Malaysian Moto2 Grand Prix, Sepang Circuit - Race Results

Race results from the 2022 Malaysian Moto2 Grand Prix at Sepang.

23 Oct 2022

Malaysian Moto2 Grand Prix, Sepang - Race Results
Pos	Rider	Nat	Team	Bike	Time
1	Tony Arbolino	ITA	Elf Marc VDS Racing Team	(Kalex)	38m 25.233s
2	Alonso Lopez	SPA	Beta Tools Speed Up	(Boscoscuro)	38m 36.644s
3	Jake Dixon	GBR	Inde GASGAS Aspar Team	(Kalex)	38m 37.035s
4	Augusto Fernandez	SPA	Red Bull KTM Ajo	(Kalex)	38m 38.439s
5	Manuel Gonzalez	SPA	Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Tea	(Kalex)	38m 40.003s
6	Marcel Schrotter	GER	Liqui Moly Intact GP	(Kalex)	38m 42.399s
7	Cameron Beaubier	USA	American Racing	(Kalex)	38m 45.455s
8	Aron Canet	SPA	Flexbox HP40	(Kalex)	38m 49.512s
9	Jeremy Alcoba	SPA	Liqui Moly Intact GP	(Kalex)	38m 49.640s
10	Fermín Aldeguer	SPA	Beta Tools Speed Up	(Boscoscuro)	38m 49.715s
11	Filip Salac	CZE	Gresini Racing Moto2	(Kalex)	38m 55.869s
12	Lorenzo Dalla Porta	ITA	Italtrans Racing Team	(Kalex)	38m 58.828s
13	Albert Arenas	SPA	Inde GASGAS Aspar Team	(Kalex)	38m 59.681s
14	Bo Bendsneyder	NED	Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team	(Kalex)	39m 0.160s
15	Taiga Hada	JPN	Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team	(Kalex)	39m 8.990s
16	Keminth Kubo	THA	Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Tea	(Kalex)	39m 10.173s
17	Marcos Ramirez	SPA	MV Agusta Forward Racing	(MV Agusta)	39m 10.415s
18	Sean Dylan Kelly	USA	American Racing	(Kalex)	39m 14.051s
19	Kasma Daniel	MAL	Petronas MIE Racing RW	(Kalex)	39m 18.354s
20	Borja Gomez	SPA	Flexbox HP40	(Kalex)	39m 19.698s
21	Niccolò Antonelli	ITA	Mooney VR46 Racing Team	(Kalex)	39m 20.045s
22	Azroy Anuar	MAL	Petronas MIE Racing RW	(Kalex)	39m 20.918s
	Ai Ogura	JPN	IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia	(Kalex)	DNF
	Pedro Acosta	SPA	Red Bull KTM Ajo	(Kalex)	DNF
	Alessandro Zaccone	ITA	Gresini Racing Moto2	(Kalex)	DNF
	Joe Roberts	USA	Italtrans Racing Team	(Kalex)	DNF
	Celestino Vietti	ITA	Mooney VR46 Racing Team	(Kalex)	DNF
	Somkiat Chantra	THA	IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia	(Kalex)	DNF
	David Sanchis	SPA	MV Agusta Forward Racing	(MV Agusta)	DNF

Tony Arbolino won the Malaysian Moto2 Grand Prix at Sepang after Ai Ogura fell while attempting a last-lap victory pass, costing the Japanese the world championship lead.

Ogura, who had a slim chance to wrap-up the title today, was on the verge of taking a big advantage over Augusto Fernandez into the Valencia finale when he gambled on five points more and tried to outbrake Arbolino - but lost the front and fell at the apex of turn 9.

That accident meant Fernandez, who finished a distant fourth, is now 9.5 points ahead of Ogura.

Ogura and Fernandez both went on the attack in the last 10 laps, Ogura chasing down Arbolino while Fernandez put pressure on Jake Dixon for fifth.

The Japanese passed Arbolino into turn 1 with 6 laps to go but ran wide at the same corner the next time around, handing the advantage back to Arbolino.

Over 10s behind them, Fernandez and Dixon became embroiled in a no-holds-barred battle, making contact on several occasions, before Dixon passed a struggling Gonzalez for fourth on the penultimate lap.

That became third (behind Phillip Island winner Alonso Lopez) for Dixon after Ogura's shock exit, while Fernandez also put a late pass on Gonzalez.

Fernandez was reluctant to shake Dixon's hand on the slow-down lap.

Ogura's team-mate Somkiat Chantra clipped the back of Dixon at Turn 2 of the race, falling and bringing down Fernandez's team-mate Pedro Acosta, whose bike landed on Chantra.