2025 Argentina Moto2 Race Result: A Runaway Victor Emerges
The intermediate class seemed to have unwisely followed the example of their premier class colleagues in Argentina and served us an exquisite but uneventful runaway victory. The proud owner was Jake Dixon, whose perfect launch off the line allowed him to take control of proceedings straight away and the Brit was untouchable for the remaining 21 laps. Manu Gonzalez limited the damage as best he could to secure a very comfortable second place, with the battle for 3rd taking place over six second down the road. The final trophy on offer had a few more takers, Celestino Vietti eventually claiming it with a more sensible advantage over his challengers.
While Dixon was robbing poleman Gonzalez into turn 1, Vietti made some early moves to quickly join the top 5 from 9th on the grid, alongside Filip Salac. Just as impressive was Aron Canet, who launched from 10th position but was already attacking Vietti for 5th by turn 7. Diogo Moreira, Darryn Binder, Alonso Lopez and Dani Holgado completed the early top 10, while second row-starter Alex Escrig struggled to keep up with the early pace and dropped to 14th.
While Dixon continued to lead the way, all eyes were on teammate Salac, who briefly joined him at the front by the end of the second lap, relegating both Gonzalez and Ramirez. The championship leader was quick to recover second position but that was enough of an interruption to allow Dixon to run away at the front and Gonzlez struggled to keep up with his rival’s red-hot pace. Gaps seemed to be growing behind Gonzalez as well, with Salac dropping six tenths back on lap five and a mistake allowed Ramirez to take over the pursuit soon after – but the Spaniard found himself nearly two seconds behind the leading duo in the blink of an eye. Canet didn’t hesitate to further demote Salac over the next lap, with Vietti and Binder keen to have a go as well. Lopez led the next group a second and a half down the road, in the company of Albert Arenas, Holgado and Tony Arbolino. Izan Guevara briefly impressed as he went from 23rd on the grid into the top 10 after a handful of laps, but didn’t last there for long before starting to lose ground once again. Another notable absence from the top 10 was that of Moreira, who retired after the first few laps.
Meanwhile, a lightning-quick Dixon extended his advantage over Gonzalez to a whole second by lap 8, all the while Canet joined the podium positions with an overtake on Ramirez at turn five. Canet’s progress seemed to stop there, as he had over three seconds to find to challenge for second at the halfway point of proceedings, but he got some brief respite from his rivals as well, when an unfortunate tangle at turn five between Ramirez and Salac ended with the Czech rider in the gravel and the Spaniard dropping to 6th. However, the incident opened the red carpet for Vietti, who enjoyed the clear air and swiftly caught up with Canet by lap 13. The Italian made light work of the Spaniard at turn five but couldn’t quite drop him and Canet was able to stay in podium contention. One second down the road, Ramirez was now fending off Binder, while Arbolino got ahead of Lopez and Holgado in the fight for 7th, and Escrig recovering to rejoin the top 10.
Back at the front, Dixon continued to maintain a safe two-second gap to Gonzalez, who in turn had nearly six seconds in hand over the fight for 3rd. All eyes were on that battle, where Canet took advantage of a mistake from Vietti to reclaim 3rd with seven laps to go but Vietti was able to retaliate next time around turn 7. Ramirez was not fully out of contention either, as he hinted at a late recovery – his gap halved from one second to half a second while the duo ahead were squabbling. While there was potential for a three-way battle in the final couple of laps, Vietti went unchallenged until the chequered flag and crossed the finish line 6.5 seconds behind Gonzalez and 10 seconds behind runaway victor Dixon. Canet missed out on the podium by four tenths of a second, with Ramirez completing the top five and Binder in a lonely 6th. A late charge from Escrig helped him recover up to 7th place, after dropping to the bottom of the point-scoring positions early on, fending off Lopez in 8th. Holgado continues to impress as top rookie in 9th, while Arenas completed the top 10 and Arbolino eventually faded to 11th.
Gonzalez’s second place was enough to keep him at the top of the championship standings by 11 points ahead of Dixon, with Canet a further point back. Ramirez and Senna Agius complete the top 5, 23 and 26 points back, while Vietti climbs significantly up to 6th, 29 points behind the leader.
Results:
Pos | No. | Rider | Bike | Time/Diff |
1 | 96 | Jake Dixon | Boscoscuro | 35:48.793 |
2 | 18 | Manuel Gonzalez | Kalex | 3.525 |
3 | 13 | Celestino Vietti | Boscoscuro | 10.098 |
4 | 44 | Aron Canet | Kalex | 10.508 |
5 | 24 | Marcos Ramirez | Kalex | 11.009 |
6 | 15 | Darryn Binder | Kalex | 14.409 |
7 | 11 | Alex Escrig | Forward | 16.673 |
8 | 21 | Alonso Lopez | Boscoscuro | 17.373 |
9 | 27 | Daniel Holgado | Kalex | 19.035 |
10 | 75 | Albert Arenas | Kalex | 19.366 |
11 | 14 | Tony Arbolino | Boscoscuro | 20.584 |
12 | 7 | Barry Baltus | Kalex | 21.435 |
13 | 81 | Senna Agius | Kalex | 22.446 |
14 | 53 | Deniz öncü | Kalex | 23.216 |
15 | 28 | Izan Guevara | Boscoscuro | 23.302 |
16 | 16 | Joe Roberts | Kalex | 25.784 |
17 | 84 | Zonta Vd Goorbergh | Kalex | 25.982 |
18 | 71 | Ayumu Sasaki | Kalex | 29.225 |
19 | 4 | Ivan Ortola | Boscoscuro | 29.320 |
20 | 80 | David Alonso | Kalex | 29.518 |
21 | 9 | Jorge Navarro | Forward | 34.770 |
22 | 66 | Oscar Gutierrez | Boscoscuro | 43.909 |
23 | 92 | Yuki Kunii | Kalex | 44.157 |
24 | 95 | Collin Veijer | Kalex | 50.421 |
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12 | Filip Salac | Boscoscuro | 23:05.126 | |
64 | Mario Aji | Kalex | 22:21.134 | |
10 | Diogo Moreira | Kalex | 21:41.720 | |
99 | Adrian Huertas | Kalex |