Moto2, 2017, GRAN PREMIO RED BULL DE ESPAÑA, RAC, #SpanishGP. Alex Marquez (Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS) took his maiden win.

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Alex Marquez (Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS) took a stunning maiden win at the Spanish GP, crossing the line three and a half seconds clear of an impressive first intermediate class podium for Francesco Bagnaia (Sky Racing Team VR46). The rider from Cervera was back on the top step for the first time since the Moto3™ race in Motegi in 2014, the year he took the lightweight class crown. Miguel Oliveira (Red Bull KTM Ajo) took another podium for KTM in third, as Championship leader Franco Morbidelli (Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS) slid out of contention early on.

Marquez took the lead out of Turn 1 after a good start, with Morbidelli taking the apex first and then running a little wide – but it was an EG 0,0 Marc VDS 1-2 streaking away at the front as Dominique Aegerter (Kiefer Racing), Mattia Pasini (Italtrans Racing Team) and Xavi Vierge (Tech 3 Racing) squabbled for third – with Bagnaia then getting up into the fight.

There was drama soon after as Simone Corsi (Speed Up Racing) lost control and slid out, taking Vierge and Takaaki Nakagami (Idemitsu Honda Team Asia) out of contention with him – and the drama wasn’t over.

That incident left Pasini and Bagnaia fighting for third, ahead of Aegerter, Oliveira, Luca Marini (Forward Racing Team), Marcel Schrötter (Dynavolt Intact GP), Tom Lüthi (CarXpert Interwetten) and an impressive start for Khairul Idham Pawi (Idemitsu Honda Team Asia) in the top ten – and a four second gap to the EG 0,0 Marc VDS pair up in the lead.

Back at the front, a small mistake from Marquez left Morbidelli to come through with 18 laps to go – before drama suddenly hit the lead as the Championship leader slid out and Marquez found himself 4 and a half seconds ahead of Bagnaia on the chase. Keeping it calm and collected at the dead of the race, the 2014 Moto3™ World Champion crossed the line in clear air to take his maiden Moto2™ win – and in front of the home crowd.

With the final laps approaching, Bagnaia had moved through into a more secure second to secure a stunning rookie podium, with Oliveira then hunting down Pasini to take third – the second rostrum for the KTM intermediate class chassis in four races. Veteran Italian Pasini crossed the line in fourth, ahead of Marini and Schrötter.

Dominique Aegerter followed up his top five in Texas with a seventh in Jerez, ahead of a good day in the points standings for Lüthi as the 2016 runner up came home eighth to cut some of the gap to Championship leader Franco Morbidelli.

Axel Pons (RW Racing GP) just lost ninth on the final lap to an impressive race from Yonny Hernandez (AGR Team), as the Colombian took a good points finish in the fourth race of the year.

Lorenzo Baldassarri (Forward Racing Team) was eleventh ahead of rookie Jorge Navarro (Federal Oil Gresini Moto2), with Hafizh Syahrin (Petronas Raceline Malaysia) in thirteenth ahead of a solid ride from Red Bull KTM Ajo’ Ricky Cardus, standing in for injured reigning Moto3™ World Champion Brad Binder. Tetsuta Nagashima (Teluru SAG Team) locked out the points back on more familiar turf for the former FIM CEV Repsol Moto2™ frontrunner.

Le Mans now awaits as the Championship closes up – with Morbidelli looking for a comeback, Marquez fired up to stop him and EG 0,0 Marc VDS on a 100% victory record in 2017.

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Moto2 Race Classification 2017

os.	Points	Num.	Rider	Nation	Team	Bike	Km/h	Time/Gap
1	25	73	Alex MARQUEZ	SPA	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	Kalex	152.8	43’24.350
2	20	42	Francesco BAGNAIA	ITA	SKY Racing Team VR46	Kalex	152.6	+3.442
3	16	44	Miguel OLIVEIRA	POR	Red Bull KTM Ajo	KTM	152.5	+4.958
4	13	54	Mattia PASINI	ITA	Italtrans Racing Team	Kalex	152.4	+6.824
5	11	10	Luca MARINI	ITA	Forward Racing Team	Kalex	152.4	+6.917
6	10	23	Marcel SCHROTTER	GER	Dynavolt Intact GP	Suter	152.2	+9.561
7	9	77	Dominique AEGERTER	SWI	Kiefer Racing	Suter	152.2	+10.266
8	8	12	Thomas LUTHI	SWI	CarXpert Interwetten	Kalex	152.1	+11.594
9	7	68	Yonny HERNANDEZ	COL	AGR Team	Kalex	151.7	+19.212
10	6	49	Axel PONS	SPA	RW Racing GP	Kalex	151.7	+19.293
11	5	7	Lorenzo BALDASSARRI	ITA	Forward Racing Team	Kalex	151.7	+19.672
12	4	9	Jorge NAVARRO	SPA	Federal Oil Gresini Moto2	Kalex	151.4	+24.487
13	3	55	Hafizh SYAHRIN	MAL	Petronas Raceline Malaysia	Kalex	151.3	+25.522
14	2	88	Ricard CARDUS	SPA	Red Bull KTM Ajo	KTM	151.3	+26.049
15	1	45	Tetsuta NAGASHIMA	JPN	Teluru SAG Team	Kalex	151.3	+26.089
16		40	Fabio QUARTARARO	FRA	Pons HP40	Kalex	151.1	+29.877
17		57	Edgar PONS	SPA	Pons HP40	Kalex	150.8	+33.799
18		32	Isaac VIÑALES	SPA	BE-A-VIP SAG Team	Kalex	150.8	+35.196
19		19	Xavier SIMEON	BEL	Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2	Kalex	150.4	+40.950
20		2	Jesko RAFFIN	SWI	Garage Plus Interwetten	Kalex	150.3	+43.165
21		30	Takaaki NAKAGAMI	JPN	IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia	Kalex	150.3	+43.282
22		87	Remy GARDNER	AUS	Tech 3 Racing	Tech 3	150.1	+47.675
23		47	Axel BASSANI	ITA	Speed Up Racing	Speed Up	150.0	+48.478
24		22	Federico FULIGNI	ITA	Kiefer Racing	Suter	148.7	+1’11.416
25		62	Stefano MANZI	ITA	SKY Racing Team VR46	Kalex	148.5	+1’15.738
26		5	Andrea LOCATELLI	ITA	Italtrans Racing Team	Kalex	144.2	1 Lap
Not Classified
		11	Sandro CORTESE	GER	Dynavolt Intact GP	Suter	151.5	9 Laps
		97	Xavi VIERGE	SPA	Tech 3 Racing	Tech 3	141.7	9 Laps
		89	Khairul Idham PAWI	MAL	IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia	Kalex	151.4	12 Laps
		27	Iker LECUONA	SPA	Garage Plus Interwetten	Kalex	149.9	14 Laps
		21	Franco MORBIDELLI	ITA	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	Kalex	153.3	17 Laps
		24	Simone CORSI	ITA	Speed Up Racing	Speed Up	148.1	23 Laps

Moto2 World Standing 2017

Pos.	Rider	Bike	Nation	Points
1	Franco MORBIDELLI	Kalex	ITA	75
2	Thomas LUTHI	Kalex	SWI	64
3	Miguel OLIVEIRA	KTM	POR	59
4	Alex MARQUEZ	Kalex	SPA	49
5	Francesco BAGNAIA	Kalex	ITA	33
6	Takaaki NAKAGAMI	Kalex	JPN	32
7	Luca MARINI	Kalex	ITA	31
8	Dominique AEGERTER	Suter	SWI	27
9	Lorenzo BALDASSARRI	Kalex	ITA	26
10	Xavi VIERGE	Tech 3	SPA	25
11	Marcel SCHROTTER	Suter	GER	23
12	Simone CORSI	Speed Up	ITA	19
13	Hafizh SYAHRIN	Kalex	MAL	14
14	Mattia PASINI	Kalex	ITA	13
15	Fabio QUARTARARO	Kalex	FRA	13
16	Axel PONS	Kalex	SPA	12
17	Sandro CORTESE	Suter	GER	8
18	Yonny HERNANDEZ	Kalex	COL	7
19	Brad BINDER	KTM	RSA	7
20	Jorge NAVARRO	Kalex	SPA	6
21	Jesko RAFFIN	Kalex	SWI	5
22	Xavier SIMEON	Kalex	BEL	4
23	Ricard CARDUS	KTM	SPA	4
24	Danny KENT	Suter	GBR	3
25	Tetsuta NAGASHIMA	Kalex	JPN	1
26	Edgar PONS	Kalex	SPA
27	Isaac VIÑALES	Kalex	SPA
28	Julian SIMON	Kalex	SPA
29	Andrea LOCATELLI	Kalex	ITA
30	Remy GARDNER	Tech 3	AUS
31	Axel BASSANI	Speed Up	ITA
32	Stefano MANZI	Kalex	ITA
33	Khairul Idham PAWI	Kalex	MAL
34	Federico FULIGNI	Suter	ITA
35	Iker LECUONA	SPA

Credits : Photos and content courtesy of motogp.com

Moto2, 2017, GRAN PREMIO RED BULL DE ESPAÑA, RAC, #SpanishGP. Alex Marquez (Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS) took his maiden win.

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