Aron Canet takes solid points for 13^th place in a shortened Moto2 race, while Deniz Oncu was 20^th.

After an overcast Saturday, the sun returned to Austin on Sunday with the third Moto2 race of 2026 taking place in perfect conditions and ambient temperatures of 25 degrees.

The Moto2 race was red flagged two laps in after a 7-rider collision at Turn. The restart was held over the shortened distance of 10 laps, rather than 16.

A strong crowd was in attendance at the spectacular Circuit of the Americas on Sunday with the main grandstand close to being full.

Aron Canet, 13^th

Having made excellent improvements on Saturday, Aron was confident starting Sunday. He made a solid getaway in the restart. After losing two places on lap 2, he climbed as high as 11^th on lap 6.

The Spaniard was pushed back to 13^th on the closing lap, but this was the best feeling he had found so far this year. This should be a solid platform to achieve good results back in Europe.

This result puts Aron 16^th in the championship standings with 5.5 points.

“This was the best race of the year so far.”

Aron’s comments:

“I’m super happy. This was the best race of the year so far. It’s not the result that I want. It’s not the result that the team wants. But for me I know we need to make improvements step by step and everything won’t come immediately. We have to keep working at it as this weekend I could feel we were getting closer. I’m really happy because we understood many things this weekend and we’ve found a good direction to work in. Let’s try and continue on this line at Jerez.”

Deniz Oncu, 20^th

Deniz’s task for the day was made difficult when he crashed on the exit of Turn 11 on the sighting lap of the restart. Thankfully, he was able to remount and make the second start.

After that the Turkish rider struggled to find his best rhythm over the ten laps. But he collected important experience in Austin that will serve him well from the next round in Spain.

This result leaves Deniz 17^th in the championship standings with 3.5 points.

“We’ll stay strong and I’ll keep pushing”

Deniz’s comments:

“We’ve finished this American GP. It wasn’t an easy weekend for me. But we’ve tried a lot of things to improve my feeling. Today, before the race start, I had a highside on the sighting lap. I still managed to come to the grid and I just made the race start. I can’t say it was a positive weekend. But we tried many things. Also, it looks like we have some ideas to follow at the next round at Jerez. We’ve never been too down, even if this weekend didn’t go as planned. We’ll stay strong and I’ll keep pushing, keep working and make sure I’m fully ready for Jerez.”