Moto2 Spanish Catalan Grand Prix: Celestino Vietti wins on last lap

The Moto2 championship leader, Mooney VR46 Racing’s Celestino Vietti secured the race win after a late move on the last lap.

How the race unfolded…

It was a decent start from the pole sitter, Vietti, at the race start but he was quickly swallowed up by the pack. By turn one, Inde GASGAS’s Jake Dixon led the field through the opening corners.

However, the lead changed hands as Robert’s fought for the lead of the race through the middle sectors, he managed to win his battle against Dixon to lead the Moto2 race.

A lap later, Flexbox’s Aron Canet moved up to P2 as he overtook Dixon into the long right hander of turn four.

Pertamina’s Alex Toldeo became the first rider to crash out as he found himself in the gravel trap at turn 10. However, a lap later, Filip Salac crashed out of the race at turn 13 in dramatic fashion as he tried to remain in the slipstream of Red Bull ATM’s Pedro Acosta. This was soon followed by Cameron Beaubier, on the exit of turn 14, a lap after Salac.

ELF Marc’s Tony Arbolino was given a long lap penalty, with 17 laps to go. The Italian rider quickly served his penalty as the pack went around the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on lap seven.

With 15 laps to go, Roberts had established a 1.415 second gap between himself and Canet.

As the race reached its half way mark, Dixon and Canet made contact around the long left-hander of turn 10. Dixon went around the outside of Canet, as the two fought for P2, and the British driver’s front tyre made contact with the knee of Canet. Fortunately, both drivers were able to continue on with the race.

In dramatic fashion, Roberts crashed out at turn five as his car failed to turn into the apex, on lap 11. As a result, Roberts found himself in a slide into the gravel trap. This, in turn, allowed Dixon to inherit the race lead. But, it wasn’t long until the lead changed hands, once again, as Canet managed to successfully overtake Dixon.

Although he lost many positions at the start of the race, Vietti managed to move up the order and fought for the race lead on lap 16. By turn 11, on lap 16, Vietti made a move on Canet and fought himself in the lead of the race by the penultimate corner.

But, at the beginning of lap 18, Canet moved back up to the front as he overtook Vietti down the inside line at the turn one chicane.

With only two laps remaining, ELF Marc’s Sam Lowes was another rider to retire from the race as he crashed out at turn 12.

With one lap to go, the championship leader, Vietti, regained the lead of the race as he overtook Canet into turn 10. But, the 46VR rider lost the lead to Canet – once again – as the Spaniard made another successful move into the first corner. However, like the lap before, Vietti moved back up to P1 at the 10th corner as Canet struggled to get the bike turned around.

That’s it for the article: Moto2 Spanish Catalan Grand Prix: Celestino Vietti wins on last lap! What did you think of the race? Let us know in the comments!

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Kamron Kent

Hi, I'm Kamron. I created ApexMotorsports.co.uk in the dying embers of the 2021 Formula 1 world championship. It allowed me freedom to write whatever I wanted to write about which was all things motorsports, my passion. I have put a lot of effort in over the years to keep this website in its best shape and I've loved seeing the brand grow consistently, month-on-month, year-on-year. My ambition is to keep watching this brand grow into a primary outlet of news for all things motorsports whilst fueling my desire to pursue a career in sports journalism, specialising in motorsports.