Moto2™: EG 0,0 Marc VDS’ Alex Marquez crowned Moto2™ World Champion despite Binder win.

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EG 0,0 Marc VDS’ Alex Marquez is the 2019 Moto2™ World Champion after coming across the line second at the Shell Malaysia Motorcycle Grand Prix behind Red Bull KTM Ajo’s Brad Binder, who did all he could to take the title fight down to the final round by taking his fourth win of the season.

It was the South African who took the holeshot from the outside of the front row of the grid with Marquez settling into second having started from pole. The pair began to pull clear of ONEXOX TKKR SAG Team’s Tetsuta Nagashima, who had his eye on a debut intermediate class podium.

As the fight for the World Championship raged at the front, the battle over being crowned Rookie of the Year in Moto2™ took not one, not two but three twists as leading contenders Fabio Di Giannantonio (Beta Tools Speed Up), Enea Bastianini (Italtrans Racing Team) and Jorge Martin (Red Bull KTM Ajo) all crashed out in the space of two laps.

On lap four, Binder made a mistake into Turn 14, running extremely wide and consequently gifting the lead to Marquez. The Spaniard had 15 laps ahead of him with the 2019 Moto2™ crown now insight. Binder, however, would make him work for it and, with now 12 laps remaining, he made the first lunge under Marquez to try to reclaim the lead. He would run wide at Turn 15, alllowing Marquez back through, but quickly tucked in behind the Kalex before pulling out and diving through on the brakes into the first corner.

The pair’s squabble at the front would allow Nagashima and another title protagonist in the form of Tom Lüthi (Dynavolt Intact GP) back into the mix too. That was before Nagashima had a huge moment as he wound it up onto the back straight and, as a result, the Japanese rider slipped back to fourth and lost touch with Marquez. Now it was up to Lüthi to try to stop Marquez from wrapping up the title.

As the Swiss rider pushed hard and tried to get to within half a second of the number 73 ahead of him, Sam Lowes (Federal Oil Gresini Moto2) and Remy Gardner (ONEXOX TKKR SAG Team) had a coming together at Turn 9. The Briton tried to squeeze past the Aussie but got it all wrong and ended up taking both of them out of top ten contention.

The laps ticked away and the pressure mounted, but Marquez didn’t fold as the leading trio entered the final lap. No last lap drama followed, meaning Binder came out of the final corner and celebrated a fourth intermediate class victory of the season but there were wilder celebrations just half a second later when Marquez crossed the line and became the first man in history to have won the Moto3™ and Moto2™ World Championships. Lüthi took third and a seventh rostrum of the season, but the sixteen points weren’t enough to hold onto second in the standings as Binder leapfrogged him.

Fourth place went the way of Xavi Vierge (EG 0,0 Marc VDS) having got the better of Jorge Navarro (Beta Tools Speed Up) in the final laps. Iker Lecuona (American Racing KTM) came across the line in a lonely sixth, with Lorenzo Baldassarri (FlexBox HP40) three-quarters of a second behind in seventh. Nagashima eventually faded in the closing stages and ended up eighth despite being in podium contention up to half race distance. The top ten was completed by Marcel Schrötter (Dynavolt Intact GP) in ninth and Luca Marini (SKY Racing Team VR46) in tenth.

With only two riders from the intermediate class making the step up to MotoGP™ in 2020, Binder and Lecuona, there’s some serious momentum to be built at the final round of the year in Valencia. Who will take the title fight to Marquez in 2020? You’re likely to get your best indication in two weeks.

Top 10:
1. Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Ajo)
2. Alex Marquez (EG 0,0 Marc VDS) + 0.758
3. Tom Lüthi (Dynavolt Intact GP) + 2.683
4. Xavi Vierge (EG 0,0 Marc VDS) + 6.646
5. Jorge Navarro (Beta Tools Speed Up) + 7.114
6. Iker Lecuona (monday.com American Racing) + 8.582
7. Lorenzo Baldassarri (FlexBox HP 40) + 9.232
8. Tetsuta Nagashima (ONEXOX TKKR SAG Team) + 10.180
9. Marcel Schrötter (Dynavolt Intact GP) + 10.807
10. Luca Marini (SKY Racing Team VR46) + 14.585.

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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	156.9	38’07.843
2	20	73	Alex MARQUEZ	SPA	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	Kalex	156.9	+0.758
3	16	12	Thomas LUTHI	SWI	Dynavolt Intact GP	Kalex	156.8	+2.683
4	13	97	Xavi VIERGE	SPA	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	Kalex	156.5	+6.646
5	11	9	Jorge NAVARRO	SPA	Beta Tools Speed Up	Speed Up	156.5	+7.114
6	10	27	Iker LECUONA	SPA	American Racing KTM	KTM	156.4	+8.582
7	9	7	Lorenzo BALDASSARRI	ITA	FLEXBOX HP 40	Kalex	156.3	+9.232
8	8	45	Tetsuta NAGASHIMA	JPN	ONEXOX TKKR SAG Team	Kalex	156.3	+10.180
9	7	23	Marcel SCHROTTER	GER	Dynavolt Intact GP	Kalex	156.2	+10.807
10	6	10	Luca MARINI	ITA	SKY Racing Team VR46	Kalex	156.0	+14.585
11	5	40	Augusto FERNANDEZ	SPA	FLEXBOX HP 40	Kalex	155.8	+16.521
12	4	11	Nicolo BULEGA	ITA	SKY Racing Team VR46	Kalex	155.4	+22.333
13	3	54	Mattia PASINI	ITA	Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2	Kalex	155.4	+23.326
14	2	87	Remy GARDNER	AUS	ONEXOX TKKR SAG Team	Kalex	155.3	+23.810
15	1	77	Dominique AEGERTER	SWI	MV Agusta Temporary Forward	MV Agusta	155.3	+24.002
16		5	Andrea LOCATELLI	ITA	Italtrans Racing Team	Kalex	155.3	+24.055
17		96	Jake DIXON	GBR	Gaviota Angel Nieto Team	KTM	155.1	+27.663
18		20	Dimas EKKY PRATAMA	INA	IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia	Kalex	155.0	+29.455
19		16	Joe ROBERTS	USA	American Racing KTM	KTM	154.9	+30.896
20		2	Jesko RAFFIN	SWI	NTS RW Racing GP	NTS	154.4	+37.044
21		65	Philipp OETTL	GER	Red Bull KTM Tech 3	KTM	153.6	+50.548
22		3	Lukas TULOVIC	GER	Kiefer Racing	KTM	153.3	+54.921
23		18	Xavi CARDELUS	AND	Gaviota Angel Nieto Team	KTM	152.9	+1’00.678
24		33	Enea BASTIANINI	ITA	Italtrans Racing Team	Kalex	144.1	1 Lap
Not Classified
		22	Sam LOWES	GBR	Federal Oil Gresini Moto2	Kalex	155.4	5 Laps
		72	Marco BEZZECCHI	ITA	Red Bull KTM Tech 3	KTM	155.8	6 Laps
		62	Stefano MANZI	ITA	MV Agusta Temporary Forward	MV Agusta	149.3	8 Laps
		35	Somkiat CHANTRA	THA	IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia	Kalex	143.9	10 Laps
		21	Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO	ITA	Beta Tools Speed Up	Speed Up	119.7	11 Laps
		47	Adam NORRODIN	MAL	Petronas Sprinta Racing	Kalex	153.2	13 Laps
		88	Jorge MARTIN	SPA	Red Bull KTM Ajo	KTM	152.7	16 Laps
Not Finished 1st Lap
		64	Bo BENDSNEYDER	NED	NTS RW Racing GP	NTS		0 Lap

Moto2 World Standing 2019.

Pos.	Rider	Bike	Nation	Points
1	Alex MARQUEZ	Kalex	SPA	262
2	Brad BINDER	KTM	RSA	234
3	Thomas LUTHI	Kalex	SWI	230
4	Jorge NAVARRO	Speed Up	SPA	210
5	Augusto FERNANDEZ	Kalex	SPA	197
6	Luca MARINI	Kalex	ITA	182
7	Lorenzo BALDASSARRI	Kalex	ITA	171
8	Marcel SCHROTTER	Kalex	GER	137
9	Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO	Speed Up	ITA	101
10	Enea BASTIANINI	Kalex	ITA	95
11	Iker LECUONA	KTM	SPA	90
12	Jorge MARTIN	KTM	SPA	83
13	Tetsuta NAGASHIMA	Kalex	JPN	78
14	Remy GARDNER	Kalex	AUS	76
15	Xavi VIERGE	Kalex	SPA	72
16	Sam LOWES	Kalex	GBR	60
17	Nicolo BULEGA	Kalex	ITA	48
18	Andrea LOCATELLI	Kalex	ITA	46
19	Mattia PASINI	Kalex	ITA	30
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	15
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	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	Gerry SALIM	Kalex	INA

Credits : Photos and content courtesy of motogp.com

Moto2™: EG 0,0 Marc VDS’ Alex Marquez crowned Moto2™ World Champion despite Binder win.

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