efforts and help from the marshals the FTR Honda could not be restarted.

Vinal൲es kicked his bike in anger before embarking on his walk back to the pits. The Spanish teenager had previously brought up his engine concerns during Saturday's press conference. He drops to third in the championship after four successive races off the podium.

Romano Fenati entered the Team Italia FMI pit box with 11 laps remaining, his FꦅTR Honda suffering an oil leak to 🔥end his race.

Zulꦿfahmi Khairuddin battled w𒅌ith the frontrunners aboard his AirAsia sponsored KTM, but crashed out with six laps to go.