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Moto2™: Francesco Bagnaia (SKY Racing Team VR46) takes maiden win as Bagnaia is crowned Champion

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Francesco Bagnaia (SKY Racing Team VR46) clinched the 2018 Moto2™ World Championship at the Shell Malaysia Motorcycle Grand Prix after finishing P3 at Sepang. The Italian finished behind title rival Miguel Oliveira (Red Bull KTM Ajo) to seal the title, with teammate Luca Marini making it a memorable day for SKY Racing Team VR46 as he secured his maiden Grand Prix victory.

As the lights went out, both the main riders in the Championship got off to a flyer. However Marini it was who led coming out of Turn 1 after a messy opening corner for his fellow front row starters; Fabio Quartararo (MB Conveyors – Speed Up) and Alex Marquez (EG 0,0 Marc VDS) both running in hot. This allowed Bagnaia and Oliveira to slip through up the inside to get into P2 and P3. Pretty much the perfect getaway for ‘Pecco’, who slotted in behind teammate Marini.

Marini then got himself into a rhythm at the front, with Bagnaia and Oliveira battling away for P2 – the title firmly in Bagnaia’s hands at this early stage of the race, even with Oliveira making a pass stick at Turn 4 with 12 laps to go. The Portuguese rider locked his radar on race leader Marini, who now had a second lead, with Bagnaia slipping into the clutches of compatriot Mattia Pasini (Italtrans Racing Team), with pole sitter Marquez and Lorenzo Baldassarri (Pons HP40) also in hot pursuit of the Championship leader.

Oliveira had reeled in Marini 11 laps remaining, with a win for the KTM rider enough to take the title chase down to Valencia if Bagnaia dropped below the podium positions. With six laps to go, it seemed the battle for the win was between Marini and Oliveira, with both Baldassarri and Marquez losing touch in the battle for the final podium spot – Pasini though remained 0.4 behind countryman Bagnaia.

In sweltering Sepang conditions, Marini was being made to sweat by Oliveira as he continued to look strong for a first Grand Prix win. But the Italian was on rails as he soaked up the pressure from the KTM behind and with two laps to go, a 0.7 gap had appeared. Going into the final lap, Marini had the biggest lead he’d had for a while, with Bagnaia sitting comfortably in a Championship clinching P3 – over a second was the cushion back to Pasini.

As the chequered flag was waved it was double delight for SKY Racing Team VR46 as Marini took a magnificent maiden Grand Prix victory, with Bagnaia coming home third to seal the 2018 Moto2™ World Championship. Oliveira didn’t go down without a fight as he took P2 at the Sepang International Circuit – his 11th podium of the season.

Pasini crossed the line in P4, with Quartararo rounding out the top five after getting the better of sixth place Baldassarri and seventh place Marquez in the latter stages. Australian GP winner Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Ajo) took P8 in Malaysia, with Marcel Schrotter (Dynavolt Intact GP) and Joan Mir (EG 0,0 Marc VDS) rounding out the top ten in P9 and P10 respectively.

Iker Lecuona (Swiss Innovative Investors), Xavi Cardelus (Marinelli Snipers Team), Remy Gardner (Tech 3 Racing), Tetsuta Nagashima (Idemistu Honda Team Asia), Niki Tuuli (Petronas Sprinta Racing) and Augusto Fernandez (Pons HP40) crashed out.

Just like the lightweight class, the 2018 intermediate class crown was decided in Malaysia and it went the way of ‘Pecco’. A stunning season for the Italian, with teammate Marini continuing his fantastic 2018.

SHELL MALAYSIA MOTORCYCLE GRAND PRIX

Moto2 Race Classification 2018.

Pos. Points Num. Rider Nation Team Bike Km/h Time/Gap
1 25 10 Luca MARINI ITA SKY Racing Team VR46 Kalex 155.7 38’25.689
2 20 44 Miguel OLIVEIRA POR Red Bull KTM Ajo KTM 155.7 +1.194
3 16 42 Francesco BAGNAIA ITA SKY Racing Team VR46 Kalex 155.5 +3.020
4 13 54 Mattia PASINI ITA Italtrans Racing Team Kalex 155.4 +4.497
5 11 20 Fabio QUARTARARO FRA MB Conveyors – Speed Up Speed Up 155.4 +5.250
6 10 7 Lorenzo BALDASSARRI ITA Pons HP40 Kalex 155.4 +5.305
7 9 73 Alex MARQUEZ SPA EG 0,0 Marc VDS Kalex 155.2 +7.690
8 8 41 Brad BINDER RSA Red Bull KTM Ajo KTM 155.1 +8.943
9 7 23 Marcel SCHROTTER GER Dynavolt Intact GP Kalex 155.1 +9.687
10 6 36 Joan MIR SPA EG 0,0 Marc VDS Kalex 154.5 +18.547
11 5 97 Xavi VIERGE SPA Dynavolt Intact GP Kalex 154.5 +18.816
12 4 5 Andrea LOCATELLI ITA Italtrans Racing Team Kalex 154.4 +19.739
13 3 9 Jorge NAVARRO SPA Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 Kalex 154.3 +21.177
14 2 77 Dominique AEGERTER SWI Kiefer Racing KTM 154.3 +21.960
15 1 22 Sam LOWES GBR Swiss Innovative Investors KTM 153.9 +26.875
16 24 Simone CORSI ITA Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2 Kalex 153.8 +28.515
17 89 Khairul Idham PAWI MAL IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia Kalex 153.8 +28.802
18 16 Joe ROBERTS USA NTS RW Racing GP NTS 153.7 +29.791
19 2 Jesko RAFFIN SWI SAG Team Kalex 153.7 +30.557
20 57 Edgar PONS SPA MB Conveyors – Speed Up Speed Up 153.7 +31.069
21 4 Steven ODENDAAL RSA NTS RW Racing GP NTS 153.2 +38.430
22 95 Jules DANILO FRA Nashi Argan SAG Team Kalex 152.9 +42.930
23 30 Dimas EKKY PRATAMA INA Tech 3 Racing Tech 3 151.9 +57.507
24 32 Isaac VIÑALES SPA Forward Racing Team Suter 151.9 +57.910
25 21 Federico FULIGNI ITA Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2 Kalex 151.5 +1’03.737
26 50 Rafid Topan SUCIPTO INA Forward Racing Team Suter 147.8 +2’04.066
Not Classified
40 Augusto FERNANDEZ SPA Pons HP40 Kalex 154.8 10 Laps
66 Niki TUULI FIN Petronas Sprinta Racing Kalex 152.3 11 Laps
45 Tetsuta NAGASHIMA JPN IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia Kalex 137.9 11 Laps
87 Remy GARDNER AUS Tech 3 Racing Tech 3 145.7 13 Laps
18 Xavi CARDELUS AND Marinelli Snipers Team Kalex 138.0 13 Laps
27 Iker LECUONA SPA Swiss Innovative Investors KTM 121.7 16 Laps

Moto2 World Standing 2018.

Pos. Rider Bike Nation Points
1 Francesco BAGNAIA Kalex ITA 304
2 Miguel OLIVEIRA KTM POR 272
3 Brad BINDER KTM RSA 201
4 Lorenzo BALDASSARRI Kalex ITA 162
5 Alex MARQUEZ Kalex SPA 157
6 Joan MIR Kalex SPA 155
7 Luca MARINI Kalex ITA 147
8 Marcel SCHROTTER Kalex GER 138
9 Xavi VIERGE Kalex SPA 131
10 Fabio QUARTARARO Speed Up FRA 128
11 Mattia PASINI Kalex ITA 128
12 Iker LECUONA KTM SPA 60
13 Jorge NAVARRO Kalex SPA 58
14 Sam LOWES KTM GBR 49
15 Simone CORSI Kalex ITA 47
16 Andrea LOCATELLI Kalex ITA 45
17 Dominique AEGERTER KTM SWI 42
18 Augusto FERNANDEZ Kalex SPA 37
19 Remy GARDNER Tech 3 AUS 29
20 Tetsuta NAGASHIMA Kalex JPN 23
21 Romano FENATI Kalex ITA 14
22 Hector BARBERA Kalex SPA 10
23 Jesko RAFFIN Kalex SWI 9
24 Stefano MANZI Suter ITA 8
25 Danny KENT Speed Up GBR 8
26 Isaac VIÑALES Suter SPA 7
27 Joe ROBERTS NTS USA 5
28 Bo BENDSNEYDER Tech 3 NED 2
29 Khairul Idham PAWI Kalex MAL 1
30 Edgar PONS Speed Up SPA 1
31 Steven ODENDAAL NTS RSA 1
32 Niki TUULI Kalex FIN 1
33 Thitipong WAROKORN Kalex THA
34 Eric GRANADO Suter BRA
35 Jules DANILO Kalex FRA
36 Hector GARZO Tech 3 SPA
37 Lukas TULOVIC KTM GER
38 Federico FULIGNI Kalex ITA
39 Bryan STARING Tech 3 AUS
40 Xavi CARDELUS Kalex AND
41 Dimas EKKY PRATAMA Tech 3 INA
42 Alejandro MEDINA Kalex SPA
43 Sheridan MORAIS Kalex POR
44 Corentin PEROLARI Transformiers FRA
45 Zulfahmi KHAIRUDDIN Kalex MAL
46 Rafid Topan SUCIPTO Suter INA
47 Cedric TANGRE Tech 3 FRA

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