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You are here: Home1 / MotorBugs Blog2 / Motorsports News3 / MotoGP 20164 / Moto3™: Enea Bastianini (Gresini Racing Moto3)Wins Motul Grand Prix of J...

Moto3™: Enea Bastianini (Gresini Racing Moto3)Wins Motul Grand Prix of Japan.

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Enea Bastianini (Gresini Racing Moto3) has taken an incredible photo-finish victory at the Twin Ring Motegi, with a last lap move on newly crowned Moto3™ World Champion Brad Binder that saw the two then cross the line almost neck and neck. The Italian also takes back second in the Championship standings with the 25 point haul, as EG 0,0 rider Jorge Navarro failed to score. Hiroki Ono (Honda Team Asia) took his first career podium and Japan’s first rostrum finish at Motegi since Hiroshi Aoyama in 2009 with a controlled ride to P3 as he fought off Italian duo Andrea Migno and Nicolo Bulega (Sky Racing Team VR46) – but was then disqualified for being under the minimum weight for bike and rider. Bulega therefore took the P3 on his 17th birthday.

Despite a wheelie off the line, Migno managed to stay ahead from pole position as the lights went out – with new World Champion Binder and the South African’s key 2016 rival Bastianini on the chase behind. An incident through Turn 1 then saw Jorge Navarro clip Leopard Racing’s Joan Mir and lose control, with Gabriel Rodrigo (RBA Racing) and John McPhee (Peugeot MC Saxoprint) caught in the crossfire as Navarro slid out. With the three in the gravel trap, the Valencian’s push to secure second in the Championship took a serious hit as key rival Bastianini disappeared in the front group and going on to take the win.

Attrition rates were high in the early stages of the race, with front end washouts causing some casualties. After the Turn 1 drama, one incident saw second EG 0,0 bike Aron Canet also slid out with 15 laps to go at Turn 9 – with Leopard Racing’s Andrea Locatelli crashing just behind the Spaniard in a separate but simultaneous incident.

Binder was the leader of the front freight train, with Bastianini, Migno, Francesco Bagnaia (Pull&Bear Aspar Mahindra), Bulega and home hero Ono for company as the six riders made a break for it.  After some more difficult races, Bagnaia was the superstar of Lap 1 as the Italian Mahindra rider moved up nine places from his starting position, putting himself right in contention.

Fabio Di Giannantonio (Gresini Racing Moto3) was the man on the chase at the head of the second group, with key rivals for the title Rookie of the Year Bulega ahead, and Joan Mir further back in P12. As the laps began to count down, Bagnaia ahead began to lose traction and move back slightly into the second group, as Bulega started to struggle keeping the pace of the frontrunners. Philipp Oettl (Schedl GP Racing) emerged from the mid pack to eventually lead that second group, as Bulega found some pace again to close back in and get out of the clutches of the German rider.

Binder seemed to have escaped at the front before Bastianini started to fight back with only a handful of laps to go, the two clear at the head of the race as Ono and Migno squabbled over the final spot on the podium. The pressure was on for the South African, with the Gresini machine behind getting closer and closer until the two were locked together on the final lap.

Drama on that final lap saw Migno attack Ono for the last place on the podium as the Japanese rider fought to stay ahead – and the Italian clipped the rear of the Honda Team Asia machine, then getting flipped over the highside. Ono escaped to take the P3 finish at home, with Bulega crossing the line fourth but then moved up to P3 as Ono was disqualified. Migno was able to restart and crossed the line P25.

Ahead on track, a patient and measured Bastianini waited for Turn 11 to make a move on Binder and made it stick, just keeping it on the track through the tunnel – the final drag to the line seeing both bikes on the limit. Side-by-side, the Italian took the victory by millimetres, denying the South African his sixth win of the year and taking his second career victory, after Misano 2015.

Phillip Oettl took P5 over the line to head the second group, with Fabio Di Giannantonio in sixth to score good Championship points once again. Bagnaia, after his early race heroics, held on the take P7 – ahead of RW Racing GP BV rider Livio Loi, who had also been third fastest on Friday in a good weekend for the Belgian. Frenchman Fabio Quartararo (Leopard Racing) took a solid top ten finish in P9, ahead of teammate and rookie Mir.

Wheel-to-wheel and high octane as always, Moto3™ will return at Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit next weekend – with Bastianini now the man to beat as he sets his sights on keeping P2 in the standings.

MOTUL GRAND PRIX OF JAPAN

Moto3 Race Classification 2016.

1 25 33 Enea BASTIANINI ITA Gresini Racing Moto3 Honda 146.2 39’24.273
2 20 41 Brad BINDER RSA Red Bull KTM Ajo KTM 146.2 +0.017
3 16 8 Nicolo BULEGA ITA SKY Racing Team VR46 KTM 145.9 +4.002
4 13 65 Philipp OETTL GER Schedl GP Racing KTM 145.8 +5.119
5 11 4 Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO ITA Gresini Racing Moto3 Honda 145.8 +6.288
6 10 21 Francesco BAGNAIA ITA Pull & Bear Aspar Mahindra Team Mahindra 145.7 +7.739
7 9 11 Livio LOI BEL RW Racing GP BV Honda 145.7 +7.749
8 8 20 Fabio QUARTARARO FRA Leopard Racing KTM 145.6 +8.344
9 7 36 Joan MIR SPA Leopard Racing KTM 145.6 +8.880
10 6 23 Niccolò ANTONELLI ITA Ongetta-Rivacold Honda 145.6 +9.037
11 5 48 Lorenzo DALLA PORTA ITA SKY Racing Team VR46 KTM 145.4 +12.332
12 4 7 Adam NORRODIN MAL Drive M7 SIC Racing Team Honda 145.3 +13.525
13 3 84 Jakub KORNFEIL CZE Drive M7 SIC Racing Team Honda 145.0 +18.818
14 2 12 Albert ARENAS SPA Peugeot MC Saxoprint Peugeot 144.9 +21.263
15 1 24 Tatsuki SUZUKI JPN CIP-Unicom Starker Mahindra 144.9 +21.291
16 95 Jules DANILO FRA Ongetta-Rivacold Honda 144.8 +21.727
17 42 Marcos RAMIREZ SPA Platinum Bay Real Estate Mahindra 144.1 +34.475
18 64 Bo BENDSNEYDER NED Red Bull KTM Ajo KTM 143.7 +39.950
19 89 Khairul Idham PAWI MAL Honda Team Asia Honda 143.7 +40.177
20 3 Fabio SPIRANELLI ITA CIP-Unicom Starker Mahindra 143.3 +46.804
21 77 Lorenzo PETRARCA ITA 3570 Team Italia Mahindra 143.2 +49.085
22 40 Darryn BINDER RSA Platinum Bay Real Estate Mahindra 143.0 +52.570
23 6 Maria HERRERA SPA MH6 Team KTM 143.0 +52.682
24 16 Andrea MIGNO ITA SKY Racing Team VR46 KTM 141.6 +1’16.774
25 58 Juanfran GUEVARA SPA RBA Racing Team KTM 141.2 +1’22.102
26 13 Shizuka OKAZAKI JPN UQ & TELURU KOHARA RT Honda 139.6 +1’51.623
76 Hiroki ONO JPN Honda Team Asia Honda 0 Lap
Not Classified
88 Jorge MARTIN SPA Pull & Bear Aspar Mahindra Team Mahindra 144.8 10 Laps
44 Aron CANET SPA Estrella Galicia 0,0 Honda 132.7 11 Laps
55 Andrea LOCATELLI ITA Leopard Racing KTM 141.6 16 Laps
43 Stefano VALTULINI ITA 3570 Team Italia Mahindra 139.7 17 Laps
Not Finished 1st Lap
9 Jorge NAVARRO SPA Estrella Galicia 0,0 Honda 0 Lap
17 John MCPHEE GBR Peugeot MC Saxoprint Peugeot 0 Lap
19 Gabriel RODRIGO ARG RBA Racing Team KTM 0 Lap

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