It had taken four Grands Prix for Fermin Aldeguer to take his first Moto2 pole position of 2024 on Saturday, and on Sunday in Jerez Aldeguer scored his first Moto2 victory of the season at the fourth round of the year.

Manuel Gonzalez made an unlikely holeshot from fourth on the grid, and led for the first six laps. In that time, he, Aldeguer, and championship leader Sergio Garcia escaped at the front, but on lap seven Gonzalez’ time at the front was over.

Aldeguer came through at turn five, and completed the move at turn eight. Consistent pace from there was enough to take the #54 to a commanding first win of the season. 

The race for the lead might have been more interesting down the stretch had Joe Roberts qualified better than 11th. The American, who has never been especially strong at Jerez, was the only rider with pace that was comparable to Aldeguer in the second half of the race, and he used that to chase down the podium. On lap 13, he passed Garcia for third, and then he overtook Gonzalez for second on lap 19. There was no time to think about Aldeguer, but Roberts’ third second place in succession took him to the top of the championship standings.

Gonzalez held on for third place after Roberts passed him, and he was under no pressure from behind: 4.658 seconds separated him from fourth-placed Sergio Garcia at the flag.

Albert Arenas made it a double-top-five for Gresini, ahead of Ai Ogura, Tony Arbolino, Jeremy Alcoba, Celestino Vietti, and Somkiat Chantra who completed the top 10.

Aron Canet did not start the race after breaking his ankle on Friday, and Ayumu Sasaki was declared unfit on Sunday morning.

Full Moto2 results from the Spanish Grand Prix are below.

2024 Moto2 Spanish Grand Prix | Circuito de Jerez-Angel Nieto | Grand Prix Results | Rd 4/21
Pos	Rider	Nat.	Moto2 Team	Manufacturer	Timing
1	Fermin Aldeguer	ESP	SpeedUp Racing	Boscoscuro	WIN
2	Joe Roberts	USA	American Racing	Kalex	1.287
3	Manuel Gonzalez	ESP	QJ Motor Gresini Moto2	Kalex	1.568
4	Sergio Garcia	ESP	MT Helmets MSI	Boscoscuro	6.226
5	Albert Arenas	ESP	QJ Motor Gresini Moto2	Kalex	8.059
6	Ai Ogura	JAP	Idemitsu Honda Team Asia	Kalex	12.490
7	Tony Arbolino	ITA	Elf Marc VDS Racing Team	Kalex	13.346
8	Jeremy Alcoba	ESP	Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Team	Kalex	13.489
9	Celestino Vietti	ITA	Red Bull KTM Ajo	Kalex	14.508
10	Somkiat Chantra	THA	Idemitsu Honda Team Asia	Kalex	19.693
11	Filip Salac	CZE	Elf Marc VDS Racing Team	Kalex	20.045
12	Izan Guevara	ESP	CFMoto Aspar Team	Kalex	21.779
13	Zonta van den Goorbergh	NED	RW Racing GP	Kalex	27.933
14	Deniz Oncu	TUR	Red Bull KTM Ajo	Kalex	32.146
15	Matteo Ferrari	ITA	QJ Motor Gresini Moto2	Kalex	41.158
16	Mario Aji	INO	Idemitsu Honda Team Asia	Kalex	41.953
17	Xavi Cardelus	AND	Fantic Racing	Kalex	42.591
18	Jorge Navarro	ESP	Forward Racing Team	Forward	46.933
19	Darryn Binder	RSA	Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP	Kalex	1L
20	Xavi Artigas	ESP	Forward Racing Team	Forward	4L
DNF	Jake Dixon	GBR	CFMoto Aspar Team	Kalex	DNF
DNF	Diogo Moreira	BRA	Italtrans Racing Team	Kalex	DNF
DNF	Marcos Ramirez	ESP	American Racing	Kalex	DNF
DNF	Barry Baltus	BEL	RW Racing GP	Kalex	DNF
DNF	Alonso Lopez	ESP	SpeedUp Racing	Boscoscuro	DNF
DNF	Senna Agius	AUS	Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP	Kalex	DNF
DNF	Bo Bendsneyder	NED	Pertamina Mandalika Gas Up Team	Kalex	DNF
DNF	Dennis Foggia	ITA	Italtrans Racing Team	Kalex	DNF
DNF	Jaume Masia	ESP	Pertamina Mandalika Gas Up Team	Kalex	DNF
DNF	Alex Escrig	ESP	Forward Racing Team	Forward	DNF
DNS	Ayumu Sasaki	JAP	Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Team	Kalex	DNS
DNS	Aron Canet	ESP	Fantic Racing	Kalex	DNS