Hakim Danish prevailed in a classic final-lap shootout to clinch his maiden victory in the Moto3 class at Brno.
Danish progressed from 14th on the grid after a 12-place grid penalty quickly through the order, and overcame a last lap battle to clinch his first Moto3 victory.
Championship leader Maximo Quiles made a good start from the front row of the grid to take the lead going down into Turn 1 over polesitter David Almansa.
The leading four riders were given a bit of breathing room to battle over the first lap after Adrian Fernandez pulled an aggressive move on Eddie O’Shea, with Alvaro Carpe taking first from Quiles.
The group eventually grew to seven riders after some infighting between the leaders, although Quiles was able to regain his lead.
However, Casey O’Gorman crashed out of sixth place on Lap 6 to reduce the lead group to six riders.
The six riders continued to fight it out, with Quiles unable to break away from Almansa and Uriarte despite the pair battling behind.
With one and a half laps remaining, the group was halved into a leading trio after Almansa attempted a lunge on Carpe and forced the pair and Veda Pratama to go wide and lose touch.
The duels continued heading onto the last lap of the race, with Uriarte in second trying to pressure long time leader Quiles into an error.
Uriarte moved into the lead at Turn 1, with Hakim Danish taking second place ahead of Quiles.
Quiles tried to make a return to the lead after passing Danish but there was contact between the Spaniard and Uriarte, which saw the pair drop away and allowed the trio behind to catch back up.
The contact allowed Danish to escape away in the final corners, with the Malaysian eventually crossing the line to take his maiden Moto3 victory.
Uriarte took second by 0.466s, while Quiles held on to complete the podium in third.
Almansa was a close fourth followed by Pratama in fifth and Carpe in sixth, while Marco Morelli was a distant seventh.
Joel Kelso edged Scott Ogden for eighth, as Valentin Perrone rounded out the top 10.
Matteo Bertelle narrowly missed out on a top 10 finish in 11th, with Adrian Cruces and Marcos Uriarte involved in the battle in 12th and 13th.
Adrian Fernandez dropped away in the race and took 14th, while Ryusei Yamanaka rounded out the points finishers in 15th.
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