A surprisingly sedate 16-lap Moto3 grand prix kicked off the race action on Sunday, which saw Leopard Honda’s Jaume Masia the runaway victor.
Getting off the line from pole the strongest, Masia and Intact GP Husqvarna’s Ayumu Sasaki quickly broke away from the rest of the pack as the anticipated massive slipstream group battle never emerged on the Buddh International Circuit.
Masia continued to hold firm as the race reached its closing stages, with Sasaki eventually dropping back into the clutches of team-mate Collin Veijer and the SIC58 Honda of Kaito Toba.
A tight scrap emerged between that trio over the final podium places and ended in disaster as the Intact GP duo collided.
Having passed Toba earlier on the final lap, Veijer launched a successful raid on Sasaki for second.
Sasaki outbraked Veijer on the way into Turn 12 but ran wide doing so and connected with his team-mate.
Veijer crashed out while Toba was able to take second from Sasaki.
Source: Autosport