Moto2™: Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Ajo) makes it a hat-trick to sign off from Moto2™ in style.

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Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Ajo) leaves the intermediate class on a high after taking his fifth win of the year – and third in a row – in the Gran Premio Motul de la Comunitat Valenciana. The South African played his cards to perfection to out-duel his main rival for second overall, Tom Lüthi (Dynavolt Intact GP), with the Swiss rider forced to settle for second on the day and third in the standings. Jorge Navarro (MB Conveyors Speed Up) completed the podium on true home turf, the Valencian taking his eighth podium of the year.

Jorge Martin (Red Bull KTM Ajo) took the holeshot from second on the grid, with Lüthi up into second and Binder making a storming getaway to soon attack Navarro for third. Stefano Manzi (MV Agusta Temporary Forward) was one big loser off the front row as he got shuffled down to sixth, but the field remained tightly packed for the first lap and for many it stayed that way to the end – including the battle at the front.

Two men soon emerged in the early stages, however: Binder and Lüthi. The duo, fighting over second overall in the standings, didn’t take long to take their duel to the front, with Navarro the man on the chase. A couple of laps later the gaps between the front three were pretty equal though, with Martin left heading the fight for fourth ahead of Manzi.

Lüthi, however, was turning the screw, and the Swiss rider was able to start pulling out another gap. But Binder was able to respond, and not too long after Navarro and Manzi, who had dispatched Martin, had closed in too. It was a concertina between two duels and a four-way fight, but Binder had a plan.

Leaving it late, the South African pounced to perfection with a couple of laps to go, then pulling the pin and blasting away to give himself a gap. Uncatchable, Binder crossed the line seven tenths clear for his fifth win of the season.

He also, therefore, beat Lüthi both on the day and in the standings overall as the Swiss rider was forced to settle for second, able to stay clear of the clutches of Navarro and Manzi. The duel got even closer at the final corner as the Italian looked to be sizing up and move and then tried to out-drag the Speed Up to the line, but it wasn’t to be and Navarro took yet another podium to end his season on a high on home turf.

Martin was fifth as he managed to fend off an Augusto Fernandez (Flexbox HP 40) on the charge, with Xavi Vierge (EG 0,0 Marc VDS) not too far off the two ahead of him either and taking P7. Luca Marini (Sky Racing Team VR46) finished off his season in eighth, just pipping Fabio Di Giannantonio (MB Conveyors Speed Up). But the number 21 wrapped up Rookie of the Year with ninth place, with closest rival Enea Bastianini (Italtrans Racing Team) in P13.

Sam Lowes (Federal Oil Gresini Moto2) completed the top ten, with a bit of breathing space back to Mattia Pasini (Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2). Dominique Aegerter (MV Agusta Temporary Forward) was 13th and made it two MVs in the points, ahead of Bastianini.

Jake Dixon took fourteenth and rounded out his time with the Inde Angel Nieto Team with his best weekend of the season, with Remy Gardner (ONEXOX TKKR SAG Team) completing the points.

Newly-crowned Champion Alex Marquez (EG 0,0 Marc VDS), meanwhile, made a great start to move up into fifth by the latter stages of the race, but disaster struck for the number 73 at Turn 11 as he slid out of contention.

That’s it from 2019 and an incredible season of racing in the intermediate class. You could say it was a triumph, and it certainly was for the top three: Marquez’ points advantage was just three after the final race, with Binder’s brilliant win securing him second overall. Lüthi’s podium assured him third, with Navarro’s doing the same for fourth.

Top 10:
1. Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Ajo)
2. Tom Lüthi (Dynavolt Intact GP) + 0.735
3. Jorge Navarro (MB Conveyors Speed Up) + 1.045
4. Stefano Manzi (MV Agusta Temporary Forward) + 1.185
5. Jorge Martin (Red Bull KTM Ajo) + 8.066
6. Augusto Fernandez (FlexBox HP 40) + 8.311
7. Xavi Vierge (EG 0,0 Marc VDS) + 9.922
8. Luca Marini (SKY Racing Team VR46) + 11.085
9. Fabio Di Giannantonio (MB Conveyors Speed Up) + 11.739
10. Sam Lowes (Federal Oil Gresini Moto2) + 12.362.

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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	150.7	25’30.766
2	20	12	Thomas LUTHI	SWI	Dynavolt Intact GP	Kalex	150.6	+0.735
3	16	9	Jorge NAVARRO	SPA	MB Conveyors Speed Up	Speed Up	150.5	+1.045
4	13	62	Stefano MANZI	ITA	MV Agusta Temporary Forward	MV Agusta	150.5	+1.185
5	11	88	Jorge MARTIN	SPA	Red Bull KTM Ajo	KTM	149.9	+8.066
6	10	40	Augusto FERNANDEZ	SPA	FLEXBOX HP 40	Kalex	149.8	+8.311
7	9	97	Xavi VIERGE	SPA	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	Kalex	149.7	+9.922
8	8	10	Luca MARINI	ITA	SKY Racing Team VR46	Kalex	149.6	+11.085
9	7	21	Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO	ITA	MB Conveyors Speed Up	Speed Up	149.5	+11.739
10	6	22	Sam LOWES	GBR	Federal Oil Gresini Moto2	Kalex	149.4	+12.362
11	5	54	Mattia PASINI	ITA	Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2	Kalex	149.0	+16.620
12	4	77	Dominique AEGERTER	SWI	MV Agusta Temporary Forward	MV Agusta	149.0	+17.160
13	3	96	Jake DIXON	GBR	Inde Angel Nieto Team	KTM	148.9	+17.595
14	2	33	Enea BASTIANINI	ITA	Italtrans Racing Team	Kalex	148.9	+17.624
15	1	87	Remy GARDNER	AUS	ONEXOX TKKR SAG Team	Kalex	148.9	+17.835
16		23	Marcel SCHROTTER	GER	Dynavolt Intact GP	Kalex	148.9	+18.090
17		7	Lorenzo BALDASSARRI	ITA	FLEXBOX HP 40	Kalex	148.9	+18.251
18		16	Joe ROBERTS	USA	American Racing KTM	KTM	148.9	+18.434
19		72	Marco BEZZECCHI	ITA	Red Bull KTM Tech 3	KTM	148.7	+19.829
20		5	Andrea LOCATELLI	ITA	Italtrans Racing Team	Kalex	149.0	+20.278
21		45	Tetsuta NAGASHIMA	JPN	ONEXOX TKKR SAG Team	Kalex	148.7	+20.298
22		11	Nicolo BULEGA	ITA	SKY Racing Team VR46	Kalex	148.7	+20.362
23		35	Somkiat CHANTRA	THA	IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia	Kalex	148.7	+20.280
24		64	Bo BENDSNEYDER	NED	NTS RW Racing GP	NTS	148.2	+25.732
25		20	Dimas EKKY PRATAMA	INA	IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia	Kalex	147.9	+28.179
26		65	Philipp OETTL	GER	Red Bull KTM Tech 3	KTM	147.9	+28.392
27		70	Tommaso MARCON	ITA	NTS RW Racing GP	NTS	147.5	+32.617
28		18	Xavi CARDELUS	AND	Inde Angel Nieto Team	KTM	147.1	+37.281
29		47	Adam NORRODIN	MAL	Petronas Sprinta Racing	Kalex	147.1	+37.410
30		73	Alex MARQUEZ	SPA	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	Kalex	142.3	+1’29.344
Not Classified
		69	Sean Dylan KELLY	USA	American Racing KTM	KTM	147.0	2 Laps
		3	Lukas TULOVIC	GER	Kiefer Racing	KTM	141.8	11 Laps

Moto2 World Standing 2019.

Pos.	Rider	Bike	Nation	Points
1	Alex MARQUEZ	Kalex	SPA	262
2	Brad BINDER	KTM	RSA	259
3	Thomas LUTHI	Kalex	SWI	250
4	Jorge NAVARRO	Speed Up	SPA	226
5	Augusto FERNANDEZ	Kalex	SPA	207
6	Luca MARINI	Kalex	ITA	190
7	Lorenzo BALDASSARRI	Kalex	ITA	171
8	Marcel SCHROTTER	Kalex	GER	137
9	Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO	Speed Up	ITA	108
10	Enea BASTIANINI	Kalex	ITA	97
11	Jorge MARTIN	KTM	SPA	94
12	Iker LECUONA	KTM	SPA	90
13	Xavi VIERGE	Kalex	SPA	81
14	Tetsuta NAGASHIMA	Kalex	JPN	78
15	Remy GARDNER	Kalex	AUS	77
16	Sam LOWES	Kalex	GBR	66
17	Nicolo BULEGA	Kalex	ITA	48
18	Andrea LOCATELLI	Kalex	ITA	46
19	Stefano MANZI	MV Agusta	ITA	39
20	Mattia PASINI	Kalex	ITA	35
21	Somkiat CHANTRA	Kalex	THA	23
22	Dominique AEGERTER	MV Agusta	SWI	19
23	Marco BEZZECCHI	KTM	ITA	17
24	Simone CORSI	NTS	ITA	10
25	Jake DIXON	KTM	GBR	7
26	Bo BENDSNEYDER	NTS	NED	7
27	Jesko RAFFIN	NTS	SWI	6
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	Dimas EKKY PRATAMA	Kalex	INA
35	Xavi CARDELUS	KTM	AND
36	Gabriele RUIU	Kalex	ITA
37	Adam NORRODIN	Kalex	MAL
38	Andi Farid IZDIHAR	Kalex	INA
39	Teppei NAGOE	Kalex	JPN
40	Tommaso MARCON	NTS	ITA
41	Gerry SALIM	Kalex	INA
42	Sean Dylan KELLY		USA

Credits : Photos and content courtesy of motogp.com

Moto2™: Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Ajo) makes it a hat-trick to sign off from Moto2™ in style.

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Moto2 World Standing 2019.

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