At the 19th round of the Moto2 Championship, the Australian Grand Prix, Senna Agius coped well with the inclement weather to win on his home turf in the midst of a fierce title battle.
The Australian started second but felt he had the pace to do something special in front of his home crowd, taking the lead into turn one and staying put.
The Liqui Mori Dynavolt Intact GP rider dealt with an early challenge from Diogo Moreira and was soon involved in a battle with Manuel Gonzalez, taking his chances to build up the lead.
By the 9th lap, there was a difference of more than 1 second, and as the laps progressed, the distance between Agius and his rival only widened.
The No. 81 bike led the line by 3.684, and Agius had room to ease his five-second advantage to secure the victory. This is the first Moto2 home rider to do so at Phillip Island, and Agius’ second of the season following his win at Silverstone. Agius celebrated in true Australian style by showing off his Shoeie on the podium.
The chase group covered second to seventh, with rookie David Alonso starting sixth after a late push, but the Colombian was also tired of waving to the crowd on the lap back to parc fermé for Aspar.
Alonso moved up and held second place with four laps to go, moving into third place after the Italtrans rider started from pole position, passing Brazilian Diogo Moreira, who had held second place for most of the race.
Daniel Holgado moved up the order in the final stages of the race. The rookie started fifth, but dropped back to stay in the top ten on the opening lap. The Aspar rider took an impressive 4th place.
Jake Dixon also had a recovery ride after losing touch and falling back. Elf Mark VDS rider Elf Mark VDS was the only Bosco Scuro in contention for a podium spot and was back in fifth place at the checkered flag.
Barry Baltas caught fire on the last lap. The Belgian, who spent most of the race in 11th place, quickly broke away from the pack after receiving a second wind. His final overtake came on the final lap, when he made a determined move around the outside of his opponent Manuel Gonzalez, who was sixth.
These moves caused González to fall off the podium and fall back to seventh place on his second Dynavolt bike, but the Spaniard quickly headed to parc fermé to congratulate his teammate on winning the race.
Albert Arenas closed in on the pack on the final lap, but was unable to close the gap and Italjet Gresini finished 8th.
Aron Kane, riding the second Fantic bike, finished 9th, and although Ayumu Sasaki dropped slightly, RW Hydrofolia maintained a top-10 finish.
| 2025 Australia Moto2 – Race Results | ||||
| position | rider | nut | team | time |
| 1 | Senna Agius | out of | LiquiMoly Husqvarna Intact GP (Karex) | 35 minutes 00.085 seconds |
| 2 | david alonso | Col | CFMOTO Power Electronics Aspar Team (Kalex) | +3.684 seconds |
| 3 | Diogo Moreira | bra | Italtrans Racing Team (Karex) | +3.721 seconds |
| 4 | Daniel Holgado | spa | CFMOTO Power Electronics Aspar Team (Kalex) | +4.440 seconds |
| 5 | jake dixon | GBR | Elf Marc VDS Racing (Boss Coscro) | +4.451 seconds |
| 6 | barry baltas | bell | Fantic Racing (Karex) | +5.378 seconds |
| 7 | Manuel Gonzalez | spa | Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP (Karex) | +5.783 seconds |
| 8 | Albert Arenas | spa | Italjet Gresini Moto2 (Karex) | +6.922 seconds |
| 9 | Aaron Kane | spa | Fantic Racing (Karex) | +9.842 seconds |
| 10 | Ayumu Sasaki | Japan | RW – Hydrofoglia Racing GP (Karex) | +11.351 seconds |
| 11 | Adrian Huertas | spa | Italtrans Racing Team (Karex) | +11.727 seconds |
| 12 | colin badger | NED | Red Bull KTM Ajo (Karex) | +12.094 seconds |
| 13 | Joe Roberts | united states of america | OnlyFans American Racing Team (Karex) | +12.466 seconds |
| 14 | Darin Binder | RSA | Italjet Gresini Moto2 (Karex) | +12.927 seconds |
| 15 | alonso lopez | spa | Beta Tool SpeedRS (Boscoscuro) | +19.516 seconds |
| 16 | Become Guevara | spa | BLU CRU Pramac Yamaha Moto2 (Bosco Scuro) | +19.545 seconds |
| 17 | Tony Arbolino | ITA | Blue Kru Pramac Yamaha Moto2 (Bosco Scuro) | +19.680 seconds |
| 18 | Ivan Ortra | spa | QJMOTOR – FRINSA — MSI (Boss Coscro) | +23.054 seconds |
| 19 | Celestino Vietti | ITA | Beta Tool SpeedRS (Boscoscuro) | +25.627 seconds |
| 20 | mario aji | when | IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia (Karex) | +25.699 seconds |
| twenty one | Daniel Muñoz | spa | Red Bull KTM Ajo (Karex) | +25.745 seconds |
| twenty two | Zonta van den Goldberg | NED | RW – Hydrofoglia Racing GP (Karex) | +26.217 seconds |
| twenty three | alex writes | spa | KLINT Forward Factory Team (Forward) | +32.863 seconds |
| twenty four | Jorge Navarro | spa | KLINT Forward Factory Team (Forward) | +46.777 seconds |
| twenty five | Yuki Kunii | Japan | IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia (Karex) | +47.779 seconds |
| 26 | harrison voight | out of | QJMOTOR – FRINSA — MSI (Boss Coscro) | +1 minute 01.394 seconds |
| 27 | marcos ramirez | spa | OnlyFans American Racing Team (Karex) | DNF |
The Japanese rider came under pressure from Adrian Huertas in 11th place on the Italtrans, which left him with only a slight advantage on track over Red Bull KTM Ajo’s 12th place Colin Beijer.
American Racing’s Joe Roberts was in the same group in 13th place, and Darin Binder fought for position, but Gresini settled for 14th place.
The final point was taken by SpeedRS’s Alonso López in 15th place, reaching the line just ahead of Bleu Cru Pramac Yamaha rider Izan Guevara.
collision, injury, exchange
Mario Asi was given a grid penalty in Q2 due to Gonzalez’s interference, demoting him to 19th place. The Idemitsu Honda Team Asia rider finished 20th.
Alex Escrig bypassed the penalty loop to finish in 23rd place, one place ahead of forward teammate Jorge Navarro.
David Munoz replaced Dennis Onk in the Red Bull KTM Ajo and finished 21st.
Harrison Voight was given the opportunity to make a home change, filling the seat of QJ Motor-Frinsa-MSI’s Unai Oladre in 26th place.
Although there was no crash, Marcos Ramirez retired and returned to the pits towards the end of the race.
championship standings
Diogo Moreira again finished ahead of Gonzalez, reducing the gap in the Moto2 title race to just two points, with the Spaniard missing out on the podium with Moreira having risen to 247 points after the Australian race, and the Spaniard on 245 points.
Kane remains in third place overall with a 212, and Baltus is close behind in fourth place with a 205.
Holgado remains the top rookie in sixth place with 166 points, with Alonso just a little behind him, and is currently in 10th place overall with 117 points.