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Moto2™: Miguel Oliveira (Red Bull KTM Ajo) first win for the Austrian factory, and a first win for Portugal

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Miguel Oliveira (Red Bull KTM Ajo) was in a class of his own in the Australian GP, taking victory by three seconds – the gap having been as high as six – and crossing the line to take KTM’s first win in Moto2™. The history making continued in second, as teammate Brad Binder took his first ever podium in the intermediate class as his rookie year gains traction following a tough, injury-hit start to the season. Franco Morbidelli (EG 0,0 Marc VDS) took third and protected his title hopes, making good gains in the standings on key rival Tom Lüthi, who had a tough day to come home tenth.

Off the line it was Oliveira who took the holeshot, with polesitter Mattia Pasini (Italtrans Racing Team) losing out and Binder moving up into second. Morbidelli slotted into third, with Dominique Aegerter (Kiefer Racing) moving into fourth. Lüthi got a good start and shot up into sixth, moving around the outside as he attempted to get in the fight at the front.

The pack then started to shuffle, and a crash for Marcel Schrötter (Dynavolt Intact GP) collected Pasini and sent Aegerter wide – as Oliveira started pulling away at the front. Alex Marquez (EG 0,0 Marc VDS) suffered a big moment, and Lüthi began to struggle – as the top trio of Oliveira, Binder and Morbidelli found themselves in clear air. Oliveira had an advantage of six seconds with seven laps to go.

Takaaki Nakagami (Idemitsu Honda Team Asia) was the rider on the charge mid-race, moving up and then into podium contention before passing both Binder and Morbidelli. The South African and the Italian exchanged some tough passes and spectacular moves, before then the rain flag came out near the end of the race and Nakagami slid out ahead of the duo. Oliveira crossed the line almost three seconds clear, with Binder setting the fastest lap on the penultimate lap to take second and Morbidelli a safe third.

Jesko Raffin (Garage Plus Interwetten) put in an impressive performance for fourth, ahead of another top ride from Motegi podium finisher Xavi Vierge (Tech 3 Racing). Alex Marquez recovered from his moment early in the race to pull clear of a number of riders and take sixth, ahead of Simone Corsi (Speed Up Racing), Aegerter, a solid ride from Sandro Cortese (Dynavolt Intact GP) and Lüthi.

Axel Pons (RW Racing GP), Francesco Bagnaia and teammate Stefano Manzi (Sky Racing Team VR46), Lorenzo Baldassarri (Forward Racing Team) – despite dislocating his shoulder on Saturday – and home hero Remy Gardner (Tech 3 Racing) completed the points.

The advantage is now 29 points for Morbidelli at the top, giving him his first shot at the title at Sepang International Circuit, which is up next.

MICHELIN® AUSTRALIAN MOTORCYCLE GRAND PRIX

Moto2 Race Classification 2017.

Pos. Points Num. Rider Nation Team Bike Km/h Time/Gap
1 25 44 Miguel OLIVEIRA POR Red Bull KTM Ajo KTM 169.2 39’25.920
2 20 41 Brad BINDER RSA Red Bull KTM Ajo KTM 168.9 +2.974
3 16 21 Franco MORBIDELLI ITA EG 0,0 Marc VDS Kalex 168.9 +3.846
4 13 2 Jesko RAFFIN SWI Garage Plus Interwetten Kalex 168.6 +7.348
5 11 97 Xavi VIERGE SPA Tech 3 Racing Tech 3 168.6 +7.403
6 10 73 Alex MARQUEZ SPA EG 0,0 Marc VDS Kalex 168.3 +12.125
7 9 24 Simone CORSI ITA Speed Up Racing Speed Up 168.3 +12.217
8 8 77 Dominique AEGERTER SWI Kiefer Racing Suter 168.3 +12.244
9 7 11 Sandro CORTESE GER Dynavolt Intact GP Suter 168.3 +12.475
10 6 12 Thomas LUTHI SWI CarXpert Interwetten Kalex 168.3 +12.605
11 5 49 Axel PONS SPA RW Racing GP Kalex 168.2 +12.971
12 4 42 Francesco BAGNAIA ITA SKY Racing Team VR46 Kalex 167.7 +20.887
13 3 62 Stefano MANZI ITA SKY Racing Team VR46 Kalex 167.1 +28.821
14 2 7 Lorenzo BALDASSARRI ITA Forward Racing Team Kalex 166.9 +31.214
15 1 87 Remy GARDNER AUS Tech 3 Racing Tech 3 166.7 +34.678
16 55 Hafizh SYAHRIN MAL Petronas Raceline Malaysia Kalex 166.7 +34.911
17 37 Augusto FERNANDEZ SPA Speed Up Racing Speed Up 166.6 +35.694
18 45 Tetsuta NAGASHIMA JPN Teluru SAG Team Kalex 165.2 +56.487
19 32 Isaac VIÑALES SPA BE-A-VIP SAG Team Kalex 165.2 +56.528
20 27 Iker LECUONA SPA Garage Plus Interwetten Kalex 165.2 +56.550
21 89 Khairul Idham PAWI MAL IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia Kalex 165.1 +57.548
22 6 Tarran MACKENZIE GBR Kiefer Racing Suter 164.9 +1’01.191
23 10 Luca MARINI ITA Forward Racing Team Kalex 162.3 +1’39.824
Not Classified
30 Takaaki NAKAGAMI JPN IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia Kalex 168.9 2 Laps
57 Edgar PONS SPA Pons HP40 Kalex 162.4 2 Laps
40 Fabio QUARTARARO FRA Pons HP40 Kalex 164.1 20 Laps
5 Andrea LOCATELLI ITA Italtrans Racing Team Kalex 161.2 23 Laps
9 Jorge NAVARRO SPA Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 Kalex 158.9 23 Laps
23 Marcel SCHROTTER GER Dynavolt Intact GP Suter 157.5 24 Laps
54 Mattia PASINI ITA Italtrans Racing Team Kalex 157.3 24 Laps

Moto2 World Standing 2017.

Pos. Rider Bike Nation Points
1 Franco MORBIDELLI Kalex ITA 272
2 Thomas LUTHI Kalex SWI 243
3 Miguel OLIVEIRA KTM POR 191
4 Alex MARQUEZ Kalex SPA 190
5 Francesco BAGNAIA Kalex ITA 150
6 Mattia PASINI Kalex ITA 135
7 Takaaki NAKAGAMI Kalex JPN 128
8 Simone CORSI Speed Up ITA 105
9 Xavi VIERGE Tech 3 SPA 90
10 Brad BINDER KTM RSA 89
11 Hafizh SYAHRIN Kalex MAL 86
12 Dominique AEGERTER Suter SWI 82
13 Jorge NAVARRO Kalex SPA 60
14 Luca MARINI Kalex ITA 59
15 Lorenzo BALDASSARRI Kalex ITA 50
16 Fabio QUARTARARO Kalex FRA 47
17 Marcel SCHROTTER Suter GER 47
18 Sandro CORTESE Suter GER 43
19 Jesko RAFFIN Kalex SWI 25
20 Remy GARDNER Tech 3 AUS 23
21 Axel PONS Kalex SPA 22
22 Xavier SIMEON Kalex BEL 16
23 Yonny HERNANDEZ Kalex COL 16
24 Stefano MANZI Kalex ITA 14
25 Khairul Idham PAWI Kalex MAL 10
26 Tetsuta NAGASHIMA Kalex JPN 8
27 Isaac VIÑALES Kalex SPA 7
28 Ricard CARDUS KTM SPA 7
29 Joe ROBERTS Kalex USA 6
30 Alex DE ANGELIS Suter RSM 5
31 Andrea LOCATELLI Kalex ITA 5
32 Danny KENT Suter GBR 3
33 Edgar PONS Kalex SPA 2
34 Ikuhiro ENOKIDO Kalex JPN 2
35 Tarran MACKENZIE Suter GBR 1
36 Federico FULIGNI Kalex ITA 1
37 Augusto FERNANDEZ Speed Up SPA
38 Iker LECUONA Kalex SPA
39 Julian SIMON Kalex SPA
40 Ryo MIZUNO Kalex JPN
41 Karel HANIKA Kalex CZE
42 Axel BASSANI Speed Up ITA
43 Steven ODENDAAL NTS RSA
44 Jake DIXON Suter GBR

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