An astonishing final lap changed everything in the Moto3 race at Aragon overnight, which had been a nail-biting ten-man battle until those final few kilometres.
Honda riders and title rivals Danny Kent (Leopard Racing Honda NSF250RW) and Enea Bastianini (Junior Team Gresini Moto3 Honda NSF250RW) were in the thick of the fight throughout, along with Jorge Navarro (Estrella Galicia 0,0 Honda NSF250RW), Niccolo Antonelli (Ongetta-Rivacold Honda NSF250RW), Efren Vazquez (Leopard Racing Honda NSF250RW) and KTM men Miguel Oliveira, Brad Binder and Romano Fenati.
Bastianini was gunning for a podium finish when he collided with Binder at the final chicane, bringing both of them down. That left Kent a clear run to the podium and a much-increased title lead, until he overdid it at the last corner and also fell.
The crash allowed KTM's Miguel Oliveira to race through for the win followed by Navarro who recovered bravery from a hefty tumble in morning warm-up to achieve his first Grand Prix podium. Last man on the podium was Fenati.
The only positive for the Briton Danny Kent is that despite crashing he retains his 55 point lead over Bastianini with only four races remaining.
Kent‰Ûªs team-mate Vazquez came home fourth, just 0.287 seconds off the podium, with Brno winner Antonelli sixth and Qatar GP winner Alexis Masbou (SaxoPrint RTG Honda NSF250RW) seventh, a fraction ahead of Hiroki Ono (Leopard Racing Honda NSF250RW).
Australia's Remy Gardner finished 19th
Moto3 Aragon Race Results
1 Miguel Oliveira 39'54.343 PORTUGUESE KTM Red Bull KTM Ajo
2 Jorge Navarro 0.193 ESP HONDA Estrella Galicia 0'0
3 Romano Fenati 1.505 ITA KTM SKY Racing Team VR46
4 Efren Vazquez 1.792 ESP HONDA Leopard Racing
5 Philipp Oettl 2.466 GER KTM Schedl GP Racing
6 Niccolo Antonelli 4.903 ITA HONDA Ongetta-Rivacold
7 Jorge Martin 6.512 ESP MAHINDRA Mapfre Aspar Team Moto3
8 Alexis Masbou 15.746 FRA HONDA SAXOPRINT Racing Team Germany
9 Andrea Migno 15.884 ITA KTM SKY Racing Team VR46
10 Hiroki Ono 15.775 JPN HONDA Leopard Racing
11 Francesco Bagnaia 16.260 ITA MAHINDRA Mapfre Aspar Team Moto3
12 Stefano Manzi 16.354 ITA MAHINDRA San Carlo Team Italia
13 Maria Herrera 16.899 ESP HUSQVARNA Husqvarna Factory Laglisse
14 Jakub Kornfeil 16.849 CZE KTM Sepang International Circuit
15 Livio Loi 17.125 BEL HONDA RW Racing GP
16 Tatsuki Suzuki 17.560 CHI MAHINDRA CIP
17 John McPhee 17.690 SCO HONDA SAXOPRINT Racing Team Germany
Championship standings
1 Danny Kent 234 pts
2 Enea Bastianini 179 pts
3 Miguel Oliveira 162 pts
4 Romano Fenati 155 pts
5 Niccolo Antonelli 136 pts
6 Efren Vazquez 129 pts
7 Brad Binder 110 pts
8 Fabio Quartararo 92 pts
9 Isaac Vi̱ales 82 pts
10 Jorge Navarro 77 pts
11 Francesco Bagnaia 72 pts
12 John McPhee 70 pts
13 Alexis Masbou 63 pts
14 Livio Loi 56 pts
15 Philipp Oettl 55 pts
Top Image: Miguel Oliveira on his way to winning at Aragon
Credit: Milagro
