Moto2: Francesco Bagnaia (SKY Racing Team VR46) wins clash of the Championship titans

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Francesco Bagnaia (SKY Racing Team VR46) maintained his 100% pole to win ratio at the eyetime Motorrad Grand Prix von Österreich after a brilliant battle with main Championship rival Miguel Oliveira (Red Bull KTM Ajo) which went all the way down to the final corner, with Luca Marini (SKY Racing Team VR46) securing third place at the Red Bull Ring as Alex Marquez (EG 0,0 Marc VDS) crashed out on the final corner on the last lap.

The start nearly ended in disaster for Bagnaia, the Italian initially getting the better launch but then got bogged down in the second phase, with Fabio Quartararo (+ Ego – Speed Up Racing) making contact on the inside forcing both wide – Bagnaia slotted into fourth with Quartararo having to rejoin outside the top 20.

This left Oliveira with a 0.8 gap at the front, with Jorge Navarro (Federal Oil Gresini Moto2) second and Bagnaia recovering to third. It was only a matter of time before the Italian would make his move past Navarro, and that’s exactly what he did on lap six to set his sights on the Portuguese rider out in front. The gap hovered just below the one second barrier, before Bagnaia gained nearly half a second on the KTM rider at the mid stage of the race, with it soon becoming clear the Kalex machine had the better front grip.

There was nothing to choose between the two Championship protagonists until Bagnaia made his first move at the penultimate corner on lap 21, only for Oliveira to snap straight back at the final corner. It was mirror, signal, manoeuver with two laps to go, after Bagnaia had tried at Turn 1 – only for Oliveira to use the KTM’s superior rear grip to power past on the exit.

And so, it came down to the last lap. Oliveira led until the penultimate corner when Bagnaia made his move. Again, the Portuguese rider lunged back up the inside at the final corner but couldn’t hold the inside line, with Bagania switching back up the inside to force his way past to take the lead in Championship standings again.

There was also drama just behind, with Marquez crashing at the final corner after battling for the final podium place with Marini, the Italian securing his third consecutive rostrum. Mattia Pasini (Italtrans Racing Team) was right in the hunt for the podium, the Italian eventually coming home fourth, with Jorge Navarro (Federal Oil Gresini Moto3) securing his best result of the season in fifth – his third consecutive top ten.

Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Ajo) was sixth after having to drop a position for exceeding track limits, with Marcel Schrötter (Dynavolt Intact GP), Joan Mir (EG 0,0 Marc VDS), Quartararo and Iker Lecuona (Swiss Innovative Investors) rounding out the top ten in Austria.

Romano Fenati (Marinelli Snipers Team) finished just outside the top 10 in 11th, with Danny Kent (+ Ego – Speed Up Racing) equaling his best result of the season in 12th. Andrea Locatelli (Italtrans Racing Team), Stefano Manzi (Forward Racing Team) and Tetsuta Nagashima (Idemitsu Honda Team Asia) completing the top 15.

Lorenzo Baldassarri (Pons HP40), teammate Augusto Fernandez and Simone Corsi (Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2) were involved in a crash at Turn 3 on lap 4 – riders ok. Sam Lowes (Swiss Innovative Investors), Remy Gardner (Tech 3 Racing) and Federico Fuligni (Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2) all crashed out – riders ok.

The Championship pendulum swings again in the Moto2™ class after a phenomenal battle between Bagnaia and Oliveria. What does the British GP have in store?

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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	171.5	37’45.914
2	20	44	Miguel OLIVEIRA	POR	Red Bull KTM Ajo	KTM	171.4	+0.264
3	16	10	Luca MARINI	ITA	SKY Racing Team VR46	Kalex	171.0	+5.953
4	13	54	Mattia PASINI	ITA	Italtrans Racing Team	Kalex	171.0	+6.114
5	11	9	Jorge NAVARRO	SPA	Federal Oil Gresini Moto2	Kalex	170.8	+8.554
6	10	41	Brad BINDER	RSA	Red Bull KTM Ajo	KTM	170.8	+8.944
7	9	23	Marcel SCHROTTER	GER	Dynavolt Intact GP	Kalex	170.8	+9.126
8	8	36	Joan MIR	SPA	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	Kalex	170.5	+12.404
9	7	20	Fabio QUARTARARO	FRA	(+)Ego – Speed Up Racing	Speed Up	170.2	+16.250
10	6	27	Iker LECUONA	SPA	Swiss Innovative Investors	KTM	170.2	+16.718
11	5	13	Romano FENATI	ITA	Marinelli Snipers Team	Kalex	170.2	+16.829
12	4	52	Danny KENT	GBR	(+)Ego – Speed Up Racing	Speed Up	170.1	+17.716
13	3	5	Andrea LOCATELLI	ITA	Italtrans Racing Team	Kalex	169.7	+23.200
14	2	62	Stefano MANZI	ITA	Forward Racing Team	Suter	169.4	+27.944
15	1	45	Tetsuta NAGASHIMA	JPN	IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia	Kalex	169.4	+27.994
16		89	Khairul Idham PAWI	MAL	IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia	Kalex	169.3	+28.493
17		77	Dominique AEGERTER	SWI	Kiefer Racing	KTM	169.3	+29.043
18		4	Steven ODENDAAL	RSA	NTS RW Racing GP	NTS	168.6	+38.176
19		16	Joe ROBERTS	USA	NTS RW Racing GP	NTS	168.4	+40.544
20		95	Jules DANILO	FRA	Nashi Argan SAG Team	Kalex	168.4	+41.655
21		66	Niki TUULI	FIN	Petronas Sprinta Racing	Kalex	168.4	+41.727
22		64	Bo BENDSNEYDER	NED	Tech 3 Racing	Tech 3	168.3	+42.766
23		32	Isaac VIÑALES	SPA	Forward Racing Team	Suter	168.2	+43.811
24		55	Alejandro MEDINA	SPA	SAG Team	Kalex	168.1	+45.372
25		18	Xavi CARDELUS	AND	Team Stylobike	Kalex	167.7	+51.185
26		7	Lorenzo BALDASSARRI	ITA	Pons HP40	Kalex	166.0	+1’13.901
Not Classified
		73	Alex MARQUEZ	SPA	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	Kalex	171.0	1 Lap
		22	Sam LOWES	GBR	Swiss Innovative Investors	KTM	169.3	8 Laps
		21	Federico FULIGNI	ITA	Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2	Kalex	163.9	8 Laps
		24	Simone CORSI	ITA	Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2	Kalex	166.3	22 Laps
		87	Remy GARDNER	AUS	Tech 3 Racing	Tech 3	166.1	22 Laps
		40	Augusto FERNANDEZ	SPA	Pons HP40	Kalex	166.1	22 Laps

Moto2 World Standing 2018.

Pos.	Rider	Bike	Nation	Points
1	Francesco BAGNAIA	Kalex	ITA	189
2	Miguel OLIVEIRA	KTM	POR	186
3	Alex MARQUEZ	Kalex	SPA	113
4	Brad BINDER	KTM	RSA	111
5	Lorenzo BALDASSARRI	Kalex	ITA	106
6	Joan MIR	Kalex	SPA	103
7	Marcel SCHROTTER	Kalex	GER	91
8	Xavi VIERGE	Kalex	SPA	90
9	Fabio QUARTARARO	Speed Up	FRA	84
10	Mattia PASINI	Kalex	ITA	82
11	Luca MARINI	Kalex	ITA	79
12	Sam LOWES	KTM	GBR	46
13	Jorge NAVARRO	Kalex	SPA	42
14	Iker LECUONA	KTM	SPA	41
15	Andrea LOCATELLI	Kalex	ITA	32
16	Simone CORSI	Kalex	ITA	32
17	Dominique AEGERTER	KTM	SWI	24
18	Remy GARDNER	Tech 3	AUS	20
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	Bo BENDSNEYDER	Tech 3	NED
30	Edgar PONS	Kalex	SPA
31	Niki TUULI	Kalex	FIN
32	Eric GRANADO	Suter	BRA
33	Jules DANILO	Kalex	FRA
34	Hector GARZO	Tech 3	SPA
35	Lukas TULOVIC	KTM	GER
36	Federico FULIGNI	Kalex	ITA
37	Xavi CARDELUS	Kalex	AND
38	Alejandro MEDINA	Kalex	SPA
39	Sheridan MORAIS	Kalex	POR
40	Dimas EKKY PRATAMA	Honda	INA
41	Corentin PEROLARI	Transformiers	FRA
42	Zulfahmi KHAIRUDDIN	Kalex	MAL
43	Cedric TANGRE	Tech 3	FRA

Credits : Photos and content courtesy of motogp.com

Moto2: Francesco Bagnaia (SKY Racing Team VR46) wins clash of the Championship titans

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EYETIME MOTORRAD GRAND PRIX VON ÖSTERREICH

Moto2 World Standing 2018.

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