Moto2™ – Alex Marquez (EG 0,0 Marc VDS) masters Mugello to go back-to-back win

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Alex Marquez (EG 0,0 Marc VDS) stormed to back-to-back success in the Moto2™ class after a masterful performance at the Gran Premio d’Italia Oakley. The Spaniard broke clear at half race distance and consequently sparks the title fight into life by closing to within just two points of the World Championship leader Lorenzo Baldassarri (FlexBox HP40).

After dominating qualifying 24 hours earlier, the Dynavolt Intact GP duo of Marcel Schrötter and Tom Lüthi took control of the early running at Mugello after Lüthi took the holeshot and his German teammate tucked in behind as they tried to break clear.

Meanwhile at mid-pack, a huge moment involving Xavi Vierge (EG 0,0 Marc VDS) and Fabio Di Giannantonio (MB Conveyors) at Turns 2 and 3 resulted in Iker Lecuona (American Racing KTM) crashing out unhurt, with Di Giannantonio somehow staying on with a remarkable save.

Back at the front and after five laps the Dynavolt Intact GP pair were eventually sucked back in by Marquez, who at this stage was joined by Luca Marini (SKY Racing Team VR46) and Jorge Navarro (MB Conveyors Speed Up). Marquez quickly slipped past Schrötter and Marini tried to follow suit, with an aggressive move on the German.

However, Schrötter replied straight back with a move of his own, only for Marini to get the job done at the following corner. Whilst out front, the scrap for third place had allowed Lüthi and Marquez to open up a comfort buffer of just under a second. With nine laps completed, Marquez made his move for victory by tucking in behind Lüthi down the start finish straight, popping out of the slipstream and executing the perfect Mugello move into Turn 1, San Donato.

The 23-year-old then began to edge clear, pulling out a tenth of a second every lap on Lüthi behind, who himself was falling under increasing pressure from a resurgent Marini. At half race distance Marquez was three quarters of a second clear but within three laps that became two seconds as the Kalex rider turned up the heat, with nobody able to put together any sort of reply.

Marini would react to the escaping Marquez with a strong move on Lüthi for second place but it was too little, too late as the French GP winner would take the chequered flag for the second time in weeks; again in seriously impressive style. After a disappointing start to the year with no top five finishes, Marini kick started his season with a second place finish.

Meanwhile, the ultra-consistent Lüthi would hold on for third podium finish of the season and an important 16 points in the Championship fight. Heading to the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in two weeks, Marquez is now two points behind Baldassarri with Lüthi only another two points further back on today’s race winner. The World Championship leader put together a brilliant recovery race by climbing through from the fifth row of the grid to eventually take fourth place and hang on to the Championship lead he has held since the opening round of the year.

The Italian’s FlexBox HP40 teammate, Augusto Fernandez, was three tenths behind in fifth place, ahead of Italtrans Racing Team’s Enea Bastianini in sixth, a career best finish in Moto2™. Both Navarro and Schrötter eventually slipped back to seventh and eighth respectively, before Sam Lowes (Federal Oil Gresini Moto2) and Di Giannantonio rounded out the top ten.

Moto2™ top ten:
1. Alex Marquez (EG 0,0 Marc VDS)
2. Luca Marini (SKY Racing Team VR46) +1.928
3. Thomas Lüthi (Dynavolt Intact GP) +2.252
4. Lorenzo Baldassarri (FLEXBOX HP 40) +3.653
5. Augusto Fernandez (FLEXBOX HP 40) +3.973
6. Enea Bastianini (Italtrans Racing Team) +3.985
7. Jorge Navarro (MB Conveyors Speed Up) +4.986
8. Marcel Schrötter (Dynavolt Intact GP) +6.215
9. Sam Lowes (Federal Oils Gresini Moto2) +11.466
10. Fabio Di Giannantonio (MB Conveyors Speed Up) +13.050

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Moto2 Race Classification 2019.

Pos.	Points	Num.	Rider	Nation	Team	Bike	Km/h	Time/Gap
1	25	73	Alex MARQUEZ	SPA	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	Kalex	167.2	39’31.262
2	20	10	Luca MARINI	ITA	SKY Racing Team VR46	Kalex	167.0	+1.928
3	16	12	Thomas LUTHI	SWI	Dynavolt Intact GP	Kalex	167.0	+2.242
4	13	7	Lorenzo BALDASSARRI	ITA	FLEXBOX HP 40	Kalex	166.9	+3.653
5	11	40	Augusto FERNANDEZ	SPA	FLEXBOX HP 40	Kalex	166.9	+3.973
6	10	33	Enea BASTIANINI	ITA	Italtrans Racing Team	Kalex	166.9	+3.985
7	9	9	Jorge NAVARRO	SPA	MB Conveyors Speed Up	Speed Up	166.8	+4.986
8	8	23	Marcel SCHROTTER	GER	Dynavolt Intact GP	Kalex	166.7	+6.215
9	7	22	Sam LOWES	GBR	Federal Oil Gresini Moto2	Kalex	166.4	+11.466
10	6	21	Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO	ITA	MB Conveyors Speed Up	Speed Up	166.3	+13.050
11	5	54	Mattia PASINI	ITA	Petronas Sprinta Racing	Kalex	166.2	+13.934
12	4	97	Xavi VIERGE	SPA	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	Kalex	166.0	+17.176
13	3	87	Remy GARDNER	AUS	ONEXOX TKKR SAG Team	Kalex	165.8	+19.894
14	2	45	Tetsuta NAGASHIMA	JPN	ONEXOX TKKR SAG Team	Kalex	165.8	+20.055
15	1	41	Brad BINDER	RSA	Red Bull KTM Ajo	KTM	165.7	+20.591
16		88	Jorge MARTIN	SPA	Red Bull KTM Ajo	KTM	165.7	+20.672
17		77	Dominique AEGERTER	SWI	MV Agusta Idealavoro Forward	MV Agusta	165.5	+24.081
18		5	Andrea LOCATELLI	ITA	Italtrans Racing Team	Kalex	165.3	+26.677
19		64	Bo BENDSNEYDER	NED	NTS RW Racing GP	NTS	164.6	+36.831
20		3	Lukas TULOVIC	GER	Kiefer Racing	KTM	164.3	+41.874
21		65	Philipp OETTL	GER	Red Bull KTM Tech 3	KTM	164.1	+44.611
22		4	Steven ODENDAAL	RSA	NTS RW Racing GP	NTS	164.0	+45.131
23		72	Marco BEZZECCHI	ITA	Red Bull KTM Tech 3	KTM	164.0	+45.136
24		20	Dimas EKKY PRATAMA	INA	IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia	Kalex	162.9	+1’01.819
25		18	Xavi CARDELUS	AND	Sama Qatar Angel Nieto Team	KTM	160.5	+1’40.942
Not Classified
		16	Joe ROBERTS	USA	American Racing KTM	KTM	163.1	6 Laps
		96	Jake DIXON	GBR	Sama Qatar Angel Nieto Team	KTM	162.8	11 Laps
		24	Simone CORSI	ITA	Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2	Kalex	165.8	13 Laps
		11	Nicolo BULEGA	ITA	SKY Racing Team VR46	Kalex	165.6	14 Laps
		62	Stefano MANZI	ITA	MV Agusta Idealavoro Forward	MV Agusta	164.4	14 Laps
		19	Teppei NAGOE	JPN	IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia	Kalex	160.7	17 Laps
Not Finished 1st Lap
		27	Iker LECUONA	SPA	American Racing KTM	KTM		0 Lap

Moto2 World Standing 2019.

Pos.	Rider	Bike	Nation	Points
1	Lorenzo BALDASSARRI	Kalex	ITA	88
2	Alex MARQUEZ	Kalex	SPA	86
3	Thomas LUTHI	Kalex	SWI	84
4	Jorge NAVARRO	Speed Up	SPA	73
5	Marcel SCHROTTER	Kalex	GER	64
6	Luca MARINI	Kalex	ITA	58
7	Augusto FERNANDEZ	Kalex	SPA	54
8	Enea BASTIANINI	Kalex	ITA	45
9	Remy GARDNER	Kalex	AUS	41
10	Brad BINDER	KTM	RSA	39
11	Xavi VIERGE	Kalex	SPA	31
12	Iker LECUONA	KTM	SPA	26
13	Sam LOWES	Kalex	GBR	26
14	Tetsuta NAGASHIMA	Kalex	JPN	24
15	Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO	Speed Up	ITA	19
16	Mattia PASINI	Kalex	ITA	18
17	Andrea LOCATELLI	Kalex	ITA	16
18	Nicolo BULEGA	Kalex	ITA	13
19	Simone CORSI	Kalex	ITA	8
20	Somkiat CHANTRA	Kalex	THA	6
21	Bo BENDSNEYDER	NTS	NED	5
22	Dominique AEGERTER	MV Agusta	SWI	5
23	Khairul Idham PAWI	Kalex	MAL	3
24	Jesko RAFFIN	NTS	SWI	3
25	Joe ROBERTS	KTM	USA	2
26	Jorge MARTIN	KTM	SPA	2
27	Stefano MANZI	MV Agusta	ITA	1
28	Lukas TULOVIC	KTM	GER
29	Marco BEZZECCHI	KTM	ITA
30	Jake DIXON	KTM	GBR
31	Philipp OETTL	KTM	GER
32	Steven ODENDAAL	NTS	RSA
33	Xavi CARDELUS	KTM	AND
34	Gabriele RUIU	MV Agusta	ITA
35	Dimas EKKY PRATAMA	Kalex	INA
36	Teppei NAGOE		JPN

Credits : Photos and content courtesy of Motogp.com

Moto2™ – Alex Marquez (EG 0,0 Marc VDS) masters Mugello to go back-to-back win

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GRAN PREMIO D’ITALIA OAKLEY

Moto2 World Standing 2019.

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