♒Sam Lowes took charge of and won the Moto2 Spanish Grand Prix, round four of the cham꧟pionship.

The ♉Elf Marc VDS rider lead the pack away from pole and benefited from not needing to move through the pack which has hampered his race results so 𒀰far this season.

The first lap saw Pedro Acosta lead after a poor start from the British rider, but he fought back i🗹mmediately to be back in front at the 🌞start of lap two.

From there the #22 never looked back and vanished, watching his gap and responding to every attack the Spaniard behind made🌳 to win with ease, with a gap of 2.8ꦡ41 managed to the chequered flag.

Lowes took hi𓄧s first win since the he was last on the top spot at the 2021 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix and celebrated with a wheelie but missed his chance to set off the race winning fireworks, so the marshals called in the second placed man instead.

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Acosta happy with home podium

From second on the gr🐠id Pedro Acosta launched himself to perfection, but could not respond to Lowes.

The Red Bull KTM Ajo rider pushed to th𒁏e very end but it was in v🐓ain as the #22 was uncatchable.

Back on the podium, but this time not with the win, the #37 ce🃏lbrated by climbing the trackside fence and celebrating with the home fans, thro💦wing his boots into the crowd.

Alo✨nso Lopez was a distant and lonely third, completing the podium for CAG Spe🥂ed Up as the top non-Kalex rider on the Boscoscuro.

Many ri♔ders were out of contention after qualifying, with the early gaps too much to make up after♉ moving through the field.

Tony Arbolino tried his best to remove his defecit - moving from tenth on the grid to fourth almost immediately thanks to a nea🏅r perfect start. After that more progress was hard to come by and the podium finishers looked set once Ogura exited into the gravel. Finishing fourth the Italian was over ten seconds behind his race winning teammate. 

Aron Canet (Pons Wegow Los40) made up seven positions in the race after only placing twelfth in♋ qualifying but was too far back to have an effect on the front of the race after an electric run through his rivals for fifth.

Jake Dixon put his horror at Austin behind him. Third after Q2, the British rider hadꦓ been keen not to talk up his chances, not overly happy with his race pace or setꦏ up.

Sensibly, and knowing a podium was unlikely, the Autosolar GasGas Aspar rider rode a sensible race to make sure he was back in the points, rivalling Canet in the closing stages oꦉn his way to sixth.

Somkiat Chantra enjoyed a late run through the pack to claim seventh for Idemitsu Honda, passing both Albert Arenas (Red Bull KTM Ajo) and Filip Salac (QJMOTOR Gresini Moto♒2) leaving them eighth and n𓄧inth respectively.

Fermin Aldeguer was handed a long lap penalt꧒y for exceeding track limits too often on his CAG Speed Up machine, but had still done enough work to claim a top ten finish.

Sergio Garcia (Pons Wego𝕴w Los40)was the best of the rookies in eleventh, picking up seven places.

Manuel Gonzalez (Correos Prepago Yamaha VR46 Mast🐭er Camp) also made forward progress from 16th to claim tw♛elfth.

The remaning points on offer went to Fieten Olie Racing’s Barry Baltus in 13th, Joe Roberts for Italtrans in 14th and Lukas Tulovic, picki♔ng up his first score of the season in 15th for Liqui Moly Husqvarna.

After his podium last time out, there was no repeat for Bo Bendsneyd💟er, whoও ended his race in 17th .

Moto2 graduate Dennis Foggia was 18th ahead of Izan Guevara in 22nd after a long battle with ex-British Suprkies rider Rory Skinner who ended his Sunday in 24th♋.

Crashes, injuries and replacements 

Senna💯 Agius (21st) filled in for the injured Darryn Binder at Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP who has fractures in his hand following his COTA fall.

Lorenzo Dalla Porta (25th) had a me🐲chanical issue on the warm-up lap so started from pit lane and didn’t really feature.

Siochiro Minamimoto (26th) r🌞eplaced Kohta Nozane (Correos Prepago Yamaha VR46 Master Squಌad).

Celestino Viett𒆙i was the first faller, speeding off at turn ten at the end of lap two.

Sean Dylan Kꦺelly was the next to exit, las🦂ting nine laps.

2022 race winner Ai Ogura was running fourth and had bridged the gap to the riders ahead when he was racing with T💃ony Arbolino. Contact with his rivals back tyre saw him into the turn one gravel at the start of lap thirteen.

Senna Agius (21st) filled in for the injured D𓂃arryn Binder at Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP who has fractures i🌞n his hand following his COTA fall.

Alex Escrig returned to get his season underway. The Forward Team rider qualified🐷 last on the grid and was withdrawn by his team with shoulder p💝ain still an issue.

Where does that leave the championship?

It is all tied ꧙at the top with today’s result leaving both Acosta and Arbolino on a total of 74, with results leaving the Spaniard placed ahead for now.

Aron Canet is third overall, 25 points behind the duo after finishing sixth, w൲ith Alonso Lopez four points behind him following his rostrum worthy performance.