Chinese motorcycle manufacturer CFMoto secured its first point in Moto3 after Xavier Artigas delivered a Top 10 finished at Lusail, Qatar.

The 18-year-old rider secured 10th place to claim the team maiden Moto3 points of the 2022 season despite starting from 13th.

Fellow teammate Carlos Tatay managed to push himself into the leading group before Sergio Garcia forced the rider wide and crashed.

Although Garcia was penalised for the incident and Tatay could restart, he was later forced to the pitlane.

Nevertheless, Artigas calmly secured CFMOTO Racing PurestelGP’s first point of the season.

“I’m really happy with the whole weekend because I understood the bike and where we need to improve.

“We’ll be ready for the next race after this learning experience, and I want to give many thanks to the team for all their hard work.

“This is just the start,” said the Spaniard.

Meanwhile, Tatay was still in high spirit despite failing to finish his first race of the season for the team and already looking forward to the next stage in Mandalika, Indonesia.

“Overall, I have to be happy because we had a strong pre-season, we worked well and my pace was so good here in Qatar.

“I’m disappointed with the race because when something like that is not your fault, then there is nothing you can do.

“We need to keep focused, keep pushing and go for it in Indonesia. We will maintain our strategy. This is just the first race and we have twenty more to go,” he said.