Aron Canet gets his third season in Moto2 off to a brilliant start af🔜ter claiming secon𒈔d place in Qatar. 

True to his typical style, Canet was one of the more aggressive riders early on as he came from ninth on th🀅e grid to second in just a few laps. 

Canet was able to make light work ♈of pre-race favourite Augusto Fernandez, Sam Lowes, Ai Ogura and Tony Arbolino, however, his poor qualifying meant chasing down Celestino Vietti for victory was too much. 

Although the gap was as low as 1.4 seconds, the Italian demonstrated incredible pace that Canet, nor any other rider could get near. The ma🤡rgin between both riders ended up being six seconds, while Canet’s gap to Lowes was just over four. 

Nevertheless, it’s the type of start Canet would have ho✅ped for given the 2022 season should be one that sees him fight for the title: "I am very happy with today's race and having achieved this second position,” said the Flexbox HP40 rider. 

"We made a very good start andꦉ quickl💜y moved into second position. 

"It was curious because throughout the race I thought ⛎that the g💞roup behind me was right behind me and I was 6 seconds behind. 

"We've set a good pace and now it's a matter of continuing like this🅰 in the rest of the races."

Fellow Spaniard and new team-mate for 2022, Jorge Navarro made i🌸t a double top ten after securing seventh place.

Navarro said: "I am quite happy with how the weekend went and for finishing the f𒊎irst race of the season in a positive way with th𝓰is seventh position. 

"I started well and set a good pace, being close to the podium group. We take a lot of informa꧂tion an💦d good feelings home to take that little step that we need in the next race."