11/10/2026

Remarkable Comeback in Indonesia: Gonzalez defends Moto2 lead with second place, Agius takes P4

Manuel Gonzelaz charged to a strong second-place finish at Lombok on Sunday, while Senna Agius further boosted the team’s results for LIQUI MOLY Dynavolt Intact GP with an equally strong performance that earned him fourth place.

Manuel Gonzalez once again proved his class at the Indonesian Grand Prix at the small island there. After a big accident involving several riders right after the start, the race had to be restarted and shortened to 14 laps. Starting from tenth on the grid, Manu Gonzalez’s prospects for the shortened race weren’t the best. But he rose to the challenge and quickly found his rhythm after the restart.

Lap by lap, Gonzalez closed the gap until he was finally in third place and clearly on course for a podium finish. After Alex Escrig, who had been in the lead until then, retired on the penultimate lap due to a technical issue, Gonzalez finished second behind his rival Izan Guevara. In doing so, Gonzalez not only maintained his lead in the World Championship but once again proofed his strength and consistency in the title race. With a 5.5-point lead, he remains the man to beat.

Equally impressive was Senna Agius’s performance, as he, too, staged a phenomenal comeback over the course of the short 14-lap race. Starting from 13th place, the Australian fought his way up to ninth place on the very first lap and continued to move forward bit by bit from there. In the final laps, the 21-year-old even had a chance at a podium finish as he put intense pressure on the Spaniard Daniel Holgado, who was racing ahead of him. Agius ultimately crossed the finish line in fourth place, just 0.4 seconds behind the third-place finisher.

The championship will resume in two weeks with Round 18 of the season at Phillip Island. The event is sure to be an emotional farewell to the picturesque island, as the Australian Grand Prix will move to Adelaide starting with 2027

Moto2™ Race Classification (14 Laps):
1 IZAN GUEVARA / SPA / BLU CRU Pramac Yamaha Moto2 / BOSCOSCURO / 21´44.433
2 #18 Manuel GONZALEZ / SPA / LIQUI MOLY Dynavolt Intact GP / KALEX / +31.269
3 Daniel HOLGADO / SPA / CFMOTO Power Electronics Aspar Team / KALEX / +4.497
4 #81 Senna AGIUS / AUS / LIQUI MOLY Dynavolt Intact GP / KALEX / +4.809

Moto2™ World Standings:
1 #18 Manuel GONZALEZ / SPA / KALEX / 265,5
2 IZAN GUEVARA / SPA / BOSCOSCURO / 260
3 Ivan ORTOLA / SPA / KALEX / 191,5
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6 #81 Senna AGIUS / AUS / KALEX / 165

Moto2™ Team Standings:
1 LIQUI MOLY Dynavolt Intact GP 430,5
2 CFMOTO Azul Marino Aspar Team 336
3 BLU CRU Pramac Yamaha Moto2 277,5

Manuel Gonzalez

Race: P2 +3.570
Moto2 World Championship 2026: P1 - 265,5 Points

«I’m super happy, especially after yesterday’s poor qualifying session. That makes today’s result all the more fantastic. Still, it wasn’t easy, because the setup wasn’t optimal. But I was confident because I know the bike well and can just do my thing. Plus, the conditions were brutal due to the extremely high temperatures. It was incredibly hard to ride, almost like riding on ice. Everyone struggled with that. Before the race, me and the Team talked and pushed ourselves to give everything. If we finished in 5th or 4th place, okay, we’d take that. In the end, we pushed a bit harder and ended up in 2nd place. Considering I started from 10th place, that’s a fantastic result. It was a race full of passion, where I tried to pass others lap after lap without making any mistakes. Many thanks to the team and to everyone who supports me. Now I’m looking forward to Australia, where the track should suit our bike and our setup a bit better. So, we’ll continue to give it our all. Nothing has changed in our situation since the last few races. We’re still very fast, even though it’s true that our competitors are in better form. In the last few races, we just didn’t have the luck we needed. That’s why it’s so important that we achieved this success today to rebuild confidence in our pit crew. We keep fighting and will carry on as usual when we race next in Australia.»

Senna Agius

Race: P4 +4.809
Moto2 World Championship 2026: P6 – 165 Points

«Today’s race was pretty decent. I would have liked a bit more to make it onto the podium, but I would have needed a few more corners to catch up to Holgado. Even though we didn’t make it onto the podium, I’m satisfied with our comeback in the race. It’s clear what we need to work on to be a bit better off the start. But today I was happy with my ability to overtake with the bike. That’s a positive. Fourth place after starting from 13th is a good result for us, even though I struggled a bit in the final laps. A big thank you to the team, we’ve had a few tough weeks, but we need this step as a springboard for Phillip Island, where we want to score more points to catch up in the championship. That will be the goal. I’m really happy for the guys, and let’s use this good result as motivation for Phillip Island and the upcoming races.»

Jürgen Lingg

Team Manager

«After yesterday’s mixed qualifying session, the race was quite a challenge for all of us, and the pressure was on both Manu and Senna to limit the damage. At the first race start, however, both of our riders were lucky in the crash of the other riders at Turn 1. Both were involved in contacts but remained sitting on their bikes and made it through the chaos unscathed. They were able to rejoin the race at the restart. The fact that this shortened the race distance to two-thirds was, of course, not ideal for us. We were understandably tense before the restart.»

«Manu got off to a good start and worked his way up position by position until he reached P2. That was a top performance. He got the most out of it and proved once again that he’s always a force to be reckoned with.»

«Senna put on a similarly strong comeback today. His start wasn't quite as good, but he gradually worked his way up through the field. He really picked up the pace toward the end of the race. That was a great performance, too. Even though he narrowly missed the podium, we have to be satisfied. We still have a few races ahead of us, which makes this result all the more important, especially with Senna's home race coming up in two weeks.»

«We're back on track with both riders, and we're all very happy about that. We'll keep going down this path and keep fighting until the very end.»

#IndonesianGP Sunday

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