Kalex rider Senna Agius claimed his first Moto2 race win in the course of the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. Agius was joined on the rostrum by Diogo Moreira in second and David Alonso in third.
After qualifying fifth, Agius fought up on the entrance with Aron Canet, Moreira and Alonso, earlier than pulling off a implausible transfer to cross the battling Alonso and Canet to take victory on the ultimate lap.
“I truthfully can’t consider it,” mentioned the Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP rider after the race. “It hasn’t sunk in but, grand prix winner sounds fairly fucking good to me, mate.
“I battled so onerous in the course of the race.
“When Alonso went for Aron [Canet], I noticed Aron sq. him up, and I went, ‘that is going to go dangerous,’ so I waited, let the brake off, and I could not consider it.
“You already know, all my household watching again dwelling, I want they had been right here to have fun with me.
“I am so pleased with everybody and it hasn’t sunk in, however I am simply so comfortable.”
Manuel Gonzalez, Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP, David Alonso, CFMOTO Aspar Workforce
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To spherical out a heartwarming first win for the Aussie, Agius did a shoey on the rostrum and threw his boot into the group to point out simply what the win meant to him.
For Alonso, this was his first podium in Moto2 and got here after a troublesome begin to the season with back-to-back retirements in Thailand and Argentina.
“I’m actually comfortable, in fact,” he mentioned. “We’re actually aggressive, and I used to be considering of successful at present.
“A lot of irritating days, numerous days crying, and to return to Silverstone the place I received my first race in Moto3 and obtained my first podium in Moto2, it’s a particular place.
“Within the first a part of the season, I didn’t consider in me, and it was the group that was believing in me.”
The 19-year-old additionally admitted feeling sick and mentioned he couldn’t breathe nicely within the buildup to at present’s race. He went on to thank the medical doctors and physios on the British monitor for serving to him attain the very best situation for the race.
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