Franco Morbidelli Team Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS masterclass second win of the season

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Team Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS rider Franco Morbidelli stamped some early authority on the Championship standings in Argentina, with a superb victory under intense pressure from teammate Alex Marquez until the Spaniard crashed out on the final lap.

In taking the win, Morbidelli made some modern history and became the first Italian rider to win consecutive races in Moto2™, following his opening round victory in Qatar.

Setting the pace from the start with teammate Marquez an almost constant shadow in second place, the VDS pair dominated the race – with the eventual victory giving Morbidelli a perfect score of 50 points after two races.

Franco Morbidelli, P1: “This is an amazing feeling, two victories in a row, just incredible and I hope I can keep this momentum going. I was pushing really hard from the start and very quickly I saw that Álex was going very fast close behind so I was ready for the fight. With a lap to go I had + 0.3s and pushed even harder for the win and did not know Álex had crashed until I took the chequered flag. It was a pity his race ended like this.”

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Moto2 Race Classification 2017

Pos.	Points	Num.	Rider	Nation	Team	Bike	Km/h	Time/Gap
1	25	21	Franco MORBIDELLI	ITA	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	Kalex	166.4	39’50.036
2	20	44	Miguel OLIVEIRA	POR	Red Bull KTM Ajo	KTM	166.3	+1.683
3	16	12	Thomas LUTHI	SWI	CarXpert Interwetten	Kalex	165.7	+10.551
4	13	7	Lorenzo BALDASSARRI	ITA	Forward Racing Team	Kalex	165.4	+15.577
5	11	97	Xavi VIERGE	SPA	Tech 3 Racing	Tech 3	164.8	+24.527
6	10	24	Simone CORSI	ITA	Speed Up Racing	Speed Up	164.7	+24.783
7	9	42	Francesco BAGNAIA	ITA	SKY Racing Team VR46	Kalex	164.7	+24.965
8	8	11	Sandro CORTESE	GER	Dynavolt Intact GP	Suter	164.7	+25.156
9	7	41	Brad BINDER	RSA	Red Bull KTM Ajo	KTM	164.7	+25.622
10	6	55	Hafizh SYAHRIN	MAL	Petronas Raceline Malaysia	Kalex	164.7	+25.933
11	5	23	Marcel SCHROTTER	GER	Dynavolt Intact GP	Suter	164.6	+26.139
12	4	10	Luca MARINI	ITA	Forward Racing Team	Kalex	164.6	+26.456
13	3	2	Jesko RAFFIN	SWI	Garage Plus Interwetten	Kalex	164.6	+26.697
14	2	77	Dominique AEGERTER	SWI	Kiefer Racing	Suter	164.6	+27.461
15	1	9	Jorge NAVARRO	SPA	Federal Oil Gresini Moto2	Kalex	164.5	+27.628
16		57	Edgar PONS	SPA	Pons HP40	Kalex	163.9	+36.690
17		32	Isaac VIÑALES	SPA	BE-A-VIP SAG Team	Kalex	163.8	+39.132
18		60	Julian SIMON	SPA	Garage Plus Interwetten	Kalex	163.8	+39.297
19		45	Tetsuta NAGASHIMA	JPN	Teluru SAG Team	Kalex	163.7	+39.444
20		54	Mattia PASINI	ITA	Italtrans Racing Team	Kalex	163.4	+43.908
21		73	Alex MARQUEZ	SPA	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	Kalex	163.4	+44.165
22		68	Yonny HERNANDEZ	COL	AGR Team	Kalex	163.3	+45.719
23		62	Stefano MANZI	ITA	SKY Racing Team VR46	Kalex	162.9	+52.618
24		89	Khairul Idham PAWI	MAL	IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia	Kalex	162.4	+59.071
25		47	Axel BASSANI	ITA	Speed Up Racing	Speed Up	162.2	+1’02.113
Not Classified
		52	Danny KENT	GBR	Kiefer Racing	Suter	164.4	9 Laps
		5	Andrea LOCATELLI	ITA	Italtrans Racing Team	Kalex	160.2	16 Laps
		19	Xavier SIMEON	BEL	Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2	Kalex	162.1	21 Laps
		49	Axel PONS	SPA	RW Racing GP	Kalex	157.0	22 Laps
		40	Fabio QUARTARARO	FRA	Pons HP40	Kalex	156.8	22 Laps
		30	Takaaki NAKAGAMI	JPN	IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia	Kalex	70.6	22 Laps
		87	Remy GARDNER	AUS	Tech 3 Racing	Tech 3		0 Lap

Credits : Photos and content courtesy of motogp.com

Franco Morbidelli Team Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS masterclass second win of the season

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