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You are here: Home1 / MotorBugs Blog2 / Motorsports News3 / MotoGP 20164 / Moto3™: Francesco Bagnaia (Pull&Bear Aspar Mahindra) took his second e...

Moto3™: Francesco Bagnaia (Pull&Bear Aspar Mahindra) took his second ever career win at Sepang International Circuit.

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Francesco Bagnaia riding for Pull&Bear Aspar Mahindra Moto3 team escaped ahead of a demolition derby through the field and wins the Shell Malaysia Motorcycle Grand Prix– with Jakub Kornfeil (Drive M7 SIC Racing Team) taking second for an amazing home result for the SIC team, ahead of another rookie podium for Dutchman Bo Bendsneyder (Red Bull KTM Ajo).

A largely dry track, high ambient temperatures and a full Moto3™ grid characterized the start of the race, before the drama began early and went on to claim almost half the field. There were high rates of attrition on Lap 1, with a first incident at Turn 2 seeing Andrea Migno (Sky Racing Team VR46) losing control of his KTM and making contact with RBA Racing’s Juanfran Guevara to take both out of the race. Ayumu Sasaki, replacing injured Enea Bastianini at Gresini Racing Moto3, was another early casualty as the 2015 SAATC winner and 2016 Red Bull Rookies Champion retired.

There was then a crash at Turn 6 on Lap 1, as Jorge Martin (Pull&Bear Aspar Mahindra) caused a domino effect crash through the racing line on the corner, with Nicolo Bulega (Sky Racing Team VR46), Aron Canet (Estrella Galicia 0,0) and Philipp Oettl (Schedl Racing GP) caught up in the incident.

The next drama saw the lead group suddenly shaken up at Turn 7 – after local hero Adam Norrodin (Drive M7 SIC Racing Team) also fell at the corner – when World Champion Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Ajo), Joan Mir (Leopard Racing), Lorenzo Dalla Porta (Sky Racing Team) and Fabio Di Giannantonio (Gresini Racing Moto3) all slid out in unbelievable unison – leaving Bagnaia free at the front to build an incredible lead of over three seconds. Binder and Dalla Porta rejoined, but out of the points and lapped.

Jorge Navarro (Estrella Galicia 0,0) then crashed at the final corner, losing out on the chance to haul in absent Bastianini for P2 in the title, as an issue at the end of the back straight put paid to his chances at points – leaving the top six in the Championship again unable to score in the Moto3™ race, after a similar situation in Phillip Island one week earlier.

Turn 9 then claimed two casualties as Ongetta-Rivacold teammates Niccolo Antonelli and Jules Danilo crashed out in separate but almost simultaneous incidents – but Antonelli was able to remount and remain in the points.

At the front, Bagnaia was building his lead over four seconds with 12 laps to go, with Jakub Kornfeil, Bo Bendsneyder and RBA Racing’s Gabriel Rodrigo next on track in the second group. Fabio Quartararo (Leopard Racing) found himself in space on the chase, with World Champion Binder coming back out to rejoin the race and then sharing the track with the Frenchman.

The battle over sixth saw local hero Khairul Idham Pawi (Honda Team Asia), Andrea Locatelli (Leopard Racing), Maria Herrera (MH6 Team) and Marcos Ramirez (Platinum Bay Real Estate) locked in battle, with Livio Loi (RW Racing GP BV) in tenth but back from the group, fighting to catch up.

With Binder back out after a trip through pitlane, it was the South African on the move despite being down the order in terms of position, as he passed Quartararo and Rodrigo to unlap himself at least once – his superior pace allowing him the chance – as Frenchman Quartararo started to reel in the podium places.

Lapped Dalla Porta moved over to let the podium fight through, with Bendsneyder taking advantage to take Kornfeil for P2, as Binder did the same to allow Quartararo back past for the chance to continue his charge towards the podium.

A crash for Maria Herrera at Turn 15 in an incident with Livio Loi then prefaced a Red Flag, and with well over two thirds of race distance completed, the results would stand – with the positions determined by standings on Lap 13 as the last full lap completed by the whole field; a dramatic end for a melodrama of a race.

Bagnaia therefore took his second career victory by an incredible margin, free at the front in an impressive, concentrated ride, with Kornfeil taking P2 by virtue of his position on Lap 13, and rookie Bo Bendsneyder completing the podium.

Quartararo was fourth as he lost the laps needed to reel in the podium, with teammate Locatelli further back but completing the top five. Marcos Ramirez took another fantastic haul of points in sixth, with Rodrigo, home hero Pawi and Loi in P7, P8 and P9 respectively, despite an apparent problem for the Belgian by Lap 15 when the flag came out. Darryn Binder was tenth in another impressive ride after his P4 in Australia, completing a double top ten for the Platinum Bay Real Estate team.

The season finale now awaits, as the Circuit de Ricardo Tormo in Valencia gets ready for the Moto3™ grid for the last lights out of 2016.

SHELL MALAYSIA MOTORCYCLE GRAND PRIX

Moto3 Race Classification 2016.

Pos. Points Num. Rider Nation Team Bike Km/h Time/Gap
1 25 21 Francesco BAGNAIA ITA Pull & Bear Aspar Mahindra Team Mahindra 146.6 29’29.351
2 20 84 Jakub KORNFEIL CZE Drive M7 SIC Racing Team Honda 146.0 +7.108
3 16 64 Bo BENDSNEYDER NED Red Bull KTM Ajo KTM 146.0 +7.253
4 13 20 Fabio QUARTARARO FRA Leopard Racing KTM 145.9 +8.469
5 11 55 Andrea LOCATELLI ITA Leopard Racing KTM 145.5 +12.414
6 10 42 Marcos RAMIREZ SPA Platinum Bay Real Estate Mahindra 145.5 +12.706
7 9 19 Gabriel RODRIGO ARG RBA Racing Team KTM 145.5 +13.387
8 8 89 Khairul Idham PAWI MAL Honda Team Asia Honda 145.5 +13.506
9 7 11 Livio LOI BEL RW Racing GP BV Honda 145.4 +14.445
10 6 40 Darryn BINDER RSA Platinum Bay Real Estate Mahindra 143.4 +38.777
11 5 38 Hafiq AZMI MAL Peugeot MC Saxoprint Peugeot 142.9 +45.827
12 4 23 Niccolò ANTONELLI ITA Ongetta-Rivacold Honda 142.6 +48.899
13 3 43 Stefano VALTULINI ITA 3570 Team Italia Mahindra 142.6 +49.648
14 2 77 Lorenzo PETRARCA ITA 3570 Team Italia Mahindra 142.5 +49.842
15 1 4 Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO ITA Gresini Racing Moto3 Honda 140.6 +1’15.163
16 48 Lorenzo DALLA PORTA ITA SKY Racing Team VR46 KTM 134.8 1 Lap
17 41 Brad BINDER RSA Red Bull KTM Ajo KTM 112.2 3 Laps
Not Classified
6 Maria HERRERA SPA MH6 Team KTM 145.4 +13.793
95 Jules DANILO FRA Ongetta-Rivacold Honda 144.6 7 Laps
9 Jorge NAVARRO SPA Estrella Galicia 0,0 Honda 123.4 8 Laps
12 Albert ARENAS SPA Peugeot MC Saxoprint Peugeot 142.2 10 Laps
36 Joan MIR SPA Leopard Racing KTM 143.8 11 Laps
24 Tatsuki SUZUKI JPN CIP-Unicom Starker Mahindra 141.4 11 Laps
16 Andrea MIGNO ITA SKY Racing Team VR46 KTM 120.1 11 Laps
8 Nicolo BULEGA ITA SKY Racing Team VR46 KTM 75.5 12 Laps
Not Finished 1st Lap
88 Jorge MARTIN SPA Pull & Bear Aspar Mahindra Team Mahindra 0 Lap
44 Aron CANET SPA Estrella Galicia 0,0 Honda 0 Lap
65 Philipp OETTL GER Schedl GP Racing KTM 0 Lap
58 Juanfran GUEVARA SPA RBA Racing Team KTM 0 Lap
7 Adam NORRODIN MAL Drive M7 SIC Racing Team Honda 0 Lap
71 Ayumu SASAKI JPN Gresini Racing Moto3 Honda 0 Lap

Moto3 World Standing 2016.

Pos. Rider Bike Nation Points
1 Brad BINDER KTM RSA 294
2 Enea BASTIANINI Honda ITA 164
3 Francesco BAGNAIA Mahindra ITA 145
4 Jorge NAVARRO Honda SPA 143
5 Nicolo BULEGA KTM ITA 129
6 Joan MIR KTM SPA 124
7 Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO Honda ITA 123
8 Jakub KORNFEIL Honda CZE 103
9 Andrea LOCATELLI KTM ITA 96
10 Romano FENATI KTM ITA 93
11 Niccolò ANTONELLI Honda ITA 91
12 Fabio QUARTARARO KTM FRA 81
13 Philipp OETTL KTM GER 77
14 Aron CANET Honda SPA 76
15 Bo BENDSNEYDER KTM NED 75
16 Jorge MARTIN Mahindra SPA 66
17 Khairul Idham PAWI Honda MAL 62
18 Livio LOI Honda BEL 62
19 Jules DANILO Honda FRA 58
20 John MCPHEE Peugeot GBR 48
21 Andrea MIGNO KTM ITA 47
22 Juanfran GUEVARA KTM SPA 40
23 Hiroki ONO Honda JPN 36
24 Gabriel RODRIGO KTM ARG 31
25 Darryn BINDER Mahindra RSA 23
26 Marcos RAMIREZ Mahindra SPA 19
27 Tatsuki SUZUKI Mahindra JPN 16
28 Adam NORRODIN Honda MAL 14
29 Stefano MANZI Mahindra ITA 13
30 Lorenzo DALLA PORTA KTM ITA 12
31 Maria HERRERA KTM SPA 7
32 Hafiq AZMI Peugeot MAL 5
33 Stefano VALTULINI Mahindra ITA 3
34 Albert ARENAS Peugeot SPA 2
35 Lorenzo PETRARCA Mahindra ITA 2
36 Alexis MASBOU Peugeot FRA
37 Karel HANIKA KTM CZE
38 Fabio SPIRANELLI Mahindra ITA
39 Maximillian KAPPLER KTM GER
40 Matt BARTON FTR Honda AUS
41 Davide PIZZOLI KTM ITA
42 Tim GEORGI KTM GER
43 Danny WEBB Mahindra GBR
44 Enzo BOULOM KTM FRA
45 Marco BEZZECCHI Mahindra ITA
46 Shizuka OKAZAKI Honda JPN
47 Gabriel MARTINEZ-ABREGO Mahindra MEX
48 Ayumu SASAKI JPN

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