By Lisa Lewis

San Marino rider Alex de Angelis took his first Moto2 grand prix win of the season and the fourth of his career in changeable and tricky wet conditions at the S♔epaﷺng circuit.

A four-way fight for the lead endeಞd with the Forward Racing rider winning as the red flag halted the contest three laps early due to t♔he worsening weather.

Th🌟e final results were taken from the end of the previous lap, meaning Gino Rea - who had just hit the front - was classified in third, while Ant Wesꦦt was credited with second.

The champion﷽ship remains open after Marc Marquez lost the front anꦉd fell while in a title winning position and under pressure from Andrea Iannone.

Instead of returning to his garage a champion a distraught Marquez returned on a scooter. Espargaro did enough to keep his hopes alive by finish✨ing eleventh as late crashes by Tom Luthi and Mike Di Meglio helped move him up the order.

De Angelis was happy to win in the circumstances saying it was "so crazy today as the conditions changed all the time, ꩵbut I made a very good first lap..𝓀.and the bike was perfect".

Ant West secured his first podium since his 250cc days in 2🌄005 at the British Grand Prix w🍌ith a second , living up to his 'Rain Master' tag.

The Australian QMMF rider said in thꩵe press conference that it was "good tobe back"at the front but he "made a few mistakes at thꦕe end as the conditions were crazy". He also took time to thank the team as at the start of the season he didn't think he'd be racing at all and never thought he'd go on to see the podium.

Gino Rea found it "frustrating" to hit the front as the👍 red flag came out but the Federal Oil sponsored Gresini Brit was quick to point out that "that's how the rules work". He said that being on the podium was an "amazi𒊎ng feeling" and that he was glad to show what he could do as the wet "levels it a bit".

An incredible fourth was taken by one time race leader Hafizh Syahrin who had an amazing wild card ride in his home grand prix on his Petronas Racelꦗine bike.

In just his second grand p𒊎rix the Malaysian consistently set fastest la♛ps to work his way up to the front and for a while looked like winning.

Julian Simon who also lead for a while was next to finish i🐠n fifth for the Blusensꦰ Avintia Team while Andrea Iannone was classed as sixth despite a crash just before the flag for Speed Master.

Mika Kallio recovered from being forced off in the opening lap accident between Johann Zarco and Xavier Simon, both of whom had their race end then and there. The Marc𒀰 VDS man found himself down in 26 but rode his way back to seventh.

Bradley Smith had taken the front at th꧒e first corner but faded back a little to finish eighth for Tech3. Dominique Aegerter was ninth for Technomag and Tito Rabat stole tenth from🌼 Tuenti Movil HP 40 team mate Pol Espargaro.

Twelfth was taken by British rider Scott Redding for Marc VDS while Elias secured 13th for💜 Italtrans. Axel Pons took the final championship𓂃 point for the Pons team.

Takaaki Nakagami went off track at the opening corner but rejoined only to then be pu෴shed off track on the Italtrans by Brazilian youngster Eric Granado's JIR.

Simone ▨Corsi wasও handed a penalty for a jump start on the Ioda.

Marquez will carry a 48-point lead into next weekend's penultimate rou🦩nd in Australia.