Daniel Holgado won the FIM Moto2 World Championship race Sunday at Autódromo Internacional de Goiânia – Ayrton Senna, in Brazil. Riding his CFMOTO Inde Aspar Kalex on Pirelli control tires, the Spaniard won the 26-lap race by 1.226 second.
Daniel Muñoz was the runner-up on his Italtrans Racing Team Kalex.
Manuel Gonzalez was third on his Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP Kalex.
Alex Escrig finished fourth on his KLINT Racing Team Forward and Holgado’s teammate, David Alonso took fifth.
American Joe Roberts finished Sunday’s race 18th on his OnlyFans American Racing Team Kalex.
Daniel Holgado leads the championship with 33 points, 4.5 ahead of Manuel Gonzalez who has 28.5 points. Daniel Muñoz is third with 24 points.
Classification moto2
worldstanding moto2
More from a press release issued by MotoGP:
Holgado fends off Muñoz for Brazil victory honours. It was Aspar vs Italtrans for the win in Goiania as Gonzalez grabs late podium.
Daniel Holgado (CFMOTO Inde Aspar Team) secured a hard-earned victory at the Estrella Galicia 0,0 Grand Prix of Brazil as a two-way battle for the win unfolded between the new title race leader and second place finisher Daniel Muñoz (Italtrans Racing Team). Manuel Gonzalez (Liqui Moly Dynavolt Intact GP) completed the rostrum after the Thai GP winner passed Alex Escrig (KLINT Factory Team) on the final lap to collect 16 points in Goiania.
Having earned a debut front row a few hours prior, Escrig grabbed the holeshot, with Muñoz also off to a flyer from P11 to P2 on Lap 1. Polesitter Holgado was third, while David Alonso (CFMOTO Inde Aspar Team) dropped to P7 from second on the grid.
On Lap 2, Muñoz led with a nice move up the inside of Escrig at Turn 6, and then at the beginning of Lap 3, Holgado carved his way up to P2. And half a lap later, the #96 passed Muñoz to lead for the first time in Brazil.
At the end of Lap 6, the top five – Holgado, Muñoz, Escrig, Alonso and Gonzalez – were over a second clear of the chasing pack, and on Lap 10, Gonzalez repassed Alonso into P4 with the duo now 1.4s away from Escrig’s rear tyre. Work to do for the championship leader and Colombian.
Instead of going forward, Alonso dropped into the clutches of Izan Guevara (BLUCRU Pramac Yamaha Moto2), and soon enough, the Thai GP podium finisher and Tony Arbolino (REDS Fantic Racing) demoted the #80 to P7. And up front, the other Aspar bike was not dropping Muñoz and Escrig. The trio were split by 1.2s with 11 laps left, as Gonzalez struggled to reel the top three in – the #18 was 2.2s away from the podium scrap.
With five laps to go, it was Holgado vs Muñoz for Brazilian GP victory. 0.3s split the Spaniards, with Gonzalez reeling in Escrig for P3 too. And in the fight for the 25 points, Muñoz struck with two and a half laps to go. Now, what did Holgado have in response?
Well, it was a rapid response. Holgado powered back past down the 0.9km long start/finish straight, and then began to gap the #17. Heading onto the last lap, Holgado held a 0.7s lead, with Escrig and Gonzalez locked together in the bronze medal chase. And at Turn 4, Gonzalez moved up the inside of the slightly wide Escrig to pinch P3 on the final lap.
Holgado, after a Muñoz-style wake-up call, pulled the pin to clinch his first Moto2 win of the year, as Muñoz settled for a brilliant P2 ahead of Gonzalez, who did break Escrig’s heart in the closing stages – but a P4 for the latter is still a personal best Moto2 result.
Alonso held off the challenge of Guevara and Arbolino for P5 to get points on the board in 2026; that trio closed out the top seven, with Collin Veijer (Red Bull KTM Ajo), Celestino Vietti (HDR SpeedRS Team), and Ivan Ortola (QJMOTOR – PONT GRUP – MSI) the top 10 finishers.
Outside the top 20 on Friday, Q1 to pole, and then a third win of the campaign. A phenomenal weekend for the new Moto2 championship leader, as we look ahead to getting the ball rolling again in Austin next weekend.
