Izan Guevara led every single lap as he cruised to victory in the shortened Le Mans Moto2 race, which included a red flag restart.
Guevara judged the race the best and took the advantage on the first race start to lead the race, before making a similar getaway for the second restart after the red flag was thrown out on Lap 3.
Following earlier rain showers, the riders were allowed a 10-minute warm-up – and the race distance reduced to 14 laps – to assess the conditions. Most riders decided that the track was dry enough for slick tyres, but there were still difficult areas of the track to contend with.
Polesitter Izan Guevara made the best start and maintained the lead going down into the first corner.
Manuel Gonzalez also got a strong getaway and progressed from the third row into second place almost immediately.
There was immediate drama in the mid-pack, as Dani Holgado highsided on the first lap and was able to walk away from the incident despite getting by his bike during the crash.
Further around the first tour of the circuit Joe Roberts made contact with David Alonso which saw the Colombian lose a wing from his bike, but it was Roberts who lost three positions after the exchange.
Filip Salac also made a good start held onto his third place after starting on the front row. The Czech rider waited a lap to strike, but took second from Gonzalez.
The race was red-flagged when Jorge Navarro highsided on the start/finish straight on Lap 2. His bike was left stricken in the middle of the track, forcing the marshals to recover the Forward machine from an unsafe position as race control took the decision to stop the race.
The race was restarted for nine laps, with the riders starting from their original grid positions and allowed Holgado to rejoin the race after Aspar worked on his recovered bike.
Guevara once again made the best start from pole position and held onto the lead for a second time on the run to the first corner.
Holgado also made a good start despite his problems on the initial getaway and held onto second place, with Aspar team-mate David Alonso lurking around just behind.
Barry Baltus was riding around the outside of Celestino Vietti at Turn 4, but the Italian made contact with the Belgian and forced Baltus out of the race. Vietti was awarded a long lap penalty for the incident by the stewards for causing the crash.
A few corners later, the Aspar riders made contact with each other and demoted themselves down the order, with Alonso in fifth and Holgado stuttering out of the final corner in 12th.
Vietti served his long lap penalty on Lap 4 and rejoined in the middle of the pack, with Senna Agius almost making contact with the Italian as he rode past at his faster pace.
The pair battled for seventh place, with Vietti eventually recovering the position, and were the fastest riders on circuit in the late stages but were unable to close the gap to the riders in the top five.
Unlike in the initial race start, however, Guevara built a gap to lead Gonzalez by over a second, with the IntactGP rider himself holding a similar advantage over Ivan Ortola in third.
The riders within the top five held their positions through to the chequered flag, with Guevara leading every lap as he sealed the race victory.
Gonzalez took a welcome second place to boost his championship hopes, while Ortola rounded out the podium in third.
Alonso Lopez managed to stay out of trouble as he picked up fourth, as Alonso claimed fifth despite his early skirmish with team-mate Holgado.
There was a final lap battle for sixth which saw Vietti prevail over Agius in seventh, as the pair both passed Joe Roberts.
Salac took ninth following a difficult restart, while Aron Canet gambled on a harder-compound tyre to the rest of the grid and earned a top 10 finish.
Holgado finished 11th after struggling throughout both race starts, ahead of Sergio Garcia in 12th and Zonta van den Goorbergh in 13th.
Deniz Oncu took 14th at the flag, while Tony Arbolino completed the points finishers in 15th.
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