Moto2™: Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Ajo) keeps Moto2™ title hopes alive with victory.

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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

Credits : Photos and content courtesy of motogp.com

Moto2™: Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Ajo) keeps Moto2™ title hopes alive with victory.

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Moto2 World Standing 2019.

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