AustrianGP Moto2 Race: Morbidelli, the boss!

Si Joan Mir dominated the Moto3 race, it seems very difficult to determine a favorite for the 25 lap Moto2 race as the forces seem evenly distributed between the championship leader with 6 victories this year, Franco Morbidelli, and the other strong men of the moment who are Tom Luthi, Mattia Pasini and Alex Márquez, but also with the rising generation represented by Francesco Bagnaia, Miguel Oliveira and even fabio quartararo and Lucas Marini.

No risk of rain for this race which will take place with light sunshine on a 30° track and in 21° air.

Here are the references available before the start of the Austrian Moto2 Grand Prix:

#AustrianGP Moto2™	2016	2017
FP1	1'30.117 Johann Zarco	1'31.203 Miguel Oliveira (see here)
FP2	1'29.695 Tom Lüthi	1'30.211 Franco Morbidelli (see here)
FP3	1'29.598 Johann Zarco	1'29.738 Tom Lüthi (see here)
Qualification	1'29.255 Johann Zarco	1'29.394 Mattia Pasini (see here)
Warm up	1'29.540 Johann Zarco	1'29.769 Franco Morbidelli (see here)
Course	Zarco, Morbidelli, Rins (see here)
All time lap record	1'29.255 Zarco 2016

 

When the red lights go out, Franco Morbidelli best jumps ahead Mattia Pasini whose birthday is today (32 years old) while on the inside of the bend, fabio quartararo et Xavi Verge cling and fall.

Four motorcycles also crashed further back in the peloton, following an incident involving Lecuona, Siméon, Nagashima, Marini, Cortese, Manzi et Baldassarri.

Even before the end of the first round,Tom Luthi pass Mattia Pasini and sets off in pursuit of Franco Morbidelli. He takes the entire peloton with him and the junction is made two laps later.

In the fourth round, Alex Marquez takes command and the fight begins with his teammate: one blow to you, one blow to me!

On the sixth lap, the pace picks up and we find a group of 4 drivers in the lead, Morbidelli, Marquez, Luthi et Pasini, slightly detached in front Bagnaia, Oliveira, Binder et Vinales.

Gradually, Franco Morbidelli widens a gap which amounts to just half a second on the ninth pass while Mattia Pasini gradually concedes ground.

Miguel Oliveira is then the fastest man on the track and begins to climb back on the leading trio.

Seven laps from the checkered flag, Tom Luthi place an attack on Franco Morbidelli but the two men push their braking to the maximum, both sideways at the limit: magnificent!

Miguel Oliveira made the junction six laps from the finish.

One turn later, Alex Marquez takes the best of Tom Luthi when Miguel Oliveira makes a mistake and hits his motorbike on his body.

On your mind, Franco Morbidelli now has almost a second lead and can just coast quietly to the finish.

In the championship, Franco Morbidelli, with 207 points, is 26 ahead of Tom Luthi, 54 on Alex Marquez and 74 on Miguel Oliveira.

#AustrianGP Moto2 Ranking:

01- Franco Morbidelli – EG 0,0 Marc VDS – KALEX Moto2 – 25 laps
02- Alex Marquez – EG 0,0 Marc VDS – KALEX Moto2 – + 1.312
03- Thomas Luthi – carXpert Interwetten – KALEX Moto2 – + 2.544
04- Francesco Bagnaia – Sky Racing Team VR46 – KALEX Moto2 – + 3.070
05- Mattia Pasini – Italtrans Racing Team – KALEX Moto2 – + 3.745
06- Takaaki Nakagami – IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia – KALEX Moto2 – + 8.827
07- Brad Binder – Red Bull KTM Ajo – KTM Moto2 – + 9.018
08- Jorge Navarro – Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 – KALEX Moto2 – + 13.692
09- Dominique Aegerter – Kiefer Racing – Suter MMX2 – + 14.955
10- Hafizh Syahrin – Petronas Raceline Malaysia – KALEX Moto2 – + 18.997
11- Simone Corsi – Speed ​​Up Racing – Speed ​​Up SF7 – + 21.887
12- Tetsuta Nagashima – Teluru SAG Team – KALEX Moto2 – + 22.028
13- Axel Pons – RW Racing GP – KALEX Moto2 – + 23.008
14- Edgar Pons – Pons HP 40 – KALEX Moto2 – + 23.290
15- Remy Gardner – Tech 3 Racing – Tech 3 Mistral 610 – + 25.128
16- Augusto Fernandez – Speed ​​Up Racing – Speed ​​Up SF7 – + 33.460
17- Khairul Idham Pawi – IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia – KALEX Moto2 – + 33.931
18- Jesko Raffin – Garage Plus Interwetten – KALEX Moto2 – + 40.110
19- Joe Roberts – AGR Team – KALEX Moto2 – + 43.888
20- Tarran Mackenzie – Kiefer Racing – Suter MMX2 – + 46.097
21- Iker Lecuona – Garage Plus Interwetten – KALEX Moto2 – 2 laps