Valencian motorcycling has a new world champion. Jaume Masià will not have to wait for Cheste to celebrate the title after his performance this Sunday in Losail, where he won the race and took advantage of the fact that Sasaki did not finish on the podium. A more than deserved title for the Honda rider, who will arrive at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit now without pressure.
Far from using a calculator, Jaume Masià came out determined to go for the race, without fear of overtaking and placing fourth in the second lap. Not enough to try to be world champion in Qatar, much less with Sasaki who was already first.
But the man from Algemesí wanted more and in the third round, after placing himself in the wake of the Japanese, He tried to overtake him in an action to the limit that led them to touch each other, luckily without any of them going to the ground.. The two big candidates for the title, with the permission of Alonso and Holgado, also from Valencia, lost positions, but remained in the leading group.
But apart from the fight for the title, It was especially striking to see three Valencians in the podium positions in the fifth lap, with Daniel Holgado, Iván Ortolá and Jaume Masià himself.
Only Sasaki, forced to take risks, put the wheel behind them and one lap later, the Japanese took first, followed by Masià himself. But in a group race, The exchange of positions was constant, while falls like Moreira’s began to arrivewho had come out in the front row.
The stewards, after a new action by Masià on Sasaki similar to the first, warned the Valencian, although luckily without sanction.
Sasaki’s mistakes
Overtaking each other occurred in the following laps, in search of some golden points for the last race in Cheste. But when it seemed that the title was no longer going to be decided in Losail, uSasaki’s mistake took him away from the lead, while Masià remained first. Some positions that gave the title to Masià.
The Japanese tried to cut positions, but in desperation, He made another mistake that left the title on a plate to Masià, who crossed the finish line first to become champion in style. from the highest box of the podium. Before, he hugged his partner Adrián Fernández on the track and couldn’t help but lie down to kiss his motorcycle, the Honda with which he was world champion before making the jump to Moto2 .
2023-11-19 14:58:14
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