For the third Grand Prix in a row the KTM GP Academy was able to celebrate Moto2 podium presence as Red Bull KTM Ajo’s Augusto Fernandez fought to 3rd place at a sweltering Circuit de Barcelona – Catalunya.
- Good comebacks for Augusto Fernandez and Pedro Acosta who takes 6th at Barcelona
- Moto3 rookie and former Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup star David Muñoz makes the podium on his second Grand Prix start
- Top five for Deniz Öncü after closely-run Moto3 dash™
Red Bull KTM Tech3’s Deniz Öncü started from the middle of the front row of the grid and the position helped the Turk slide directly into the vast leading group of almost 20 riders that set the pace. Among the gaggle was also Red Bull KTM Ajo’s Jaume Masia and Öncü’s teammate Adrian Fernandez, who lead a Moto3 GP for the first time until he slipped back to classify 10th; his second consecutive top ten result. Öncü and Masia were inside the scrap for the podium places through the 21-laps and went on to grab 5th and 8th at the finish line and both were slightly upstaged by BOA Motorsports’ David Muñoz. The Spanish teenager burst through in just his second Grand Prix start to finish runner-up and less than two seconds behind victor Izan Guevara.
Pedro Acosta came to Catalunya flush with the positive feeling from his maiden Moto2 race win in Mugello the previous Sunday. The Red Bull KTM Ajo star had to play second fiddle to teammate Augusto Fernandez however. The Spaniard took part in a captivating battle for the win that saw four riders separated by just over half a second at the finish. Fernandez was able to snatch 3rd place for his second podium appearance of the season while Acosta ploughed a course from the mid top-15 to reach a decent 6th.
Posted on June 5, 2022 by Michael Le Pard
