More than five months later, Tony Arbolino has returned to victory in the Moto2 World Championship. The rider was the strongest in the Australian GP at Phillip Island, a race that was declared over with 14 laps remaining due to weather conditions, particularly strong winds.

Before the race, during the warm-up lap, Pedro Acosta (Red Bull KTM Ajo/Kalex) suffered a significant setback. He fell at turn four and, unable to return to the pit lane before it closed, had to start from the back of the grid.

Arón Canet (Pons Wegow Los40/Kalex) made a good start to take the lead but was quickly overtaken by the riders from Boscoscuro Beta Tools SpeedUp, Fermín Aldeguer, and Alonso López. López fell in the first lap, which also hindered Aldeguer. Sergio García (Pons Wegow Los40/Kalex) took advantage to lead.

Meanwhile, Aldeguer continued to lose positions, while Filip Salac (QJMotor Gresini/Kalex) and Arbolino (Elf Marc VDS/Kalex) moved into podium positions. Jake Dixon (Inde GasGas Aspar/Kalex) was also there briefly before being overtaken by Arbolino.

At the front, García began to pull away, and with 22 laps to go, he already had approximately a one-and-a-half-second lead. However, on the fourth lap, he and Salac both fell at the same time.

This left Arbolino in the lead, Dixon in second, and Aldeguer in third. Sam Lowes (Elf Marc VDS/Kalex) was threatening to fight for the podium but also fell on the same lap. By the fifth lap, Dixon had fallen, and Canet moved up to third.

With the various falls of the front riders, Arbolino found himself with a significantly large lead, more than ten seconds. Aldeguer and Canet finished in second and third.

This was the podium situation when 14 laps from the end, the marshals displayed the red flag due to unmanageable conditions. At the time, Jeremy Alcoba (QJMotor Gresini/Kalex) was fourth, and Joe Roberts (Italtrans Racing Team/Kalex) was in fifth place. Acosta had already recovered to ninth.

Despite two-thirds of the original race distance being completed, the initial intention of race direction was to resume the race, but this ultimately did not happen.

In this way, Arbolino was declared the winner, with Canet in second and Aldeguer in third. Alcoba and Roberts completed the top five, with Izan Guevara (Inde GasGas Aspar/Kalex) achieving his best result to date. Acosta finished ninth, relinquishing points to Arbolino for the first time since the French GP.

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