Arón Canet confirmed his superiority in Mandalika by dominating the race to win the Moto2 Indonesian GP. The rider took the lead early and consistently held a considerable margin over his pursuers.
A good start from Ai Ogura (MT Helmets-MSi/Boscoscuro) saw him take the lead ahead of pole-sitter Canet (Fantic Racing/Kalex) and Alonso López (Beta Tools SpeedUp/Boscoscuro). Still on the first lap, Canet and López overtook Ogura.
Jake Dixon (CFMOTO Inde Aspar/Kalex) was fighting for a top-five position when he crashed on the third lap. Despite managing to resume, the British rider was irreparably delayed. By the fourth lap, Canet had already built a lead of over a second ahead of López, with Ogura in third and Fermín Aldeguer (Beta Tools SpeedUp/Boscoscuro) in fourth.
On the eighth lap, Aldeguer made a mistake and dropped to ninth, almost colliding with López in the process.
WOAH 😱@Aldeguer54 waaay too close to @AlonsoLopez_21 and has now dropped to 9th 🫢#IndonesianGP 🇮🇩 pic.twitter.com/m0kiuNA6OY
— MotoGP™🏁 (@MotoGP) September 29, 2024
While Canet became increasingly isolated in the lead, the most interesting battle was for second place, which Ogura claimed on lap 13 by overtaking López.
Also involved were Manuel González (QJMotor Gresini/Kalex) and Darryn Binder (Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP/Kalex). Once in second, Ogura began to pull away from López, who was left defending third place.
With seven laps to go, Sergio García (MT Helmets-MSi/Boscoscuro) suffered another setback in his title chase by crashing while in 11th place. The title slipped further from the Spaniard’s grasp.
Another HUGE moment in the #Moto2 Championship 🤯@garciadols11 is down and OUT 💥#IndonesianGP 🇮🇩 pic.twitter.com/huz4Ty3pan
— MotoGP™🏁 (@MotoGP) September 29, 2024
On the second-to-last lap, González briefly moved into third place twice, but López quickly regained the position on both occasions. A little further back, Aldeguer climbed to fifth and had the podium within reach on the final lap.
The future Gresini MotoGP rider for 2025 moved up to fourth but didn’t have enough time to challenge López for third. Up front, Canet confirmed a dominant victory, beating Ogura by 6.218s. López completed the podium, with Aldeguer in fourth and Binder in fifth. González lost momentum and finished ninth.
