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Moto2™ – Marco Bezzecchi (SKY Racing Team VR46) handed victory after Martin last lap controversy.

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SKY Racing Team VR46’s Marco Bezzecchi has his first Moto2™ victory despite coming across the line in second place behind Jorge Martin (Red Bull KTM Ajo) in a dramatic BMW M Grand Prix of Styria. The Spaniard took the chequered flag and began celebrating an Austrian double only for the former Moto3™ World Champion to be told in Parc Ferme he needs to park in P2, not P1, after exceeding track limits on the exit of Turn 8 on the final lap of the race. As a result, Bezzecchi stood on the top step of the podium alongside Martin and Remy Gardner (ONEXOX TKKR SAG Team).

Martin took the holeshot from second on the grid, with poleman Aron Canet (Openbank Aspar Team) settling into second behind him. EG 0,0 Marc VDS’ Augusto Fernandez became the first faller on the opening lap as the Spaniard tucked the front at the final corner out of fourth place. Rookie Canet then joined him in the gravel, tucking the front after braking a tad too late downhill into Turn 4.

The second of the EG 0,0 Marc VDS riders, Sam Lowes, then crashed out too in a nasty incident at Turn 3. The Brit got it horribly wrong on the brakes and wiped out the innocent Somkiat Chantra (Idemitsu Honda Team Asia) and Jorge Navarro (EG0+ Speed Up) without any warning. Lowes rejoined but was handed a black flag for his error, however, his race came to an end with a second crash instead of pulling out of the race due to his disqualification.

15 laps were left in the Red Bull Ring when Gardner edged his way past former title leader Tetsuta Nagashima (Red Bull KTM Ajo) for second place with Bezzecchi right on Nagashima’s tail too. The Japanese rider was demoted back to fourth moments later when Bezzecchi got the job done for third into Turn 4.

Five further laps ticked by before Bezzecchi was then able to draft his way past Gardner on the run up the hill towards Turn 3 but Gardner was imperious on the brakes, coming from a postcode further back to somehow get back under the Italian. However, the Aussie’s lunge hampered his drive out of Turn 3 and Bezzecchi took the place back before then tapping the rear of his Kalex to indicate he felt he had the pace to chase down the race leader.

Martin up to this point had had a fairly uneventful race but that was all to change with Bezzecchi putting together the late charge of all late charges. 1.8 seconds was the Spaniard’s advantage before that then became 1.2 seconds with six laps left. In the space of two laps, the advantage was halved to 0.6 of a second and suddenly the former Moto3™ sparring partners were about to go to war in Moto2™ for the first time.

Time was running out for Bezzecchi though, he only had two laps left to find a move on Martin, who himself was desperately trying to respond. The pair entered the final lap with nothing between them and despite all of the pressure, Martin came across the line to seemingly clinch a Red Bull Ring double with victory in the Austrian and Styrian Grands Prix.

However, upon review, Martin did exceed track limits by the narrowest of margins on the exit of Turn 8 on the final lap and consequently was demoted one place, meaning Bezzecchi’s late pressure had paid off and he was a Moto2™ race winner for the first time in his career.

Gardner was a second adrift of the top two in third to secure only his second career rostrum, a first trip to the podium for the likeable and determined Australian since Argentina last year. Nagashima will be hoping to reignite his title challenge after taking fourth, the best result since a hat-trick of finishes outside of the top ten. Completing the top five Liqui Moly Intact GP’s Tom Lüthi.

Petronas Sprinta Racing’s Xavi Vierge held off late pressure from Luca Marini (SKY Racing Team VR46), who extended his World Championship lead out to eight points as a result. Jake Dixon (Petronas Sprinta Racing) enjoyed his first top ten Grand Prix finish after fighting past Hector Garzo (FlexBox HP40) in the closing stages to take a commendable eighth place finish, before Enea Bastianini (Italtrans Racing Team) completed the top ten.

Top 10:
1. Marco Bezzecchi (SKY Racing Team VR46)
2. Jorge Martin (Red Bull KTM Ajo)*
3. Remy Gardner (Onexox TKKR SAG Team) + 1.027
4. Tetsuta Nagashima (Red Bull KTM Ajo) + 1.974
5. Tom Lüthi (Liqui Moly Intact GP) + 3.230
6. Xavi Vierge (Petronas Sprinta Racing) + 6.196
7. Luca Marini (SKY Racing Team VR46) + 8.634
8. Jake Dixon (Petronas Sprinta Racing) + 9.005
9. Hector Garzo (Flexbox HP 40) + 9.620
10. Enea Bastianini (Italtrans Racing Team) + 10.051
*demoted one place for exceeding track limits on the last lap.

BMW M GRAND PRIX OF STYRIA

Moto2 Race Classification 2020.

Pos. Points Num. Rider Nation Team Bike Km/h Time/Gap
1 25 72 Marco BEZZECCHI ITA SKY Racing Team VR46 Kalex 174.0 37’12.461
2 20 88 Jorge MARTIN SPA Red Bull KTM Ajo Kalex 174.0 0 Lap
3 16 87 Remy GARDNER AUS Onexox TKKR SAG Team Kalex 173.9 +1.027
4 13 45 Tetsuta NAGASHIMA JPN Red Bull KTM Ajo Kalex 173.9 +1.974
5 11 12 Thomas LUTHI SWI Liqui Moly Intact GP Kalex 173.8 +3.230
6 10 97 Xavi VIERGE SPA Petronas Sprinta Racing Kalex 173.5 +6.196
7 9 10 Luca MARINI ITA SKY Racing Team VR46 Kalex 173.4 +8.634
8 8 96 Jake DIXON GBR Petronas Sprinta Racing Kalex 173.3 +9.005
9 7 40 Hector GARZO SPA Flexbox HP 40 Kalex 173.3 +9.620
10 6 33 Enea BASTIANINI ITA Italtrans Racing Team Kalex 173.2 +10.051
11 5 23 Marcel SCHROTTER GER Liqui Moly Intact GP Kalex 173.2 +10.238
12 4 16 Joe ROBERTS USA Tennor American Racing Kalex 172.9 +14.857
13 3 11 Nicolò BULEGA ITA Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 Kalex 172.6 +17.968
14 2 62 Stefano MANZI ITA MV Agusta Forward Racing MV Agusta 172.4 +20.956
15 1 7 Lorenzo BALDASSARRI ITA Flexbox HP 40 Kalex 172.4 +21.189
16 42 Marcos RAMIREZ SPA Tennor American Racing Kalex 172.4 +21.497
17 19 Lorenzo DALLA PORTA ITA Italtrans Racing Team Kalex 172.0 +26.471
18 21 Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO ITA + EGO Speed Up Speed Up 172.0 +26.952
19 57 Edgar PONS SPA Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 Kalex 172.0 +29.400
20 24 Simone CORSI ITA MV Agusta Forward Racing MV Agusta 171.7 +30.859
21 99 Kasma DANIEL MAL Onexox TKKR SAG Team Kalex 170.7 +43.828
22 5 Alejandro MEDINA SPA Openbank Aspar Team Speed Up 169.8 +55.353
23 27 Andi Farid IZDIHAR INA IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia Kalex 169.5 +1’00.005
24 64 Bo BENDSNEYDER NED NTS RW Racing GP NTS 170.8 +1’10.576
Not Classified
77 Dominique AEGERTER SWI NTS RW Racing GP NTS 166.3 6 Laps
37 Augusto FERNANDEZ SPA EG 0,0 Marc VDS Kalex 166.4 11 Laps
9 Jorge NAVARRO SPA + EGO Speed Up Speed Up 167.4 23 Laps
35 Somkiat CHANTRA THA IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia Kalex 167.1 23 Laps
44 Aron CANET SPA Openbank Aspar Team Speed Up 166.8 24 Laps
Excluded
22 Sam LOWES GBR EG 0,0 Marc VDS Kalex 0 Lap

Moto2 World Standing 2020PDF

Pos. Rider Bike Nation Points
1 Luca MARINI Kalex ITA 87
2 Enea BASTIANINI Kalex ITA 79
3 Jorge MARTIN Kalex SPA 79
4 Tetsuta NAGASHIMA Kalex JPN 68
5 Marco BEZZECCHI Kalex ITA 65
6 Sam LOWES Kalex GBR 59
7 Xavi VIERGE Kalex SPA 46
8 Aron CANET Speed Up SPA 43
9 Remy GARDNER Kalex AUS 41
10 Joe ROBERTS Kalex USA 39
11 Marcel SCHROTTER Kalex GER 37
12 Thomas LUTHI Kalex SWI 35
13 Lorenzo BALDASSARRI Kalex ITA 34
14 Augusto FERNANDEZ Kalex SPA 25
15 Jorge NAVARRO Speed Up SPA 19
16 Hafizh SYAHRIN Speed Up MAL 17
17 Stefano MANZI MV Agusta ITA 15
18 Jake DIXON Kalex GBR 12
19 Hector GARZO Kalex SPA 12
20 Nicolò BULEGA Kalex ITA 11
21 Bo BENDSNEYDER NTS NED 5
22 Dominique AEGERTER NTS SWI 4
23 Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO Speed Up ITA 3
24 Somkiat CHANTRA Kalex THA 3
25 Marcos RAMIREZ Kalex SPA 1
26 Simone CORSI MV Agusta ITA 1
27 Edgar PONS Kalex SPA
28 Lorenzo DALLA PORTA Kalex ITA
29 Andi Farid IZDIHAR Kalex INA
30 Kasma DANIEL Kalex MAL
31 Jesko RAFFIN NTS SWI
32 Alejandro MEDINA Speed Up SPA

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