Red Bull KTM Ajo’s Brad Binder clinched his third Moto2™ win of 2019 at the Pramac Generac Australian Grand Prix to keep his Championship hopes alive as he now sits 33 points from top spot after title leader Alex Marquez (Marc VDS EG 0,0) came across the line in eighth. Rookie Jorge Martin made it a Red Bull KTM Ajo one-two, whilst Dynavolt Intact GP’s Tom Lüthi finished third to close the gap to 28 points between first and second in the Championship.
Binder bagged the holeshot from the middle of the front row of the grid and teammate Martin quickly followed him through to second as polesitter Jorge Navarro (Beta Tools Speed Up) slipped backwards off the line. In a dramatic opening half a lap, American Racing’s Iker Lecuona took out both Luca Marini (SKY Racing Team VR46) and Marco Bezzecchi (Red Bull Tech 3 KTM) after trying to pull off an audacious move into Turn 4.
World Championship leader, Marquez, was incredibly fortunate not to get caught up in the incident that resulted in Lecuona being handed a long-lap penalty, with the newly-signed MotoGP™ rider just millimetres from the rear wheel of Marquez’s Kalex as he lunged through on the brakes.
Back at the front and the KTM duo had started to break clear from Navarro and Lüthi, who were having their own momentary fight over the final podium spot. The Swiss rider got the better of Navarro at half race distance, with the Speed Up rider seemingly suffering some rear grip issues.
Marquez, meanwhile, began to struggle with Lorenzo Baldassarri (FlexBox HP40), Stefano Manzi (MV Agusta Temporary Forward) and Tetsuta Nagashima (ONEXOX TKKR SAG Team) all finding a way past in the space of a lap, demoting the number 73 down to eighth. It would get worse for Marquez, with Lecuona fighting back through the field following his long-lap penalty.
Marquez was tenth at one stage before then beginning his fight back. Back at the front, Martin continued to apply the pressure on Binder but the South African was standing firm, before then finally break free from Martin and on towards victory. A sixth career Moto2™ win wrapped up on the same weekend as he was confirmed as a factory MotoGP™ rider in 2020. Seven days on from his first Moto2™ podium, Martin was back on the box and it was back-to-back podiums for Lüthi too.
Fourth went the way of Navarro, who held off a brilliant late charge from Baldassarri as the Italian closed to within half a second on the final lap. ONEXOX TKKR SAG Team’s Remy Gardner ended up sixth at his home round after holding off Lecuona in the closing stages. Marquez came across the line in eighth, meaning he now sits 28 points ahead of Lüthi and 33 points clear of Binder with now just two rounds remaining. Manzi and Nagashima completed the Phillip Island top 10.
Top 10:
1. Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Ajo)
2. Jorge Martin (Red Bull KTM Ajo) + 1.968
3. Tom Lüthi (Dynavolt Intact GP) + 6.021
4. Jorge Navarro (Beta Tools Speed Up) + 8.151
5. Lorenzo Baldassarri (FlexBox HP 40) + 8.806
6. Remy Gardner (ONEXOX TKKR SAG Team) + 8.955
7. Iker Lecuona (monday.com American Racing) + 9.455
8. Alex Marquez (EG 0,0 Marc VDS) + 10.055
9. Stefano Manzi (MV Agusta Temporary Forward) + 10.699
10. Tetsuta Nagashima (ONEXOX TKKR SAG Team) + 11.132.
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Moto2 Race Classification 2019.
| Pos. | Points | Num. | Rider | Nation | Team | Bike | Km/h | Time/Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 25 | 41 | Brad BINDER | RSA | Red Bull KTM Ajo | KTM | 171.5 | 38’53.277 |
| 2 | 20 | 88 | Jorge MARTIN | SPA | Red Bull KTM Ajo | KTM | 171.4 | +1.968 |
| 3 | 16 | 12 | Thomas LUTHI | SWI | Dynavolt Intact GP | Kalex | 171.1 | +6.021 |
| 4 | 13 | 9 | Jorge NAVARRO | SPA | Beta Tools Speed Up | Speed Up | 170.9 | +8.151 |
| 5 | 11 | 7 | Lorenzo BALDASSARRI | ITA | FLEXBOX HP 40 | Kalex | 170.9 | +8.806 |
| 6 | 10 | 87 | Remy GARDNER | AUS | ONEXOX TKKR SAG Team | Kalex | 170.9 | +8.955 |
| 7 | 9 | 27 | Iker LECUONA | SPA | monday.com American Racing | KTM | 170.8 | +9.455 |
| 8 | 8 | 73 | Alex MARQUEZ | SPA | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | Kalex | 170.8 | +10.055 |
| 9 | 7 | 62 | Stefano MANZI | ITA | MV Agusta Temporary Forward | MV Agusta | 170.7 | +10.699 |
| 10 | 6 | 45 | Tetsuta NAGASHIMA | JPN | ONEXOX TKKR SAG Team | Kalex | 170.7 | +11.132 |
| 11 | 5 | 23 | Marcel SCHROTTER | GER | Dynavolt Intact GP | Kalex | 170.5 | +14.353 |
| 12 | 4 | 11 | Nicolo BULEGA | ITA | SKY Racing Team VR46 | Kalex | 170.4 | +14.641 |
| 13 | 3 | 2 | Jesko RAFFIN | SWI | NTS RW Racing GP | NTS | 170.2 | +18.541 |
| 14 | 2 | 21 | Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO | ITA | Beta Tools Speed Up | Speed Up | 170.0 | +20.255 |
| 15 | 1 | 64 | Bo BENDSNEYDER | NED | NTS RW Racing GP | NTS | 169.4 | +29.238 |
| 16 | 16 | Joe ROBERTS | USA | monday.com American Racing | KTM | 169.3 | +30.870 | |
| 17 | 33 | Enea BASTIANINI | ITA | Italtrans Racing Team | Kalex | 169.3 | +31.031 | |
| 18 | 5 | Andrea LOCATELLI | ITA | Italtrans Racing Team | Kalex | 169.2 | +31.764 | |
| 19 | 40 | Augusto FERNANDEZ | SPA | FLEXBOX HP 40 | Kalex | 169.1 | +33.324 | |
| 20 | 22 | Sam LOWES | GBR | Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 | Kalex | 168.8 | +37.341 | |
| 21 | 96 | Jake DIXON | GBR | Gaviota Angel Nieto Team | KTM | 168.8 | +37.392 | |
| 22 | 65 | Philipp OETTL | GER | Red Bull KTM Tech 3 | KTM | 166.6 | +1’09.178 | |
| 23 | 47 | Adam NORRODIN | MAL | Petronas Sprinta Racing | Kalex | 166.5 | +1’10.717 | |
| 24 | 3 | Lukas TULOVIC | GER | Kiefer Racing | KTM | 166.4 | +1’11.606 | |
| 25 | 18 | Xavi CARDELUS | AND | Gaviota Angel Nieto Team | KTM | 166.4 | +1’12.066 | |
| 26 | 20 | Dimas EKKY PRATAMA | INA | IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia | Kalex | 165.7 | +1’21.622 | |
| 27 | 77 | Dominique AEGERTER | SWI | MV Agusta Temporary Forward | MV Agusta | 163.5 | 1 Lap | |
| Not Classified | ||||||||
| 35 | Somkiat CHANTRA | THA | IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia | Kalex | 168.6 | 11 Laps | ||
| 97 | Xavi VIERGE | SPA | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | Kalex | 167.4 | 22 Laps | ||
| 54 | Mattia PASINI | ITA | Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2 | Kalex | 162.4 | 22 Laps | ||
| Not Finished 1st Lap | ||||||||
| 10 | Luca MARINI | ITA | SKY Racing Team VR46 | Kalex | 0 Lap | |||
| 72 | Marco BEZZECCHI | ITA | Red Bull KTM Tech 3 | KTM | 0 Lap | |||
Moto2 World Standing 2019.
| Pos. | Rider | Bike | Nation | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alex MARQUEZ | Kalex | SPA | 242 |
| 2 | Thomas LUTHI | Kalex | SWI | 214 |
| 3 | Brad BINDER | KTM | RSA | 209 |
| 4 | Jorge NAVARRO | Speed Up | SPA | 199 |
| 5 | Augusto FERNANDEZ | Kalex | SPA | 192 |
| 6 | Luca MARINI | Kalex | ITA | 176 |
| 7 | Lorenzo BALDASSARRI | Kalex | ITA | 162 |
| 8 | Marcel SCHROTTER | Kalex | GER | 130 |
| 9 | Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO | Speed Up | ITA | 101 |
| 10 | Enea BASTIANINI | Kalex | ITA | 95 |
| 11 | Jorge MARTIN | KTM | SPA | 83 |
| 12 | Iker LECUONA | KTM | SPA | 80 |
| 13 | Remy GARDNER | Kalex | AUS | 74 |
| 14 | Tetsuta NAGASHIMA | Kalex | JPN | 70 |
| 15 | Sam LOWES | Kalex | GBR | 60 |
| 16 | Xavi VIERGE | Kalex | SPA | 59 |
| 17 | Andrea LOCATELLI | Kalex | ITA | 46 |
| 18 | Nicolo BULEGA | Kalex | ITA | 44 |
| 19 | Mattia PASINI | Kalex | ITA | 27 |
| 20 | Stefano MANZI | MV Agusta | ITA | 26 |
| 21 | Somkiat CHANTRA | Kalex | THA | 23 |
| 22 | Marco BEZZECCHI | KTM | ITA | 17 |
| 23 | Dominique AEGERTER | MV Agusta | SWI | 14 |
| 24 | Simone CORSI | NTS | ITA | 10 |
| 25 | Bo BENDSNEYDER | NTS | NED | 7 |
| 26 | Jesko RAFFIN | NTS | SWI | 6 |
| 27 | Jake DIXON | KTM | GBR | 4 |
| 28 | Joe ROBERTS | KTM | USA | 4 |
| 29 | Lukas TULOVIC | KTM | GER | 3 |
| 30 | Khairul Idham PAWI | Kalex | MAL | 3 |
| 31 | Steven ODENDAAL | NTS | RSA | |
| 32 | Jonas FOLGER | Kalex | GER | |
| 33 | Philipp OETTL | KTM | GER | |
| 34 | Xavi CARDELUS | KTM | AND | |
| 35 | Dimas EKKY PRATAMA | Kalex | INA | |
| 36 | Gabriele RUIU | Kalex | ITA | |
| 37 | Adam NORRODIN | Kalex | MAL | |
| 38 | Andi Farid IZDIHAR | Kalex | INA | |
| 39 | Teppei NAGOE | Kalex | JPN | |
| 40 | Gerry SALIM | Kalex | INA |
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