Jake Dixon scored a dominant lights-to-flag victory at the Circuit of the Americas in tricky wet conditions to take the lead in the World Championship, while Filip Salac’s slick tyre gamble didn’t pay off as he failed to finish.

The third Moto2 race of 2025 put the Elf Marc VDS Racing Team under all sorts of pressure as rain started unexpectedly falling just before the start at 12.20 local time.

With the track wet but the rain not severe, the majority of the field ran wet tyres, including Jake Dixon. Filip Salac and 5 others, gambled on slicks.

But the rain intensified around the race start, meaning the track wasn’t ready for slick tyres until the final laps of the race.

Jake Dixon, 1^st

Starting from pole position, Jake sped into an early lead, taking control of the contest from Turn 1. Aside from a scary rear slide on the 1^st lap, he quickly built up an early lead.

By half race distance, the 29-year old’s advantage had exceeded 4.5s. And with the track drying in the closing laps, he managed the gap to 2^nd to win his 2^nd race of the year by 4.1s.

Jake climbs to 1^st in the World Championship with 59 points to his name after leading every session this weekend. This is the 1^st time the Briton has ever led the Moto2 World Championship.

“I never thought I’d have two consecutive wins in Moto2”

“Incredible race! The build-up on the grid was crazy, everything felt out of control with the rain falling. I didn’t know what was going on and felt so stressed. But I got a really good start and braked too late into Turn 1 and then nearly high-sided on lap one. So, I said to myself, ‘Calm down!’ It was crazy. It’s been a massive weekend and that’s a credit to the Elf Marc VDS Racing Team. They’ve been working with me and keeping me cool, calm and collected. I never thought I’d have two consecutive wins in Moto2 – one in the dry, one in the wet. It’s great to do it in completely different conditions. I thought it would take more time for us to be competitive this year and to be honest we are still learning and I can get more comfortable on the bike. There’s still more to come and we’re aiming to fight for the top five at every track we go to.”

Filip Salac, DNF

Getting away from 9th on the grid, Filip had to ride with extreme caution as the wet conditions didn’t offer any grip in near fully wet conditions.

As the rain intensified, it became clear slicks weren’t the right choice. Filip’s lap times were over 20 seconds slower than the leader per lap, meaning the Czech rider pitted at the end of lap 6 and retired.

The result leaves Flip 18^th in the championship with 7 points.

“When we did the sighting lap it wasn’t raining at the back of the track”

“The luck wasn’t on our side today. Before our race start it began to rain. When we did the sighting lap it wasn’t raining at the back of the track. It was something similar to what happened last year in Japan, when I gambled on slicks and it paid off on that occasion. Unfortunately, it then started to rain more today. It didn’t work, I pitted in and it’s a shame it ended like this. We had a good day on Saturday and were really strong again, like we were in Argentina. This is a positive we have to take to Qatar, where we’ll start again.”