Moto3™: Jorge Martin (Del Conca Gresini Moto3) pulls the pin to perfection as the standings shuffle.

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Jorge Martin (Del Conca Gresini Moto3) took a perfectly-timed win in the Pramac Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland, fighting at the front throughout before pulling the pin to perfection in the latter stages to escape the chasing pack. It was Championship rival Marco Bezzecchi (Redox PruestelGP) who crossed the line second in some solid damage limitation to keep close in the standings, with John McPhee (CIP – Green Power) putting some recent disappointments to bed as he got back on the podium with an impressive third.

Martin took the holeshot from pole, getting a perfect start as Marcos Ramirez (Bester Capital Dubai) moved up into second and Enea Bastianini (Leopard Racing) suffered off the line to fall back. Ramirez’ teammate Jaume Masia shot past the Italian to take third, with Bezzecchi pouncing early to move up and begin his attack.

From seventh on the grid the Italian was soon on the tail of Martin and the Spaniard was unable to escape in the early stages. But it was a huge train of riders fighting it out at the front, with the group stretching back outside the points and even the top twenty.

With 16 laps to go, Martin’s first little lightning bolt of drama hit as he headed wide into Turn 1 and dropped back to fourth, before another few laps later there was more drama in the same place as teammate Fabio DiGiannantonio (Del Conca Gresini Moto3) crashed and was incredibly close to collecting Martin out the lead – but the Spaniard held on and just headed a little wide.

With seven to go Martin made a break for it, pulling the pin and timing it to perfection as Bezzecchi struggled to hold on to the Honda man ahead of him. Half a second then six tenths then over a second, the gap kept growing – and McPhee hunted down Bezzecchi. Martin crossed the line for the win as Bezzecchi and McPhee dragged it out – and the Italian took it by just half a tenth.

Marcos Ramirez took fourth as he beat Aron Canet (Estrella Galicia 0,0) by less than a tenth, with Masia completing his impressive weekend – despite a huge highside on Saturday – to complete the top six. Jakub Kornfeil (Redox PruestelGP) took seventh ahead of an improved weekend for Philipp Oettl (Südmetall Schedl GP Racing) in P8, with Raul Fernandez (Red Bull KTM Ajo) and Ayumu Sasaki (Petronas Sprinta Racing) completing the top ten.

Dalla Porta’s teammate Enea Bastianini was also protagonist of some drama as the Italian crashed in the latter laps and was collected by Alonso Lopez (Estrella Galicia 0,0), making it a 0 in the title fight for the Italian just ahead of the summer break.

Adam Norrodin (Petronas Sprinta Racing), Andrea Migno (Angel Nieto Team), Dalla Porta, Nicolo Bulega (Sky Racing Team VR46) and rookie Kazuki Masaki (RBA BOE Skull Rider) competed the points.

Now it’s time for a couple of weekends off before we reconvene at Brno – and it’s Martin heading into the break with momentum, but Bezzecchi’s very much in touch.

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Moto3 Race Classification 2018.

Pos.	Points	Num.	Rider	Nation	Team	Bike	Km/h	Time/Gap
1	25	88	Jorge MARTIN	SPA	Del Conca Gresini Moto3	Honda	150.1	39’36.427
2	20	12	Marco BEZZECCHI	ITA	Redox PruestelGP	KTM	149.9	+2.515
3	16	17	John MCPHEE	GBR	CIP – Green Power	KTM	149.9	+2.571
4	13	42	Marcos RAMIREZ	SPA	Bester Capital Dubai	KTM	149.9	+2.936
5	11	44	Aron CANET	SPA	Estrella Galicia 0,0	Honda	149.9	+3.028
6	10	5	Jaume MASIA	SPA	Bester Capital Dubai	KTM	149.9	+3.341
7	9	84	Jakub KORNFEIL	CZE	Redox PruestelGP	KTM	149.9	+3.532
8	8	65	Philipp OETTL	GER	Sudmetal Schedl GP Racing	KTM	149.8	+4.886
9	7	25	Raul FERNANDEZ	SPA	Red Bull KTM Ajo	KTM	149.8	+5.383
10	6	71	Ayumu SASAKI	JPN	Petronas Sprinta Racing	Honda	149.8	+5.486
11	5	7	Adam NORRODIN	MAL	Petronas Sprinta Racing	Honda	149.7	+5.610
12	4	16	Andrea MIGNO	ITA	Angel Nieto Team Moto3	KTM	149.5	+9.938
13	3	48	Lorenzo DALLA PORTA	ITA	Leopard Racing	Honda	149.5	+10.027
14	2	8	Nicolo BULEGA	ITA	SKY Racing Team VR46	KTM	149.4	+10.360
15	1	22	Kazuki MASAKI	JPN	RBA BOE Skull Rider	KTM	149.4	+10.467
16		23	Niccolò ANTONELLI	ITA	SIC58 Squadra Corse	Honda	149.4	+11.514
17		14	Tony ARBOLINO	ITA	Marinelli Snipers Team	Honda	149.4	+11.712
18		27	Kaito TOBA	JPN	Honda Team Asia	Honda	148.8	+20.039
19		10	Dennis FOGGIA	ITA	SKY Racing Team VR46	KTM	148.2	+31.237
20		43	Luca GRÜNWALD	GER	Freudenberg Racing Team	KTM	148.1	+32.768
21		81	Stefano NEPA	ITA	CIP – Green Power	KTM	147.6	+41.058
Not Classified
		19	Gabriel RODRIGO	ARG	RBA BOE Skull Rider	KTM	149.8	3 Laps
		32	Ai OGURA	JPN	Asia Talent Team	Honda	149.8	3 Laps
		33	Enea BASTIANINI	ITA	Leopard Racing	Honda	149.7	5 Laps
		72	Alonso LOPEZ	SPA	Estrella Galicia 0,0	Honda	149.7	5 Laps
		75	Albert ARENAS	SPA	Angel Nieto Team Moto3	KTM	149.8	7 Laps
		77	Vicente PEREZ	SPA	Reale Avintia Academy 77	KTM	148.0	9 Laps
		41	Nakarin ATIRATPHUVAPAT	THA	Honda Team Asia	Honda	148.1	11 Laps
		21	Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO	ITA	Del Conca Gresini Moto3	Honda	149.9	12 Laps
		24	Tatsuki SUZUKI	JPN	SIC58 Squadra Corse	Honda	148.9	22 Laps

Moto3 World Standing 2018.

Pos.	Rider	Bike	Nation	Points
1	Jorge MARTIN	Honda	SPA	130
2	Marco BEZZECCHI	KTM	ITA	123
3	Aron CANET	Honda	SPA	92
4	Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO	Honda	ITA	91
5	Enea BASTIANINI	Honda	ITA	84
6	Gabriel RODRIGO	KTM	ARG	65
7	Jakub KORNFEIL	KTM	CZE	61
8	Andrea MIGNO	KTM	ITA	60
9	Marcos RAMIREZ	KTM	SPA	57
10	Lorenzo DALLA PORTA	Honda	ITA	46
11	Niccolò ANTONELLI	Honda	ITA	45
12	Philipp OETTL	KTM	GER	44
13	Jaume MASIA	KTM	SPA	44
14	John MCPHEE	KTM	GBR	39
15	Tatsuki SUZUKI	Honda	JPN	38
16	Alonso LOPEZ	Honda	SPA	31
17	Albert ARENAS	KTM	SPA	30
18	Kaito TOBA	Honda	JPN	26
19	Adam NORRODIN	Honda	MAL	24
20	Tony ARBOLINO	Honda	ITA	24
21	Ayumu SASAKI	Honda	JPN	23
22	Darryn BINDER	KTM	RSA	20
23	Raul FERNANDEZ	KTM	SPA	13
24	Dennis FOGGIA	KTM	ITA	13
25	Makar YURCHENKO	KTM	KAZ	9
26	Livio LOI	KTM	BEL	8
27	Nicolo BULEGA	KTM	ITA	7
28	Manuel PAGLIANI	Honda	ITA	6
29	Kazuki MASAKI	KTM	JPN	4
30	Nakarin ATIRATPHUVAPAT	Honda	THA	2
31	Ai OGURA	Honda	JPN	1
32	Luca GRÜNWALD	KTM	GER
33	Stefano NEPA	KTM	ITA
34	Vicente PEREZ		SPA
35	Ryan VAN DE LAGEMAAT	KTM	NED

Credits : Photos and content courtesy of motogp.com

Moto3™: Jorge Martin (Del Conca Gresini Moto3) pulls the pin to perfection as the standings shuffle.

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PRAMAC MOTORRAD GRAND PRIX DEUTSCHLAND

Moto3 World Standing 2018.

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