Moto2™: Francesco Bagnaia (SKY Racing Team VR46) victory on home soil.

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Francesco Bagnaia (SKY Racing Team VR46) converted pole position into his sixth Moto2™ win of the season at the GP Octo di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini to extend his Championship lead over second place Miguel Oliveira (Red Bull KTM Ajo) to eight points, with the Portuguese rider fending off Marcel Schrötter (Dynavolt Intact GP) on the final lap as the German secured his maiden Grand Prix podium in third.

Bagnaia got the launch off the line and grabbed the holeshot, from which he never looked back. Compatriot Mattia Pasini (Italtrans Racing Team) was his closest challenger in the opening exchanges, keeping the gap to around one second, but the Italian couldn’t maintain the pace and eventually fell into the grasp of the chasing duo of Oliveira and Schrötter – the two locked together for the entirety. By this time, Bagnaia had a three second gap at the front and that’s the way it remained until the checkered flag – perfection from ‘Pecco’ on home soil.

Despite the best efforts from Schrötter, including an ambitious lunge up the inside at Turn 14 on the final lap, Oliveira minimises the damage done in the overall standings to take a vital P2. Schrötter finally gets the podium monkey off his back in P3, with Pasini holding off a late challenge from Joan Mir (EG 0,0 Marc VDS) to take fourth on home soil – the Spaniard rounding out the top five. Lorenzo Baldassarri (Pons HP40) fought back from P13 on the grid to take sixth at his home GP, with Fabio Quartararo (+ Ego Speed Up Racing) taking seventh – a slender 0.066 ahead of Red Bull KTM Ajo’s Brad Binder in eighth. Jorge Navarro (Federal Oil Gresini Moto3) looked set for a top six at Misano, however the Spaniard was forced to drop one position after exceeding track limits to Baldassarri who was over three seconds behind at the time – P9 for Navarro.

As he continues to recover from injury, Xavi Vierge (Dynavolt Intact GP) earned a fantastic top ten in P10, with 11th place Simone Corsi (Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2) leading Remy Gardner (Tech 3 Racing), Dominique Aegerter (Kiefer Racing) and Andrea Locatelli (Italtrans Racing Team) over the line in P12, P13 and P14 respectively. Replacement rider Jesko Raffin (Temporary Lavorint SAG Team) managed to grab the final point scoring position in P15, a solid result for the current FIM CEV Repsol Moto2 European Championship leader.

Alex Marquez (EG 0,0 Marc VDS) and Augusto Fernandez (Pons HP40) crashed at Turn 14 on the opening lap, the latter tagging the inside of his compatriot, with Danny Kent (+ Ego Speed Up Racing) and Sam Lowes (Swiss Innovative Investors) crashing out of the race – riders ok.

Romano Fenati (Marinelli Snipers Team) was shown the Black Flag and disqualified from the Moto2™ race for irresponsible riding after an incident between the Italian and compatriot Stefano Manzi (Forward Racing Team). The FIM MotoGP™ Stewards decided to suspend Fenati from the next two Grands Prix following the offence, deemed serious. The penalty applies to the rider only, not the team – leaving the door open for a replacement to race. Manzi also recieved a penalty of six grid positions at his next race, and also for irresponsible riding, but that was for a different and earlier incident between the two at Turn 4.

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Moto2 Race Classification 2018.

Pos.	Points	Num.	Rider	Nation	Team	Bike	Km/h	Time/Gap
1	25	42	Francesco BAGNAIA	ITA	SKY Racing Team VR46	Kalex	154.4	41’02.106
2	20	44	Miguel OLIVEIRA	POR	Red Bull KTM Ajo	KTM	154.2	+3.108
3	16	23	Marcel SCHROTTER	GER	Dynavolt Intact GP	Kalex	154.2	+4.094
4	13	54	Mattia PASINI	ITA	Italtrans Racing Team	Kalex	154.0	+6.320
5	11	36	Joan MIR	SPA	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	Kalex	154.0	+6.728
6	10	7	Lorenzo BALDASSARRI	ITA	Pons HP40	Kalex	153.8	+9.470
7	9	20	Fabio QUARTARARO	FRA	+ Ego Speed Up Racing	Speed Up	153.7	+12.068
8	8	41	Brad BINDER	RSA	Red Bull KTM Ajo	KTM	153.7	+12.134
9	7	9	Jorge NAVARRO	SPA	Federal Oil Gresini Moto2	Kalex	153.3	+17.425
10	6	97	Xavi VIERGE	SPA	Dynavolt Intact GP	Kalex	153.1	+21.986
11	5	24	Simone CORSI	ITA	Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2	Kalex	152.9	+24.701
12	4	87	Remy GARDNER	AUS	Tech 3 Racing	Tech 3	152.8	+25.582
13	3	77	Dominique AEGERTER	SWI	Kiefer Racing	KTM	152.8	+25.760
14	2	5	Andrea LOCATELLI	ITA	Italtrans Racing Team	Kalex	152.8	+26.718
15	1	2	Jesko RAFFIN	SWI	Temporary Lavorint SAG Team	Kalex	152.5	+31.168
16		16	Joe ROBERTS	USA	NTS RW Racing GP	NTS	152.0	+38.707
17		4	Steven ODENDAAL	RSA	NTS RW Racing GP	NTS	152.0	+39.432
18		73	Alex MARQUEZ	SPA	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	Kalex	152.0	+39.551
19		27	Iker LECUONA	SPA	Swiss Innovative Investors	KTM	152.0	+40.436
20		64	Bo BENDSNEYDER	NED	Tech 3 Racing	Tech 3	151.8	+41.814
21		66	Niki TUULI	FIN	Petronas Sprinta Racing	Kalex	151.5	+48.043
22		89	Khairul Idham PAWI	MAL	IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia	Kalex	151.1	+53.390
23		95	Jules DANILO	FRA	Nashi Argan SAG Team	Kalex	150.4	+1’05.605
24		21	Federico FULIGNI	ITA	Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2	Kalex	149.8	+1’16.602
25		18	Xavi CARDELUS	AND	Team Stylobike	Kalex	148.9	+1’31.250
Not Classified
		40	Augusto FERNANDEZ	SPA	Pons HP40	Kalex	151.7	4 Laps
		62	Stefano MANZI	ITA	Forward Racing Team	Suter	152.0	7 Laps
		45	Tetsuta NAGASHIMA	JPN	IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia	Kalex	152.3	10 Laps
		12	Sheridan MORAIS	POR	Willi Race Racing Team	Kalex	134.4	12 Laps
		22	Sam LOWES	GBR	Swiss Innovative Investors	KTM	152.2	14 Laps
		10	Luca MARINI	ITA	SKY Racing Team VR46	Kalex	152.5	16 Laps
		52	Danny KENT	GBR	+ Ego Speed Up Racing	Speed Up	137.7	24 Laps
Excluded
		13	Romano FENATI	ITA	Marinelli Snipers Team	Kalex		0 Lap

Moto2 World Standing 2018.

Pos.	Rider	Bike	Nation	Points
1	Francesco BAGNAIA	Kalex	ITA	214
2	Miguel OLIVEIRA	KTM	POR	206
3	Brad BINDER	KTM	RSA	119
4	Lorenzo BALDASSARRI	Kalex	ITA	116
5	Joan MIR	Kalex	SPA	114
6	Alex MARQUEZ	Kalex	SPA	113
7	Marcel SCHROTTER	Kalex	GER	107
8	Xavi VIERGE	Kalex	SPA	96
9	Mattia PASINI	Kalex	ITA	95
10	Fabio QUARTARARO	Speed Up	FRA	93
11	Luca MARINI	Kalex	ITA	79
12	Jorge NAVARRO	Kalex	SPA	49
13	Sam LOWES	KTM	GBR	46
14	Iker LECUONA	KTM	SPA	41
15	Simone CORSI	Kalex	ITA	37
16	Andrea LOCATELLI	Kalex	ITA	34
17	Dominique AEGERTER	KTM	SWI	27
18	Remy GARDNER	Tech 3	AUS	24
19	Romano FENATI	Kalex	ITA	14
20	Augusto FERNANDEZ	Kalex	SPA	11
21	Hector BARBERA	Kalex	SPA	10
22	Stefano MANZI	Suter	ITA	8
23	Danny KENT	Speed Up	GBR	8
24	Isaac VIÑALES	Suter	SPA	7
25	Tetsuta NAGASHIMA	Kalex	JPN	7
26	Joe ROBERTS	NTS	USA	2
27	Khairul Idham PAWI	Kalex	MAL	1
28	Steven ODENDAAL	NTS	RSA	1
29	Jesko RAFFIN	Kalex	SWI	1
30	Bo BENDSNEYDER	Tech 3	NED
31	Edgar PONS	Kalex	SPA
32	Niki TUULI	Kalex	FIN
33	Eric GRANADO	Suter	BRA
34	Jules DANILO	Kalex	FRA
35	Hector GARZO	Tech 3	SPA
36	Lukas TULOVIC	KTM	GER
37	Federico FULIGNI	Kalex	ITA
38	Xavi CARDELUS	Kalex	AND
39	Sheridan MORAIS	Kalex	POR
40	Alejandro MEDINA	Kalex	SPA
41	Dimas EKKY PRATAMA	Honda	INA
42	Corentin PEROLARI	Transformiers	FRA
43	Zulfahmi KHAIRUDDIN	Kalex	MAL
44	Cedric TANGRE	Tech 3	FRA

Credits : Photos and content courtesy of motogp.com

Moto2™: Francesco Bagnaia (SKY Racing Team VR46) victory on home soil.

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GP OCTO DI SAN MARINO E DELLA RIVIERA DI RIMINI

Moto2 Race Classification 2018.

Moto2 World Standing 2018.

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