Valencia’s Aron Canet took an emotional Moto2 victory at the SolidarityGP to close out a strong end to the season.

The Fantic rider was able to fend off a late charge from Manuel Gonzalez to take his fourth victory of the year as he ended the campaign second in the standings. 

The front row struggled off the start, with poleman Canet wheelieing off the line as second-placed Gonzalez took the lead.

A chaotic start saw Jake Dixon forced to run wide at Turn 2 as he lost time in attempts to avoid taking a shortcut. 

Dixon rejoined the race safely but collided with Alonso Lopez, which saw him out of the race along with bystanders Jorge Navarro and wildcard Roberto Garcia after contact with a sliding Dixon.

The chaos continued on the second lap as Zonta van den Goorbergh and Deniz Oncu made contact which forced the Dutch rider to run into the back of Oncu’s teammate Celestino Vietti, taking both riders out of the race. 

While the collisions were happening behind, Canet was recovering from his poor start and made his way back into second, allowing the Valencian rider to chase after Gonzalez out front.

Canet’s pass meant he was immediately able to chase down Gonzalez and a strong pass into the penultimate corner saw him take the lead of the race. 

The leading pair were able to break away from the rest of the field as the fight appeared to be for third place, with world champion Ai Ogura fending from Diogo Moreira, who was looking to seal the rookie of the year title. 

Towards the end of the race, the Pirelli tyres appeared to be going off which allowed Gonzalez to drastically close the gap to Canet out front. 

Moreira also looked to take advantage of Ogura’s tyre management as he launched an ambitious move at Turn 3, but the world champion was able to turn under the rookie to retake his position. 

The final lap of the race saw Moreira continuing to pressure Ogura and the Brazilian swept past to take the podium, before Ogura once again responded with a strong move at Turn 10. 

Gonzalez desperately attempted to challenge Canet out front, but the Fantic rider appeared to be too strong for the Gresini man.

Canet crossed the line to take an emotional victory, as the Valencian rider finished 0.165s clear of Gonzalez in second. 

Moreira was able to put a final corner move on Ogura to snatch third place as he sealed the rookie of the year award. 

Filip Salac showed strong pace late in the race and took the flag in fifth, while Sergio Garcia had a strong end to the campaign in sixth. 

Izan Guevara was seventh after his impressive end to 2024 ahead of Albert Arenas in eighth. 

The SpeedUp duo of Alonso Lopez and Fermin Aldeguer finished ninth and tenth respectively, crossing the line side by side and separated by just 0.050s. 

Somkiat Chantra was 11th in his final race before moving up to MotoGP while Marcos Ramirez took 12th and Senna Agius narrowly missed out on the rookie of the year title after taking 13th.

Tony Arbolino completed a difficult weekend in 14th as Jaume Masia rounded out the points finishers in 15th. 

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Aron Canet earned an impressive victory in a red-flagged Thai Moto2 race which saw Ai Ogura crowned world champion. 

Canet had been hoping to postpone Ogura’s title celebrations for another week, but a second place finish for the Japanese rider was enough for him to seal the title with two rounds to spare. 

Ogura got a great start from pole position to hold onto the lead ahead of Canet and Ramirez in the first turn.

Canet also got a good start from the front row, and was able to outdrag Ogura on the run to Turn 2 to take control of the race. 

Fermin Aldeguer made a mistake on the opening lap which put Tony Arbolino out of the race, ending a miserable weekend for the Italian, while MarcVDS teammate Filip Salac was also pushed wide. 

A divebomb in the final corner from Alonso Lopez promoted the SpeedUp rider up to third, ahead of Diogo Moreira and Ogura. 

The championship leader was then demoted down to sixth behind Jake Dixon and Darryn Binder as his championship charge struggled in the early stages. 

Lopez had been running well in third but ran wide, which saw him drop out of the fight and down to 12th, which allowed Ramirez onto the rostrum. 

Ogura looked to move back into a championship contending position and attempted a move on Binder for fifth which forced the South African wide.

The stewards investigated Ogura’s move but decided that there would be no further action taken against the Japanese rider.

The championship leader continued to move forward and was able to overtake Dixon and Moreira to push himself onto the podium and firmly in control. 

Home hero Somkiat Chantra recovered well from a lowly qualifying and continued to progress through the field, fighting his way through the group into sixth.

The Thai rider was then able to pass Izan Guevara and Diogo Moreira as he looked to fight for an unlikely podium in the dying stages of the race. 

Rain continued to hit the circuit and race leader Canet signalled that the race needed to be red flagged due to track conditions.

Less than a lap later the race was stopped with two laps to go meaning there would be no restart. 

It was Canet who took the victory, but Ogura became the 2024 Moto2 champion after taking second.

By winning his Moto2 title in Buriram, Ogura became the first world champion to come through the Asia Talent Cup system.

Ramirez rounded out the podium ahead of Chantra, who was clearly disappointed with the decision to red flag as potential for a home podium was lost.

Moreira came home in fifth ahead of the Aspar pairing of Guevara and Dixon in sixth and seventh..

The Gresini duo of Albert Arenas and Manuel Gonzalez were eighth and ninth, as Deniz Oncu rounded out the top 10. 

Lopez was able to recover from his mistake but could only finish 11th, while Sergio Garcia was 12th. 

Ayumu Sasaki finished the race in 13th, narrowly ahead of a redeeming ride from Salac in 14th. 

Jorge Navarro, who was standing in for the injured Joe Roberts, completed the points finishers in 15th. 

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A dominant display from Fantic Racing’s Aron Canet saw him take a six-second victory over the Moto2 field in Indonesia. 

Canet led every lap from pole position to take the win over championship leader Ai Ogura, which puts the Spaniard up to third in the championship after a superior display. 

Poleman Canet got away well from the start, but MT Helmets’ Ogura got the jump from the clean side of the grid in third to take the lead into Turn 1. 

An incident in the opening corner with reigning Moto3 champion Jaume Masia and RW Racing’s Zonta van den Goorbergh started a chaotic first lap, while Turn 10 saw Somkiat Chantra pull out with an injury after Fermin Aldeguer ran over his foot, rookie Senna Agius crash and Tony Arbolino run wide.

Amidst the early chaos, Canet was able to retake the lead ahead of Ogura, with SpeedUp’s Alonso Lopez also finding his way through on the championship leader to get up to second. 

Aspar’s Jake Dixon looked to be struggling in the early stages of the race and crashed out of fifth, almost certainly putting an end to any small hopes of a championship bid despite rejoining.

Aldeguer had some early pace and was able to move ahead of Ogura into third and was looking to chase after his teammate Lopez for second.

Aldeguer was able to get on terms with his stablemate, but ran wide and lost momentum rejoining behind American Racing’s Joe Roberts in ninth. 

Ogura kept a steady pace while closing in on the leading SpeedUp bike of Lopez, and a block pass allowed the Japanese rider to claim second. 

Sergio Garcia looked to be having a decent weekend after losing his championship lead, but a crash out of 10th put an end to his race, which could compromise his Moto2 title chances.

The battle for the final podium place was heating up in the final stages, with Lopez leading Gresini’s Manuel Gonzalez, teammate Aldegeur and IntactGP’s Darryn Binder onto the last lap.

A pass from Aldeguer on Gonzalez allowed Lopez to take advantage and keep his podium position over the line. Lopez finished the race seven seconds behind eventual race winner Canet, and Ogura came home in second.

Aldeguer was able to take fourth on the final lap ahead of Binder who finished a season’s best fifth place. 

Roberts took sixth ahead of Aspar’s Izan Guevara in seventh, while MarcVDS’ Arbolino recovered from his first lap off to take eighth.

Gonzalez was forced off the track by Aldeguer on the final lap and could only manage ninth, as KTM Ajo’s Deniz Oncu rounded out the top 10. 

American Racing’s Marcos Ramirez took 11th narrowly ahead of RW Racing’s Barry Baltus in 12th.

Last weekend’s race winner Celestino Vietti recovered after running wide at Turn 16 to finish 13th, ahead of Yamaha Mastercamp’s Jeremy Alcoba in 14th and Gresini’s Albert Arenas came home in 15th.

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