Sam Lowes left it late to stamp his authority on a tense Moto2 race in tricky conditions at a damp Circuit of the America🔯s.

When the lead pack finally splintered after Xavier Simeon's crash it was the Speed Up man who had what it took to pull away from a battling Johann Zarco, taking the chequered flag by a gap of almost two seconds after a superb finꦯal lap as the British rider also battled the pain barrier having crashed heavily earlier in the race weekend.

It marks the first time two British riders have won in one ꦓrace weekend since the Swedish round of the 1977 season.

The lead four had looked set for a late battle for the podium places when, with just four laps to go, Ajo Motorsport's Zarco and Gresini's pole man Simeon found themselves fighting for 𓂃the same piece of track at turn eight, and with Zarco leaning𓆉 in, the Belgian had nowhere left to go and crashed out of the race. The incident was under investigation as the race ended.

Alex Rins (Paginas Amarillas HP 40) had hounded the front three watching and learning before crossing the line in a clear third after t☂he action unfolded, leaving the rookie le𝕴ading the world championship standings with 29 points, one point ahead of Zarco.

Reigning champion Tito Rabat got a great start leading on the fir🌜st corner before dropping back rapidly, then rallying for the lead in the chasing group, battling hard with Franco Morbidelli for fourth for the EG 0,0 Marc VDS team.

Morbidelli again equalled h♈is best finish to date despite losing his battle with the Spaniard, takin🍸g fifth for Italtrans for the second race running.

Hafizh S♛yahrin improved once again for sixth for Petronas R🐭aceline Malaysia, his best finish since his wild-card home podium back in 2012.

Ant West finished a strong weekend seventh for QMMF, while Mika Kallio, who proved he had 💫got to grips with the ꦇtricky conditions after topping warm-up, took eighth for Italtrans.

The second of the QMMF Speed Up bikes, pilo🌠ted by Julian Simon, was ninth while Taka Nakagami looked more confident as he fought hard for a top ten finish for Idem𒁃itsu Honda Team Asia.

Simone Corsi (Athina Forward Racing) finished just behind his Japanese rival in a dash to the line, being forced to settle for 11th, Tom Luthi (Derendinger Racing Interwettenꦐ) star💞ted the race on a different rear tyre and climbed to 12th after qualifying problems had seen him start 17th.

Tech 3's Marcel Schroetter took 13th an🐟d Sandro Cortese (Dynavolt Intact GP) 14th with Alex Marquez (EG 0,0 Marc VDS) again just in the points in 15th.

Qatar race winner Jonas Folger could not manage to fight at the front in round two and finished just outside the points in 16th for AG💦R Team.

Luis Salom and Louis Rossi were the first to find the gravel and Lorenzo Baldassarri followed with 1🔥6 laps remaining, holding his hip as he limped away.

Dominique Aegerter fell fou🎉r laps later at turn 12 as the꧃ rain flags waved on, leaving the leaders as he had held fifth before his crash. The Swiss rider eventually rejoined for 18th.