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Moto2: Franco Morbidelli (EG 0,0 Marc VDS) wins under pressure in GoPro MOTORRAD GRAND PRIX DEUTSCHLAND.

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Franco Morbidelli (EG 0,0 Marc VDS) took another impressive win under intense pressure at the Sachsenring: first hunted by key title rival Tom Lüthi (CarXpert Interwetten) and then by a charging Miguel Oliveira (Red Bull KTM Ajo). The Italian kept it calm and carried on, besting Oliveira to the line with rookie Francesco Bagnaia (Sky Racing Team VR46) completing the podium behind the duel for the win.

Alex Marquez (EG 0,0 Marc VDS) took the holeshot from P2 on the grid, muscling out teammate Morbidelli into Turn 1 and leading the field on Lap 1. A big winner off the line was Lüthi, and the Swiss rider put in a storming first lap to take the lead into the first corner next time around. Morbidelli struck back against his teammate next, with Sandro Cortese (Dynavolt Intact GP) hanging on to the lead trio.

A crash for Hector Garzo (Tech 3 Racing) was then followed by another for Andrea Locatelli (Italtrans Racing Team) at the same corner, before drama hit the front as Marquez hit the gravel, leaving Lüthi and Morbidelli clear in a duel for the lead.

Miguel Oliveira was next on the move as he began to hone in on Cortese, breaking free of the battle behind between Simone Corsi (Speed Up Racing), Mattia Pasini (Italtrans Racing Team) and Francesco Bagnaia to pass the German and take over in third before Cortese came under pressure from behind.

Morbidelli struck soon for the lead, with Lüthi then shadowing the Italian and sizing him up – before the Swiss veteran then suddenly slid out at Turn 12, unable to get back in the race and giving the standings an instant shake up.

That left Oliveira with a clear target ahead on the road as the KTM rider started to eat into Morbidelli’s lead. The battle for the podium then became a three-way battle between Corsi, Bagnaia and Pasini.

As the laps ticked down in a game of cat and mouse at the front, Oliveira showed Morbidelli his front wheel on a number of occasions, before the Portuguese rider struck at the end of the penultimate lap. Morbidelli hit back, and managed to keep the door firmly closed around the last lap – with the final corner almost neck and neck but the Championship leader taking another win to extend his advantage.

Behind Oliveira’s stunning charge to P2, Bagnaia won the battle to complete the rostrum and took another incredible podium in his rookie year – with Corsi just behind his compatriot and third Italian Mattia Pasini completing the top five. Pasini unfortunately also received notification of a technical infringement at the Catalan GP, and has had points earned in Barcelona deducted from his 2017 tally – another shake up in the standings.

Jorge Navarro (Federal Oil Gresini Moto2) held off an impressive ride from 2016 Moto3™ World Champion Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Ajo) as the South African comes back from injury to take some more honour amongst rookies, with the two taking sixth and seventh respectively. Cortese crossed the line eighth after dropping back slightly in the latter stages, with teammate Marcel Schrötter taking ninth in a solid double top ten for Dynavolt Intact GP at home.

Takaaki Nakagami (Idemitsu Honda Team Asia) was a quiet superstar to complete the top ten after starting outside the top twenty, ahead of Hafizh Syahrin (Petronas Raceline Malaysia), Remy Gardner (Tech 3 Racing), Fabio Quartararo (Pons HP 40), Xavier Simeon (Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2) and Stefano Manzi (Sky Racing Team VR46) completing the top fifteen.

GoPro MOTORRAD GRAND PRIX DEUTSCHLAND

Moto2 Race Classification 2017.

Pos. Points Num. Rider Nation Team Bike Km/h Time/Gap
1 25 21 Franco MORBIDELLI ITA EG 0,0 Marc VDS Kalex 155.4 41’05.137
2 20 44 Miguel OLIVEIRA POR Red Bull KTM Ajo KTM 155.4 +0.066
3 16 42 Francesco BAGNAIA ITA SKY Racing Team VR46 Kalex 155.4 +0.574
4 13 24 Simone CORSI ITA Speed Up Racing Speed Up 155.4 +0.749
5 11 54 Mattia PASINI ITA Italtrans Racing Team Kalex 155.3 +1.300
6 10 9 Jorge NAVARRO SPA Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 Kalex 154.9 +8.958
7 9 41 Brad BINDER RSA Red Bull KTM Ajo KTM 154.8 +9.204
8 8 11 Sandro CORTESE GER Dynavolt Intact GP Suter 154.5 +15.099
9 7 23 Marcel SCHROTTER GER Dynavolt Intact GP Suter 154.3 +17.875
10 6 30 Takaaki NAKAGAMI JPN IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia Kalex 154.2 +19.291
11 5 55 Hafizh SYAHRIN MAL Petronas Raceline Malaysia Kalex 154.1 +20.767
12 4 87 Remy GARDNER AUS Tech 3 Racing Tech 3 154.1 +21.533
13 3 40 Fabio QUARTARARO FRA Pons HP40 Kalex 153.9 +24.635
14 2 19 Xavier SIMEON BEL Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2 Kalex 153.7 +27.357
15 1 62 Stefano MANZI ITA SKY Racing Team VR46 Kalex 153.7 +27.411
16 2 Jesko RAFFIN SWI Garage Plus Interwetten Kalex 153.1 +37.620
17 68 Yonny HERNANDEZ COL AGR Team Kalex 152.7 +44.500
18 45 Tetsuta NAGASHIMA JPN Teluru SAG Team Kalex 152.7 +44.556
19 57 Edgar PONS SPA Pons HP40 Kalex 152.4 +48.711
20 89 Khairul Idham PAWI MAL IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia Kalex 152.4 +49.534
21 27 Iker LECUONA SPA Garage Plus Interwetten Kalex 152.2 +52.511
22 32 Isaac VIÑALES SPA BE-A-VIP SAG Team Kalex 151.5 +1’04.259
23 6 Tarran MACKENZIE GBR Kiefer Racing Suter 151.0 +1’12.905
24 22 Federico FULIGNI ITA Forward Racing Team Kalex 150.6 +1’18.109
Not Classified
12 Thomas LUTHI SWI CarXpert Interwetten Kalex 155.5 18 Laps
77 Dominique AEGERTER SWI Kiefer Racing Suter 69.2 22 Laps
73 Alex MARQUEZ SPA EG 0,0 Marc VDS Kalex 154.6 25 Laps
14 Hector GARZO SPA Tech 3 Racing Tech 3 150.8 27 Laps
5 Andrea LOCATELLI ITA Italtrans Racing Team Kalex 149.2 27 Laps
37 Augusto FERNANDEZ SPA Speed Up Racing Speed Up 0 Lap

Moto2 World Standing 2017.

Pos. Rider Bike Nation Points
1 Franco MORBIDELLI Kalex ITA 174
2 Thomas LUTHI Kalex SWI 140
3 Miguel OLIVEIRA KTM POR 117
4 Alex MARQUEZ Kalex SPA 113
5 Francesco BAGNAIA Kalex ITA 78
6 Mattia PASINI Kalex ITA 73
7 Takaaki NAKAGAMI Kalex JPN 69
8 Simone CORSI Speed Up ITA 53
9 Dominique AEGERTER Suter SWI 50
10 Marcel SCHROTTER Suter GER 44
11 Hafizh SYAHRIN Kalex MAL 43
12 Luca MARINI Kalex ITA 41
13 Xavi VIERGE Tech 3 SPA 40
14 Lorenzo BALDASSARRI Kalex ITA 39
15 Jorge NAVARRO Kalex SPA 34
16 Fabio QUARTARARO Kalex FRA 32
17 Brad BINDER KTM RSA 25
18 Sandro CORTESE Suter GER 18
19 Xavier SIMEON Kalex BEL 16
20 Yonny HERNANDEZ Kalex COL 16
21 Axel PONS Kalex SPA 13
22 Isaac VIÑALES Kalex SPA 7
23 Ricard CARDUS KTM SPA 7
24 Remy GARDNER Tech 3 AUS 6
25 Jesko RAFFIN Kalex SWI 5
26 Danny KENT Suter GBR 3
27 Andrea LOCATELLI Kalex ITA 2
28 Tetsuta NAGASHIMA Kalex JPN 1
29 Stefano MANZI Kalex ITA 1
30 Edgar PONS Kalex SPA
31 Julian SIMON Kalex SPA
32 Augusto FERNANDEZ Speed Up SPA
33 Khairul Idham PAWI Kalex MAL
34 Iker LECUONA Kalex SPA
35 Axel BASSANI Speed Up ITA
36 Tarran MACKENZIE Suter GBR
37 Federico FULIGNI Kalex ITA
38 Hector GARZO SPA

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