From beginning to end. Well, from the beginning, the beginning…no. Solid victory for Fermín Aldeguer in the Moto2 race held at the Jerez-Ángel Nieto Circuit despite a bad start. Joe Roberts, Marcos Ramírez’s teammate, achieved second place with fellow Spaniard Manu González third and completing the podium.
Aldeguer started from pole, but ‘Manugas’ González quickly took advantage of a bad start by the SpeedUp Racing driver. The polesitter was soon relegated to second position. Sergio García did the same. The leader of the category started from behind in defending the lead, but in the second round he rose to the top three in a battle between the Spanish trio: González, Aldeguer and García.
Behind, a group that did not lose pace with Arenas strong and leading, Joe Roberts, Marcos Ramírezwho quickly recovered positions, rising from tenth position to seventh, and Dixon, who started on the first starting line but ended up on the ground halfway through the race.
Little by little the fight focused on the personal struggle between Manu González and Fermín Aldeguer. Up to three overtakes were signed in one lap. Meanwhile, García Dols watched the bulls from the sidelines, perhaps to attack at the time, or perhaps because he still has confidence in the performance shown by Boscoscuro throughout the weekend.
With 11 laps to go, only Joe Roberts seemed to maintain the race pace of the Spanish trio. The North American arrived in Jerez fighting for the leadership of the World Cup and did not hesitate to put pressure on the Kalex to score the maximum number of points possible. No sooner said than done. After a fast lap, he overtook García Dols, getting into podium positions, and relegating the current leader to fourth place.
It was at that time when Aldeguer took out the ax and began to distance himself from González. The man from Gresini was losing pace after a brutal fight for the lead for almost 20 laps, and was overtaken by Roberts, who was riding faster than anyone.
The focus was then placed on the fight for fifth place. Marcos Ramirez He was pushing hard against Arenas, but the Conil driver pushed so hard that fell to the ground in an attempt to overtake. Bad luck for the Cádiz native, who seemed to have secured the points after starting from tenth place and ended up retiring. Zero points.
Last sections and cruising speed Aldeguer to take victory, the 39th for a Spanish driver in Jerezfollowed by Joe Roberts who takes the lead in Moto2 taking advantage of Sergio García’s fourth position, and third place for Manu González, in a sensational race by the Gresini rider.
