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.
GP OCTO DI SAN MARINO E DELLA RIVIERA DI RIMINI
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 |
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“This is a strong result to kickstart the season but the development process continues and both drivers acknowledge that the challenges ahead will get tougher.”![]()
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Malaysia’s Mitchell Cheah got off to a dream start in his racing debut in Japan when he powered the Wing Hin Motorsports GR86 to a hard-fought 2nd place.![]()
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