Moto2™ – FlexBox HP40’s Augusto Fernandez fires to Silverstone glory as Marquez crashes out.

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FlexBox HP40’s Augusto Fernandez battled to his second career Moto2™ victory at the GoPro British Grand Prix after a fierce fight at the front with Campetella Speed Up’s Jorge Navarro. Meanwhile, Championship leader (EG 0,0 Marc VDS) made his first mistake of the year by crashing out of the lead in the early stages.

Marquez took the holeshot from pole position and, as we’ve seen all weekend, he was joined at the front by Navarro. The Spaniards broke clear of the chasing pack, with Navarro quite happy to sit in behind Marquez during the first four laps. Then, Navarro decided it was time to make a move and slipped past his compatriot only for the number seventy-three to bite back immediately.

Drama of the highest order would then unfold as the previously perfect Marquez tucked the front into Brooklands whilst leading the British Grand Prix – the second none finish of the season but the first through an error of his own. It handed Navarro the lead but more importantly showed the pack behind that the World Championship was anything but settled.

Red Bull KTM Ajo’s Binder quickly realised back-to-back race wins were well within his reach and began posting fastest lap of the race after fastest lap of the race with Fernandez in pursuit with him. The duo then managed to latch onto the rear wheel of Navarro with less than ten laps remaining. The South African gave himself a handful of laps to eye the Speed Up rider up before with seven to go, Binder hit the front thanks to a move into Brooklands.

Four were left when Navarro reclaimed the lead, with Fernandez still well in contention too. Binder’s rear tyre looked like it had reached the limit as Fernandez swooped into second but Binder was having none of it. The pair were then side-by-side, rubbing shoulder for nearly an entire sector at Silverstone, which only allowed Navarro the opportunity to break further away.

But Fernandez finally cemented a move on Binder and set his sights on Navarro. The duo entered the final lap with Navarro at the front but Fernandez had managed to close in and then find a way through with just half a lap left. Navarro, dreaming of a career first Moto2™ win, then gave it everything into Brooklands on the very last lap and had the lead. But it was only momentary, as the Speed Up rider went in far too hot causing him to run wide but crucially handing the victory to Fernandez.

KTM’s Binder held on to take the final podium place, despite some late tyre trouble and incredible pressure from a determined Remy Gardner (ONEXOX TKKR SAG Team). Now with seven rounds remaining, Marquez’s Championship lead stands at 35 points with three riders sat on 146 points behind – Fernandez, Navarro and Tom Luthi (Dynavolt Intact GP).

ONEXOX TKKR SAG Team’s Tetsuta Nagashima equalled his best Grand Prix finish in a lonely fifth place, six seconds clear of Fabio Di Giannantonio (Campetella Speed Up) in sixth and Lorenzo Baldassarri (FlexBox HP40) in seventh. Lüthi remained second in the championship thanks to his eighth-place finish, with Luca Marini (SKY Racing Team VR46) and Xavi Vierge (EG 0,0 Marc VDS) completing the top ten.

GoPro BRITISH GRAND PRIX

Moto2 Race Classification 2019.

Pos.	Points	Num.	Rider	Nation	Team	Bike	Km/h	Time/Gap
1	25	40	Augusto FERNANDEZ	SPA	FLEXBOX HP 40	Kalex	169.0	37’41.833
2	20	9	Jorge NAVARRO	SPA	Campetella Speed Up	Speed Up	168.9	+0.489
3	16	41	Brad BINDER	RSA	Red Bull KTM Ajo	KTM	168.9	+0.571
4	13	87	Remy GARDNER	AUS	ONEXOX TKKR SAG Team	Kalex	168.9	+0.738
5	11	45	Tetsuta NAGASHIMA	JPN	ONEXOX TKKR SAG Team	Kalex	168.7	+3.276
6	10	21	Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO	ITA	Campetella Speed Up	Speed Up	168.3	+9.065
7	9	7	Lorenzo BALDASSARRI	ITA	FLEXBOX HP 40	Kalex	168.3	+9.108
8	8	12	Thomas LUTHI	SWI	Dynavolt Intact GP	Kalex	168.3	+9.355
9	7	10	Luca MARINI	ITA	SKY Racing Team VR46	Kalex	168.0	+13.119
10	6	97	Xavi VIERGE	SPA	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	Kalex	168.0	+13.753
11	5	27	Iker LECUONA	SPA	American Racing KTM	KTM	167.8	+16.326
12	4	88	Jorge MARTIN	SPA	Red Bull KTM Ajo	KTM	167.8	+16.382
13	3	54	Mattia PASINI	ITA	Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2	Kalex	167.7	+16.829
14	2	23	Marcel SCHROTTER	GER	Dynavolt Intact GP	Kalex	167.7	+17.843
15	1	5	Andrea LOCATELLI	ITA	Italtrans Racing Team	Kalex	167.5	+19.836
16		35	Somkiat CHANTRA	THA	IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia	Kalex	167.4	+20.920
17		62	Stefano MANZI	ITA	MV Agusta Temporary Forward	MV Agusta	167.4	+21.159
18		77	Dominique AEGERTER	SWI	MV Agusta Temporary Forward	MV Agusta	167.3	+22.746
19		72	Marco BEZZECCHI	ITA	Red Bull KTM Tech 3	KTM	167.3	+23.366
20		11	Nicolo BULEGA	ITA	SKY Racing Team VR46	Kalex	167.2	+23.707
21		64	Bo BENDSNEYDER	NED	NTS RW Racing GP	NTS	167.2	+23.906
22		16	Joe ROBERTS	USA	American Racing KTM	KTM	166.8	+28.918
23		96	Jake DIXON	GBR	Sama Qatar Angel Nieto Team	KTM	166.7	+31.491
24		65	Philipp OETTL	GER	Red Bull KTM Tech 3	KTM	166.0	+40.541
25		4	Steven ODENDAAL	RSA	NTS RW Racing GP	NTS	165.5	+47.477
26		3	Lukas TULOVIC	GER	Kiefer Racing	KTM	165.1	+53.613
27		18	Xavi CARDELUS	AND	Sama Qatar Angel Nieto Team	KTM	164.8	+57.669
28		19	Teppei NAGOE	JPN	IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia	Kalex	164.6	+59.780
Not Classified
		22	Sam LOWES	GBR	Federal Oil Gresini Moto2	Kalex	167.8	1 Lap
		38	Bradley SMITH	GBR	Petronas Sprinta Racing	Kalex	166.0	10 Laps
		73	Alex MARQUEZ	SPA	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	Kalex	168.7	13 Laps

Moto2 World Standing 2019.

Pos.	Rider	Bike	Nation	Points
1	Alex MARQUEZ	Kalex	SPA	181
2	Augusto FERNANDEZ	Kalex	SPA	146
3	Thomas LUTHI	Kalex	SWI	146
4	Jorge NAVARRO	Speed Up	SPA	146
5	Brad BINDER	KTM	RSA	125
6	Lorenzo BALDASSARRI	Kalex	ITA	124
7	Marcel SCHROTTER	Kalex	GER	116
8	Luca MARINI	Kalex	ITA	108
9	Enea BASTIANINI	Kalex	ITA	74
10	Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO	Speed Up	ITA	69
11	Tetsuta NAGASHIMA	Kalex	JPN	63
12	Remy GARDNER	Kalex	AUS	57
13	Iker LECUONA	KTM	SPA	46
14	Xavi VIERGE	Kalex	SPA	45
15	Andrea LOCATELLI	Kalex	ITA	39
16	Sam LOWES	Kalex	GBR	38
17	Nicolo BULEGA	Kalex	ITA	28
18	Mattia PASINI	Kalex	ITA	27
19	Jorge MARTIN	KTM	SPA	26
20	Dominique AEGERTER	MV Agusta	SWI	12
21	Somkiat CHANTRA	Kalex	THA	11
22	Stefano MANZI	MV Agusta	ITA	10
23	Simone CORSI	Kalex	ITA	10
24	Marco BEZZECCHI	KTM	ITA	10
25	Bo BENDSNEYDER	NTS	NED	6
26	Jake DIXON	KTM	GBR	4
27	Joe ROBERTS	KTM	USA	4
28	Lukas TULOVIC	KTM	GER	3
29	Khairul Idham PAWI	Kalex	MAL	3
30	Jesko RAFFIN	NTS	SWI	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	MV Agusta	ITA
37	Teppei NAGOE	Kalex	JPN
38	Bradley SMITH		GBR

Credits : Photos and content courtesy of motogp.com

Moto2™ – FlexBox HP40’s Augusto Fernandez fires to Silverstone glory as Marquez crashes out.

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GoPro BRITISH GRAND PRIX

Moto2 World Standing 2019.

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