Australian Moto2 Grand Prix, Phillip Island - Race Results

Race results from the 2022 Australian Moto2 Grand Prix at Phillip Island.

16 Oct 2022

Alonso Lopez, Moto2 race, Australian MotoGP, 16 October

2022 Australian Moto2 Grand Prix, Phillip Island - Race Results
Pos	Rider	Nat	Team	Bike	Time
1	Alonso Lopez	SPA	Beta Tools Speed Up	(Boscoscuro)	39m 14.947s
2	Pedro Acosta	SPA	Red Bull KTM Ajo	(Kalex)	39m 18.503s
3	Jake Dixon	GBR	Inde GASGAS Aspar Team	(Kalex)	39m 24.530s
4	Fermín Aldeguer	SPA	Beta Tools Speed Up	(Boscoscuro)	39m 30.692s
5	Manuel Gonzalez	SPA	Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Tea	(Kalex)	39m 30.722s
6	Jeremy Alcoba	SPA	Liqui Moly Intact GP	(Kalex)	39m 30.839s
7	Cameron Beaubier	USA	American Racing	(Kalex)	39m 30.981s
8	Somkiat Chantra	THA	IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia	(Kalex)	39m 32.896s
9	Aron Canet	SPA	Flexbox HP40	(Kalex)	39m 39.764s
10	Bo Bendsneyder	NED	Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team	(Kalex)	39m 45.599s
11	Ai Ogura	JPN	IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia	(Kalex)	39m 47.928s
12	Sam Lowes	GBR	Elf Marc VDS Racing Team	(Kalex)	39m 49.354s
13	Marcel Schrotter	GER	Liqui Moly Intact GP	(Kalex)	40m 2.531s
14	Albert Arenas	SPA	Inde GASGAS Aspar Team	(Kalex)	40m 2.555s
15	Taiga Hada	JPN	Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team	(Kalex)	40m 2.975s
16	Alessandro Zaccone	ITA	Gresini Racing Moto2	(Kalex)	40m 8.774s
17	Marcos Ramirez	SPA	MV Agusta Forward Racing	(MV Agusta)	40m 9.303s
18	Sean Dylan Kelly	USA	American Racing	(Kalex)	40m 9.584s
	Joe Roberts	USA	Italtrans Racing Team	(Kalex)	DNF
	Barry Baltus	BEL	RW Racing GP	(Kalex)	DNF
	Augusto Fernandez	SPA	Red Bull KTM Ajo	(Kalex)	DNF
	Celestino Vietti	ITA	Mooney VR46 Racing Team	(Kalex)	DNF
	Filip Salac	CZE	Gresini Racing Moto2	(Kalex)	DNF
	Keminth Kubo	THA	Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Tea	(Kalex)	DNF
	Niccolò Antonelli	ITA	Mooney VR46 Racing Team	(Kalex)	DNF
	Lorenzo Dalla Porta	ITA	Italtrans Racing Team	(Kalex)	DNF
	Tony Arbolino	ITA	Elf Marc VDS Racing Team	(Kalex)	DNF
	Simone Corsi	ITA	MV Agusta Forward Racing	(MV Agusta)	DNF
	Jorge Navarro	SPA	Flexbox HP40	(Kalex)	DNF

Rookie Alonso Lopez romps to his second Moto2 victory of the season at Phillip Island while drama in the title chase saw Augusto Fernandez crash out of third behind team-mate Pedro Acosta with 9 laps to go.

That meant instead of Fernandez's world championship lead over Ai Ogura mushrooming, as was set to be the case, the Japanese has retaken the advantage by 3.5 points despite a lowly 11th place (which would have been worse without accidents ahead).

With a long lap penalty to serve for a practice clash with Celestino Vietti, Lopez bolted from third on the grid into a commanding early lead, allowing the Misano winner to easily keep P1 despite serving his long lap.

While Lopez never looked back with fellow newcomer Acosta likewise a comfortable second after Fernandez's exit (then wearing a Remy Gardner t-shirt in parc ferme) Jake Dixon battled from 14th on the grid to complete the podium, a result the Englishman dedicated to Chrissy Rouse.

Jorge Navarro required a stretcher after falling and being hit by Simone Corsi, with Tony Arbolino another early casualty after crashing out of second place. Former title challenger Celestino Vietti was also on the long DNF list.