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Moto2™ – Augusto Fernandez (Red Bull KTM Ajo) beats Ogura and Dixon in Assen cliffhanger.

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The Moto2™ World Championship sits on a knife edge going into the summer break after Augusto Fernandez picked up his second win in a row, at the Motul TT Assen. The Red Bull KTM Ajo rider has moved into a share of the points lead with Celestino Vietti (Mooney VR46 Racing Team), who finished fourth at the TT Circuit Assen. Ai Ogura (Idemitsu Honda Team Asia) sits just a point further back after somehow staying on his bike and hauling his way back from as low as 16th to claim second on the day, with pole-sitter Jake Dixon (Inde GASGAS Aspar Team) completing the podium.

It was as you were when the race got underway as far as the top two was concerned, with Dixon leading Inde GASGAS Aspar team-mate Albert Arenas into the first corner. Alonso Lopez (MB Conveyers Speed Up), however, had launched well from fifth on the grid before passing Arenas for second at De Strubben and then Dixon for first at Stekkenwal. Marcel Schrötter (Liqui Moly Intact GP) moved into third when he passed Arenas at the Geert Timmer Chicane on Lap 4, in what was something of a breakaway quartet at the head of the field.

However, Fernandez reeled them in and he gladly took fourth position when Arenas made a small error at De Strubben on Lap 5. Then, just up the road at De Bult, Schrötter picked off Dixon to move into second position and Arenas got back ahead of Fernandez, as home hero Bo Bendsneyder (Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team) lurked in sixth spot.

Arenas got back into the podium places when he overtook Dixon at the Timmer Chicane on Lap 7, before Schrötter hit the front for the first time when he got past Lopez as they ran down the back straight on Lap 8. Fernandez passed Dixon for fourth at De Strubben on Lap 9, before Lopez ceded second position to Arenas and third to Fernandez on a ragged 10th lap of the race.

Schrötter looked like he might finally break through for his first Grand Prix victory until disaster struck for the German on Lap 12, when he crashed out at De Strubben and handed the lead to Arenas. On Lap 13, Lopez re-passed Fernandez at the Timmer Chicane, but the German GP winner prised second position back from the man on the Boscoscuro chassis at De Strubben on Lap 15.

Meanwhile, Vietti and Ogura, who started the race as the top two in the Championship, were closing in on the lead group as they battled over eighth position. Both were on a comeback after tough starts to the race, Vietti having only qualified 11th before finding himself even further away from the top 10 in the opening corners, and Ogura having two big rear end moments within the first handful of laps which had dumped the Japanese rider as far back as 16th.

Lopez dropped three positions to sixth when he ran wide exiting Haarbocht on Lap 16, promoting Dixon to the podium places again, as Vietti received a track limits warning. What would turn out to be the decisive lead change came on Lap 17 when Fernandez went underneath Arenas at De Strubben, while Bendsneyder sent the Dutch crowd wild when he passed Dixon for third just behind them. Unfortunately for the man from Rotterdam, he undid his good work with a slow run off the Timmer Chicane at the end of the lap. He was picked off by not only Dixon, but also Cameron Beaubier (American Racing), who got ahead of both of them.

Dixon re-passed Beaubier moments later at De Strubben, and signalled to the American that they should work together to catch the top two of Fernandez and Arenas, who had taken advantage of the battle for third place to skip several tenths of a second clear. They did just that, as Ogura moved into the top five with a pass on Bendsneyder at the start of Lap 19, which opened the door for Vietti to follow him through.

Ogura’s progress continued when he got through on Beaubier at De Strubben on Lap 20, while Dixon took second place from Arenas at the Timmer Chicane on that same lap. At the start of Lap 21, Beaubier crashed out of fifth position as he came under big pressure from Vietti, and Ogura was into the top three – 13 positions higher than he had been when he nearly got chucked off his bike for the second time – by passing Arenas.

The Japanese rider went down the inside of Dixon for second position as they turned into Haarbocht on Lap 22, and Arenas got back in front of the Briton at the Timmer Chicane. Dixon got him back at the start of Lap 23, the penultimate tour of Assen, and Arenas was out of the race altogether when he dropped it at De Bult. That crash promoted Vietti to fourth, behind a top three of Fernandez, Ogura, and Dixon, and that is how they would finish – all within a second of each other – after an astonishing Dutch GP for the Moto2™ field.

Bendsneyder claimed fifth on home soil and Lopez, who had started to become somewhat ragged, got home in sixth, ahead of Tony Arbolino (Elf Marc VDS Racing Team), Joe Roberts (Italtrans Racing Team), Manuel Gonzalez (Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Team), and Filip Salac (Gresini Racing Moto2™). Also in the points, from 11th onwards, were Fermin Aldeguer (MB Conveyors Speed Up), Jorge Navarro (Flexbox HP40), Somkiat Chantra (Idemitsu Honda Team Asia), Jeremy Alcoba (Liwui Moly Intact GP), and Barry Baltus (RW Racing GP). Sam Lowes (Elf Marc VDS Racing Team) was a notable among the non-finishers, throwing away third when he ran well wide at the first corner of the race, then crashing out altogether on only Lap 4.

That’s it for another thrilling Assen weekend for the Moto2™ field. After the summer break, the season resumed with Round 12, the Monster Energy British Grand Prix, at the Silverstone Circuit on August 5-7

Moto2™ Race Top 10:

1. Augusto Fernandez (Red Bull KTM Ajo)
2. Ai Ogura (Idemitsu Honda Team Asia) + 0.660
3. Jake Dixon (Inde GASGAS Aspar Team) + 0.725
4. Celestino Vietti (Mooney VR46 Racing Team) + 0.758
5. Bo Bendsneyder (Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team) + 1.485
6. Alonso Lopez (MB Conveyors Speed Up) + 5.417
7. Tony Arbolino (Elf Marc VDS Racing Team) + 5.553
8. Joe Roberts (Italtrans Racing Team) + 7.396
9. Manuel Gonzalez (Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Team) + 7.589
10. Filip Salac (Gresini Racing Moto2) + 7.691.

Motul TT Assen

Moto2™ RAC Classification 2022

TT Circuit Assen

June 26th 2022
21º C
Partly-Cloudy
Track condition: Dry
Humidity: 63%
Ground: 30º
1 25 37 Augusto Fernandez ES Red Bull KTM Ajo Kalex 167.1 39’07.1330
2 20 79 Ai Ogura JP IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia Kalex 167.1 +0.660
3 16 96 Jake Dixon GB Inde GASGAS Aspar Team Kalex 167.1 +0.725
4 13 13 Celestino Vietti IT Mooney VR46 Racing Team Kalex 167.1 +0.758
5 11 64 Bo Bendsneyder NL Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team Kalex 167 +1.485
6 10 21 Alonso Lopez ES MB Conveyors Speed Up Boscoscuro 166.8 +5.417
7 9 14 Tony Arbolino IT Elf Marc VDS Racing Team Kalex 166.8 +5.553
8 8 16 Joe Roberts US Italtrans Racing Team Kalex 166.6 +7.396
9 7 18 Manuel Gonzalez ES Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Team Kalex 166.6 +7.589
10 6 12 Filip Salac CZ Gresini Racing Moto2 Kalex 166.6 +7.691
11 5 54 Fermín Aldeguer ES MB Conveyors Speed Up Boscoscuro 166.5 +9.322
12 4 9 Jorge Navarro ES Flexbox HP40 Kalex 166.1 +15.028
13 3 35 Somkiat Chantra TH IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia Kalex 165.9 +17.443
14 2 52 Jeremy Alcoba ES Liqui Moly Intact GP Kalex 165.8 +19.188
15 1 7 Barry Baltus BE RW Racing GP Kalex 165.8 +19.256
16 19 Lorenzo Dalla Porta IT Italtrans Racing Team Kalex 165.7 +19.898
17 42 Marcos Ramirez ES MV Agusta Forward Racing MV Agusta 165.1 +28.669
18 84 Zonta Van Den Goorbergh NL RW Racing GP Kalex 165.1 +28.787
19 4 Sean Dylan Kelly US American Racing Kalex 164 +44.544
20 24 Simone Corsi IT MV Agusta Forward Racing MV Agusta 164 +44.612
21 81 Keminth Kubo TH Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Team Kalex 163.6 +50.836
22 55 Alex Toledo ES Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team Kalex 163.6 +51.009
28 Niccolò Antonelli IT Mooney VR46 Racing Team Kalex 164 2 laps
75 Albert Arenas ES Inde GASGAS Aspar Team Kalex 167 2 laps
6 Cameron Beaubier US American Racing Kalex 166.9 4 laps
61 Alessandro Zaccone IT Gresini Racing Moto2 Kalex 163.5 11 laps
23 Marcel Schrotter DE Liqui Moly Intact GP Kalex 166.6 13 laps
22 Sam Lowes GB Elf Marc VDS Racing Team Kalex 160.7 21 laps

Championship Standings Moto2™ 2022

Moto2™ Championship 2022

1 13 Celestino Vietti IT Mooney VR46 Racing Team Kalex 146
2 37 Augusto Fernandez ES Red Bull KTM Ajo Kalex 146
3 79 Ai Ogura JP IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia Kalex 145
4 40 Aron Canet ES Flexbox HP40 Kalex 116
5 14 Tony Arbolino IT Elf Marc VDS Racing Team Kalex 104
6 16 Joe Roberts US Italtrans Racing Team Kalex 97
7 23 Marcel Schrotter DE Liqui Moly Intact GP Kalex 88
8 96 Jake Dixon GB Inde GASGAS Aspar Team Kalex 76
9 51 Pedro Acosta ES Red Bull KTM Ajo Kalex 75
10 35 Somkiat Chantra TH IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia Kalex 69
11 9 Jorge Navarro ES Flexbox HP40 Kalex 62
12 64 Bo Bendsneyder NL Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team Kalex 55
13 22 Sam Lowes GB Elf Marc VDS Racing Team Kalex 51
14 75 Albert Arenas ES Inde GASGAS Aspar Team Kalex 45
15 6 Cameron Beaubier US American Racing Kalex 40
16 18 Manuel Gonzalez ES Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Team Kalex 39
17 54 Fermín Aldeguer ES MB Conveyors Speed Up Boscoscuro 37
18 21 Alonso Lopez ES MB Conveyors Speed Up Boscoscuro 35
19 52 Jeremy Alcoba ES Liqui Moly Intact GP Kalex 33
20 7 Barry Baltus BE RW Racing GP Kalex 16
21 12 Filip Salac CZ Gresini Racing Moto2 Kalex 14
22 19 Lorenzo Dalla Porta IT Italtrans Racing Team Kalex 10
23 62 Stefano Manzi IT Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Team Kalex 9
24 5 Romano Fenati IT MB Conveyors Speed Up Boscoscuro 7
25 2 Gabriel Rodrigo AR Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team Kalex 6
26 61 Alessandro Zaccone IT Gresini Racing Moto2 Kalex 6
27 42 Marcos Ramirez ES MV Agusta Forward Racing MV Agusta 5
28 81 Keminth Kubo TH Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Team Kalex 4
29 4 Sean Dylan Kelly US American Racing Kalex 3
30 11 Mattia Pasini IT Inde GASGAS Aspar Team Kalex 1
31 24 Simone Corsi IT MV Agusta Forward Racing MV Agusta 0
32 84 Zonta Van Den Goorbergh NL RW Racing GP Kalex 0
33 28 Niccolò Antonelli IT Mooney VR46 Racing Team Kalex 0
34 55 Alex Toledo ES Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team Kalex 0
35 74 Piotr Biesiekirski PL Pertamina Mandalika SAG EUVIC Kalex 0

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