KTM rider Romano Fenati was declared the winner of the Moto3 Grand Prix of Argentina on Sunday at the brand new Termas de Rio Hondo racing circuit after a final dramatic few seconds in the final corner when he bumped both Red Bull KTM Ajo‰Ûªs Jack Miller and Alex Marquez.
Marquez was declared second and Miller, the championship leader third.
Pole man Jack Miller, Romano Fenati and Spanish rider Efren Vazquez dominated the first half of the race. The tone of the race emerged early as these three riders were locked in a fierce three-way battle that saw the lead go back and forth at almost every corner and some very hard jockeying for position on the sweeping 4.8 km circuit.
Then with 11 of 21 laps to go, just after Vazquez had made a bid for the lead, Marquez and teammate Alex Rins caught the leading group of three. Marquez then fought it out with the two KTM riders while Vazquez slipped down the order at the same time as 17-year-old birthday boy Livio Loi of Belgium moved into fourth on his KTM-driven KALEX machine.
It was clear that the battle for the lead was going to be relentless, especially in the final corners and while it looked like Miller was going to pull off his hat-trick of early season victories, Fenati went through the middle of him and Marquez. Bars bumped and the young Italian grabbed the glory in the final meters.
While Miller was clearly disappointed with the outcome, he still leaves Argentina with a 17-point lead in the championship points and an enviable 1-1-3 result from the first three rounds of the Moto3 World Championship.
