Deniz Oncu was 20^th at the close of the 26-lap Moto2 race at the Autódromo Internacional de Goiânia – Ayrton Senna while Aron Canet finished 22^nd.

After Saturday’s schedule was rejigged due to a hole appearing in the track surface on the start-finish straight at the 3.84km track, Moto2 qualifying was delayed from Saturday to Sunday morning.

With Q1 getting underway at 9:40 local time, the Moto2 race went ahead as planned at the slightly delayed time of 13:25.

The fears of rain proved unfounded. The 26-lap race was held in fully dry conditions and in sweltering track temperatures of 51 degrees.

60,873 fans were in attendance on Sunday for the first Brazilian Grand Prix on the MotoGP calendar since 2004.

Aron Canet, 22^nd

In Q1 after narrowly missing the top 14-cut on Friday, Aron was penalised for a lack of dry track time and couldn’t progress through to Q2. He ended Q1 in 11^th place.

Starting 25^th on the grid, the Spaniard gained four places on the first lap to sit 21^st. But from there, Aron found it tricky to progress

The result leaves the 26-year in 17^th in the championship standings with 2.5 points.

“It was super difficult for me on track today”

Aron’s comments:

“That was one of the toughest races of my professional career. That’s it. There’s not much more to say. It was super difficult for me on track today. I can’t understand why we couldn’t show our real potential. I’ve done a lot of great results in different categories. Also, the team’s done a lot of great results across different categories. But something isn’t right. Something isn’t working. We need to check what’s going on and to reset before starting up again in Austin next week.”

Deniz Oncu, 20^th

Starting the day in Q2, Deniz fought a lack of rear grip as he saved a massive rear end slide through Turn 14. He went on to qualify 18^th.

The Turkish rider started well, gaining four places on the first lap to sit 14^th. But the 22-year old wasn’t comfortable and eventually dropped back to 20^th.

Deniz sits 13^th in the World Championship with 3.5 points from two races.

“I thought my pace was good enough for a place between 10^th and 15^th”

Deniz’s comments:

“This was a very hard weekend for me. It was a new country for us, and a new track. But also, the conditions weren’t good all weekend. I struggled a lot. I expected a bit more in the race. After qualifying I was sure I could be in points, as I thought my pace was good enough for a place between 10^th and 15^th. But I’m very disappointed about this result. And I’m so angry. We need to understand what happened this weekend, and also the race. We need to make a reset now and arrive in America in a strong frame of mind.”