Moto2™-Lorenzo Baldassarri (Flexbox HP 40) takes top spot at the Gran Premio MOTUL De La República Argentina.

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Lorenzo Baldassarri continued his perfect start to the 2019 Moto2™ World Championship with a calculated ride to claim victory at the Gran Premio Motul de la República Argentina.

The Italian eventually took the chequered flag over a second clear of Remy Gardner (ONEXOX TKKR SAG Team), who stood on the podium for the first time in his career, almost 27 years on from dad Wayne’s last podium at the 1992 South African Grand Prix.

Disaster struck before the race even got started for poleman Xavi Vierge after his EG 0,0 Marc VDS Kalex broke down on the Warm Up lap, leaving an open space in pole position as the race got started. Dynavolt Intact GP’s Marcel Schrötter took the holeshot with Vierge absent but Federal Oil Gresini Moto2’s Sam Lowes tried his best to take the lead into Turn 1 but got in way too hot, running wide and eventually taking up sixth place.

It didn’t take long for Gardner to hit the front of the race though, with the Australian diving past Schrötter before starting to pull clear. Schrötter, EG 0,0 Marc VDS’ Alex Marquez and Baldassarri didn’t let Gardner check out though and the front four began an almighty scrap.

Meanwhile, on Lap 6 Dynavolt Intact GP’s Tom Lüthi crashed out at Turn 7, unhurt, after clipping the rear wheel of Red Bull KTM Ajo’s Brad Binder who was in front of him. Britain’s Lowes also crashed out at the same corner on the same lap after tucking the front end with both in the hunt for fifth place.

At the front, Gardner, Schrötter and Marquez all had their turns at leading, with some super aggressive moves been placed on one and other, all while Baldassarri sat and watched from fourth place. Then, with eight laps remaining the Italian started to make his way forward, first moving past Marquez to go into third.

Three laps later, Baldassarri was up to second having slipped past the German who was behind race leader Gardner, with the front three now having broken clear. A lap later, and with four left, Baldassarri made his move for the lead. On the run into Turn 5, the Qatar GP winner squeezed Gardner out, leaving him no room whatsoever and forcing the Aussie to run wide and allowing Baldassarri to hit the front for the first time; firm but fair.

He hung onto the chequered flag and made it 50 points from the opening two rounds of the season, to hold a 17-point championship advantage at this early stage. His nearest title rival is Gardner who battled back from third place to second over the line and move into second place in the championship as a result.

Marquez took the final podium spot after benefiting from a coming together between Schrötter and Binder with two laps remaining. American Racing KTM’s Iker Lecuona took fourth place before Binder and then Schrötter, who were split by a tenth. SKY Racing Team VR46’s Luca Marini ended seventh, with Jorge Navarro (Beta Tools Speed Up) in eighth and rookie Enea Bastianini (Italtrans Racing Team) in ninth. Rounding out the top ten, after a career-best ride, was Thailand’s Somkiat Chantra aboard his Idemitsu Honda Team Asia Kalex.

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Moto2 Race Classification 2019.

Pos.	Points	Num.	Rider	Nation	Team	Bike	Km/h	Time/Gap
1	25	7	Lorenzo BALDASSARRI	ITA	Flexbox HP 40	Kalex	166.7	39’46.000
2	20	87	Remy GARDNER	AUS	ONEXOX TKKR SAG Team	Kalex	166.6	+1.244
3	16	73	Alex MARQUEZ	SPA	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	Kalex	166.6	+1.817
4	13	27	Iker LECUONA	SPA	American Racing KTM	KTM	166.5	+2.704
5	11	23	Marcel SCHROTTER	GER	Dynavolt Intact GP	Kalex	166.4	+4.839
6	10	41	Brad BINDER	RSA	Red Bull KTM Ajo	KTM	166.4	+4.707
7	9	10	Luca MARINI	ITA	SKY Racing Team VR46	Kalex	166.4	+4.986
8	8	9	Jorge NAVARRO	SPA	Beta Tools Speed Up	Speed Up	166.2	+7.459
9	7	33	Enea BASTIANINI	ITA	Italtrans Racing Team	Kalex	166.1	+8.724
10	6	35	Somkiat CHANTRA	THA	IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia	Kalex	165.7	+14.506
11	5	5	Andrea LOCATELLI	ITA	Italtrans Racing Team	Kalex	165.6	+16.145
12	4	45	Tetsuta NAGASHIMA	JPN	ONEXOX TKKR SAG Team	Kalex	165.6	+16.450
13	3	89	Khairul Idham PAWI	MAL	Petronas Sprinta Racing	Kalex	165.6	+16.613
14	2	64	Bo BENDSNEYDER	NED	NTS RW Racing GP	NTS	165.1	+23.007
15	1	2	Jesko RAFFIN	SWI	NTS RW Racing GP	NTS	165.0	+24.736
16		72	Marco BEZZECCHI	ITA	Red Bull KTM Tech 3	KTM	165.0	+25.381
17		96	Jake DIXON	GBR	Sama Qatar Angel Nieto Team	KTM	163.9	+41.684
18		3	Lukas TULOVIC	GER	Kiefer Racing	KTM	163.6	+45.545
19		65	Philipp OETTL	GER	Red Bull KTM Tech 3	KTM	163.6	+45.811
20		77	Dominique AEGERTER	SWI	MV Agusta Idealavoro Forward	MV Agusta	162.8	+56.934
21		18	Xavi CARDELUS	AND	Sama Qatar Angel Nieto Team	KTM	162.1	+1’07.765
22		16	Joe ROBERTS	USA	American Racing KTM	KTM	161.4	+1’18.707
23		20	Dimas EKKY PRATAMA	INA	IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia	Kalex	135.5	4 Laps
Not Classified
		24	Simone CORSI	ITA	Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2	Kalex	166.4	2 Laps
		88	Jorge MARTIN	SPA	Red Bull KTM Ajo	KTM	166.0	5 Laps
		11	Nicolo BULEGA	ITA	SKY Racing Team VR46	Kalex	162.0	5 Laps
		21	Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO	ITA	Beta Tools Speed Up	Speed Up	162.0	11 Laps
		22	Sam LOWES	GBR	Federal Oil Gresini Moto2	Kalex	165.9	18 Laps
		12	Thomas LUTHI	SWI	Dynavolt Intact GP	Kalex	165.8	18 Laps
		62	Stefano MANZI	ITA	MV Agusta Idealavoro Forward	MV Agusta	159.3	22 Laps
Not Starting
		97	Xavi VIERGE	SPA	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	Kalex		0 Lap

Moto2 World Standing 2019.

Pos.	Rider	Bike	Nation	Points
1	Lorenzo BALDASSARRI	Kalex	ITA	50
2	Remy GARDNER	Kalex	AUS	33
3	Marcel SCHROTTER	Kalex	GER	27
4	Alex MARQUEZ	Kalex	SPA	25
5	Thomas LUTHI	Kalex	SWI	20
6	Luca MARINI	Kalex	ITA	17
7	Brad BINDER	KTM	RSA	14
8	Enea BASTIANINI	Kalex	ITA	14
9	Iker LECUONA	KTM	SPA	13
10	Augusto FERNANDEZ	Kalex	SPA	11
11	Sam LOWES	Kalex	GBR	10
12	Jorge NAVARRO	Speed Up	SPA	8
13	Andrea LOCATELLI	Kalex	ITA	8
14	Xavi VIERGE	Kalex	SPA	6
15	Somkiat CHANTRA	Kalex	THA	6
16	Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO	Speed Up	ITA	5
17	Tetsuta NAGASHIMA	Kalex	JPN	4
18	Khairul Idham PAWI	Kalex	MAL	3
19	Jesko RAFFIN	NTS	SWI	3
20	Bo BENDSNEYDER	NTS	NED	2
21	Jorge MARTIN	KTM	SPA	1
22	Marco BEZZECCHI	KTM	ITA
23	Jake DIXON	KTM	GBR
24	Dominique AEGERTER	MV Agusta	SWI
25	Lukas TULOVIC	KTM	GER
26	Philipp OETTL	KTM	GER
27	Simone CORSI	Kalex	ITA
28	Stefano MANZI	MV Agusta	ITA
29	Xavi CARDELUS	KTM	AND
30	Joe ROBERTS	KTM	USA
31	Dimas EKKY PRATAMA	Kalex	INA
32	Nicolo BULEGA		ITA

Credits : Photos and content courtesy of motogp.com

Moto2™-Lorenzo Baldassarri (Flexbox HP 40) takes top spot at the Gran Premio MOTUL De La República Argentina.

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GRAN PREMIO MOTUL DE LA REPÚBLICA ARGENTINA

Moto2 World Standing 2019.

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