Moto2™. Miguel Oliveira (Red Bull KTM Ajo) wins spectacular Moto2™ race in Mugello.

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Miguel Oliveira (Red Bull KTM Ajo) won a phenomenal Moto2™ race at the Gran Premio d’Italia Oakley to close the Championship lead to just 13 points behind Francesco Bagnaia (SKY Racing Team VR46), who crossed the line fourth. Lorenzo Baldassarri (Pons HP40) fought ferociously to get a home Grand Prix win, he finished second with Joan Mir (EG 0,0 Marc VDS) brilliantly taking his second consecutive podium in third.

Oliveira made a fantastic start, coming from P11 on the grid to make up six places going into the first corner, as race leader Marcel Schroetter (Dynavolt Intact GP) crashed at Turn 2. The Portuguese rider climbed his way up to third by the end of the first lap, then hit the front on lap three, with Bagnaia, Mattia Pasini (Italtrans Racing Team), Alex Marquez (EG 0,0 Marc VDS), Mir, Romano Fenati (Marinelli Snipers Team) and Baldassarri chasing behind.

The Jerez winner then started to carve his way forward, passing Marquez into Turn 1 and taking the second EG 0,0 Marc VDS bike of Mir soon after. By this point, Oliveira was keeping tabs on leader Pasini, before the Italian tucked the front into Turn 1 – heartbreak for the pole sitter. This was the start of a half-race battle between the number 44 and number 7, interchanging positions lap by lap, with the gap to Bagnaia and Mir stretching to over a second by lap 15.

It looked like it would be a two-horse race to the checkered flag between the two, however the ‘Jaws’ music then started to sound. With Baldassarri and Oliveira chopping and changing, Bagnaia and Mir smelt blood and the battle for the win soon became a four-way fight with three laps to go.

Going into a fantastic final lap, Baldassarri had a slight buffer. However, the 21-year-old then had a huge moment on the exit of Turn 5 pushing for an illustrious second home win, which allowed Oliveira to close in and pass the Italian into Turn 6. Bagnaia was third before running slightly wide at Savelli, allowing Mir to move into the final podium position. Despite Baldassarri’s best efforts, the KTM rider held firm and took the checkered flag, with rookie Mir fending off Championship leader Bagnaia.

Marquez couldn’t keep tabs with the leading quartet, the Spaniard finishing P5. Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Ajo) had a great ride, finishing sixth after starting from 19th on the grid, 2.448 back from Marquez. Luca Marini (SKY Racing Team VR46) had a strong ride at his home Grand Prix, finishing P7, with fellow Italian Andrea Locatelli (Italtrans Racing Team) getting his best result of the season in eighth.

Starting from P12, Xavi Vierge (Dynavolt Intact GP) grabbed at top ten place in ninth, as Simone Corsi (Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2) recorded his best finish of the year on his 250th Grand Prix start. Fabio Quartararo (MB Conveyors – Speed Up Racing) was P11 as he continues his good form. Dominique Aegerter (Kiefer Racing) scored a solid P12 on his injury return, with Iker Lecuona (Swiss Innovative Investors) picking up a solid 13th.

It was a great afternoon for the NTS RW Racing GP team at Mugello. Joe Roberts crossed the line P14 to take his first points of the season, with teammate Steven Odendaal just 0.019 behind him to take the final point scoring position.

Sam Lowes (Swiss Innovative Investors), Danny Kent (MB Conveyors – Speed Up Racing), Jorge Navarro (Federal Oil Gresini Moto2) and Jules Danilo (Nashi Argan SAG Team) crashed – riders ok. It was hard luck for Fenati at his home Grand Prix, he retired from the race after battling with the top six. Hector Barbera (Pons HP40) then made contact with Tetsuta Nagashima (Idemitsu Honda Team Asia) at Turn 3, with both riders crashing out – the FIM Stewards are investigating the collision.

A thrilling race at Mugello sees the Championship close right up as the intermediate class head to the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya… Will the battle be just as close there?

GRAN PREMIO D’ITALIA OAKLEY

Moto2 Race Classification 2018.

Pos.	Points	Num.	Rider	Nation	Team	Bike	Km/h	Time/Gap
1	25	44	Miguel OLIVEIRA	POR	Red Bull KTM Ajo	KTM	166.4	39’42.018
2	20	7	Lorenzo BALDASSARRI	ITA	Pons HP40	Kalex	166.4	+0.184
3	16	36	Joan MIR	SPA	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	Kalex	166.4	+0.334
4	13	42	Francesco BAGNAIA	ITA	SKY Racing Team VR46	Kalex	166.4	+0.484
5	11	73	Alex MARQUEZ	SPA	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	Kalex	166.2	+3.537
6	10	41	Brad BINDER	RSA	Red Bull KTM Ajo	KTM	166.0	+5.985
7	9	10	Luca MARINI	ITA	SKY Racing Team VR46	Kalex	165.7	+9.908
8	8	5	Andrea LOCATELLI	ITA	Italtrans Racing Team	Kalex	165.6	+11.219
9	7	97	Xavi VIERGE	SPA	Dynavolt Intact GP	Kalex	165.6	+12.371
10	6	24	Simone CORSI	ITA	Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2	Kalex	165.5	+12.675
11	5	20	Fabio QUARTARARO	FRA	MB Conveyors – Speed Up Racing	Speed Up	165.2	+17.843
12	4	77	Dominique AEGERTER	SWI	Kiefer Racing	KTM	165.0	+20.353
13	3	27	Iker LECUONA	SPA	Swiss Innovative Investors	KTM	164.4	+28.751
14	2	16	Joe ROBERTS	USA	NTS RW Racing GP	NTS	164.2	+32.436
15	1	4	Steven ODENDAAL	RSA	NTS RW Racing GP	NTS	164.2	+32.465
16		32	Isaac VIÑALES	SPA	SAG Team	Kalex	164.1	+33.054
17		66	Niki TUULI	FIN	SIC Racing Team	Kalex	164.1	+33.505
18		89	Khairul Idham PAWI	MAL	IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia	Kalex	163.4	+43.900
19		51	Eric GRANADO	BRA	Forward Racing Team	Suter	163.2	+47.264
20		14	Hector GARZO	SPA	Tech 3 Racing	Tech 3	162.6	+56.603
21		21	Federico FULIGNI	ITA	Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2	Kalex	161.4	+1’13.609
22		18	Xavi CARDELUS	AND	Team Stylobike	Kalex	160.5	+1’27.927
Not Classified
		45	Tetsuta NAGASHIMA	JPN	IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia	Kalex	164.9	6 Laps
		40	Hector BARBERA	SPA	Pons HP40	Kalex	164.9	6 Laps
		54	Mattia PASINI	ITA	Italtrans Racing Team	Kalex	166.6	8 Laps
		95	Jules DANILO	FRA	Nashi Argan SAG Team	Kalex	162.9	9 Laps
		62	Stefano MANZI	ITA	Forward Racing Team	Suter	164.6	11 Laps
		52	Danny KENT	GBR	MB Conveyors – Speed Up Racing	Speed Up	164.3	12 Laps
		13	Romano FENATI	ITA	Marinelli Snipers Team	Kalex	165.5	14 Laps
		22	Sam LOWES	GBR	Swiss Innovative Investors	KTM	163.2	15 Laps
		9	Jorge NAVARRO	SPA	Federal Oil Gresini Moto2	Kalex	164.2	17 Laps
		64	Bo BENDSNEYDER	NED	Tech 3 Racing	Tech 3		0 Lap
Not Finished 1st Lap
		23	Marcel SCHROTTER	GER	Dynavolt Intact GP	Kalex		0 Lap

Moto2 World Standing 2018.

Pos.	Rider	Bike	Nation	Points
1	Francesco BAGNAIA	Kalex	ITA	111
2	Miguel OLIVEIRA	KTM	POR	98
3	Lorenzo BALDASSARRI	Kalex	ITA	84
4	Alex MARQUEZ	Kalex	SPA	78
5	Joan MIR	Kalex	SPA	64
6	Xavi VIERGE	Kalex	SPA	59
7	Mattia PASINI	Kalex	ITA	58
8	Brad BINDER	KTM	RSA	47
9	Marcel SCHROTTER	Kalex	GER	37
10	Iker LECUONA	KTM	SPA	26
11	Dominique AEGERTER	KTM	SWI	20
12	Fabio QUARTARARO	Speed Up	FRA	20
13	Luca MARINI	Kalex	ITA	19
14	Simone CORSI	Kalex	ITA	18
15	Andrea LOCATELLI	Kalex	ITA	16
16	Remy GARDNER	Tech 3	AUS	14
17	Jorge NAVARRO	Kalex	SPA	14
18	Sam LOWES	KTM	GBR	14
19	Hector BARBERA	Kalex	SPA	10
20	Romano FENATI	Kalex	ITA	9
21	Isaac VIÑALES	Kalex	SPA	7
22	Stefano MANZI	Suter	ITA	6
23	Danny KENT	Speed Up	GBR	4
24	Tetsuta NAGASHIMA	Kalex	JPN	3
25	Joe ROBERTS	NTS	USA	2
26	Steven ODENDAAL	NTS	RSA	1
27	Khairul Idham PAWI	Kalex	MAL	1
28	Bo BENDSNEYDER	Tech 3	NED
29	Niki TUULI	Kalex	FIN
30	Eric GRANADO	Suter	BRA
31	Hector GARZO	Tech 3	SPA
32	Lukas TULOVIC	KTM	GER
33	Jules DANILO	Kalex	FRA
34	Federico FULIGNI	Kalex	ITA
35	Xavi CARDELUS	Kalex	AND
36	Corentin PEROLARI	Transformiers	FRA
37	Zulfahmi KHAIRUDDIN	Kalex	MAL
38	Cedric TANGRE	Tech 3	FRA

Credits : Photos and content courtesy of motoGP.c0m

Moto2™. Miguel Oliveira (Red Bull KTM Ajo) wins spectacular Moto2™ race in Mugello.

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GRAN PREMIO D’ITALIA OAKLEY

Moto2 World Standing 2018.

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