Deniz Oncu reeled in Ayumu Sasaki, then sat in patiently behind, waiting for the perfect opportunity to put in a race winning move, which came in the final corneꦆrs of the final lap of the the Moto3 German Grand Prix, round seven of the championship.

Sasaki had said pre-race that his plan had been to use his record one lap pace to break, but Oncu added that his own plan was to keep up with the Jap🍌anese rider, which he executed to perfection.

Daniel Holgado had initially looked to have the pace to catch Sasaki, with a succession of in race lap records, so the Red Bullꦗ KTM rider tucked in behind him. It soon became clear that was a burst a𝔉nd Oncu moved ahead and gave chase.

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Once back🍸 with Sasaki, the Turkish rider weighed up his options in the second half of the race.

Oncu rides through the pain barrier

Before the race Oncu confirmed he had pain in his left leg. Undeterred and with the adrenaline of the chase to help, the #53 was⛎ repeatedly seen punching his leg, waving it off the bike, massaging his calf, anything to relieve his pain, all the while sitting right on Sasaki’s back wheel🃏.

A small look at tu💟rn three on the last lap was not on with Sasaki ready to defend. At the final corner his waiting game paid off, launching up the inside and ahead to lead over the line by 0.095s.

H💯aving come close in Mugello last weekend it was🌜 Oncu’s first win in his 62nd grand prix.

Sas🐻aki, who is still looking for his first win of the season was a clear second after leading everyꦑ lap for Liqui Moly IntactGP.

Their game of cat an𝓡d mouse pulled o♛ut a gap of over twelve seconds to the battle for third.

⛎That was defended hard by Red Bull KTM Tech3’s Holgado, the championship leader gave everything to keep ahead of title rival Ivan Ortola, who had to eventually settle for fourth for the Angeluss MTA Team.

There was a further gap back to the main chasing group, lead over🦂 the line by top rookie Dav෴id Alonso for Gaviota GasGas after several changes over the race.

Jaume Masia got𝓰 off to a po♛or start but was able to battle back in the pack for sixth for Leopard.

Diogo Moreira (Mt Helmets - M𝓰SI) was right behind in seventh, fractionally ahead of Ryusei Yamanaka (Gaviota GasGas Aspar) at the line.

𝔍Stefano Nepa was ninth in a close run to the line for Angeluss MTA, with Xavier Artigas (CFMotoRacing PruestelGP) crossing the line tenth but demoted a place for exceeding track limits on the final lap, with Taiyo Furusato (Honda Team Asia) taking over the position.

David Munoz, 💝having originally qualified fifth, was handed a🃏 back of the grid and a long lap penalty for riding slow on the racing line. Those completed he staged a comeback for twelfth for BOE Motorsports.

Rookie Jose Antonio Rueda (Red Bu♊ll KTM Ajo), Kaito Toba 🦂(SIC 58 Squadra Corse) and Andrea Migno took the remaining points on offer.

Scott Ogden made a comeback from the back of the grid following his fall on Saturday to finish 20th for ViꦕsionTrack Racing, ahead of teammate Joshua Whatley in 23rd.

Crashes, injuries and replacements

Migno continues his long run filli♒ng in for Loren♔zo Fellon at GIP Green Power.

Tatsuki Suzuki’s fall in the Mugello race left him with broken bones in his foot and hand, so Ad꧙rian Fer🌳nandez (16th) made a Moto3 return to fill his seat at Leopard until his return.

Syariffudin Azman also𝓰 out of action. 𒁏Daniel Sharil (26th) deputised for him at MT Helmets-MSI.

Thai rider Tatchakorn Busaꦚri (25th) was handed a wildcard for the German round with Honda Team Asia.

After leading the opeining corners after a brilliant 🎃start Collin Veijer was the first faller. The only other rider not ღto finish was Matteo Bertelle, who crashed out of the chasing group on the penultimate lap.

Where does that leave the championship?

Ahead of the race Daniel Holgado had 109 poin💙ts and held a 35 point advantage over Jaume Masia.

Holgado continues to lead, now with 125 points, while Masia moves on to 84. Third in the race se෴es Ortola third overall, now 44 points adr꧟ift on 81. Sasaki is fourth overall on 79, while a win sees Oncu in fifth on 78.