He couldn’t have imagined a better start to the season. After taking his first pole in the category on Saturday, Celestino Vietti has seen fit to complete his masterpiece with success on Sunday. In fact, the Moto2 GP of Qatar bears the signature of Mooney VR46, the absolute protagonist from the first to the last lap.
Vietti’s was not in fact a simple success, but a real domain, ever since the traffic lights went out. At the start, the Piedmontese closed every gap to his opponents, afterwards he showed an unstoppable pace for the competition, to the point of keeping constantly on the 1’59 “low.
The group of pursuers, led by Aron Canet, tried to fill the gap, but there was nothing to be done in the face of Vietti’s performance, which is worth his first success in Moto2: “I can’t believe this result – Celestino said – we worked well from free practice, but I didn’t think I could be that fast. I knew I had to give my all and I’m happy for this success“. If Cirié’s driver competed separately, Canet had to console himself with a second place however valuable from a Championship point of view, while Sam Lowes won the tussle for third place. A thrilling finale for the last step of the podium, where Ogura and Fernandez made contact, leaving the way open to the British, while fifth place for Tonu Arbolino.
Instead a complicated race for one of the favorites, that is Peter Acosta. After yesterday’s crash in qualifying, which forced him to start tenth, bad luck left its mark on the Spaniard again. Yes, because at the start of the race the rookie remedied a contact with Aldeguer, who in addition to making him go long saw him return to the back of the group. From there the comeback, which led him to close in twelfth place in front of Arenas. Certainly his ambitions were different, but in the end it was not really possible to do more than this.
Bitter Sunday instead the other Italians, starting from Fenati, only 15 °, while 17 ° Corsi, penalized by three seconds for irresponsible driving. Beyond the twentieth place all the other Italians. Lorenzo Dalla Porta retired instead. Salac is out of the picture, as is Baltus.
