#GermanGP Moto3 Race: Joan Mir beats Romano Fenati and Marcos Ramirez in the sprint

At the end of a superb three-way fight, World Championship leader Joan Mir managed to magnificently win the German GP ahead of Romano Fenati, Marcos Ramirez, Nicolo Bulega, Philipp Oettl and Enea Bastianini.

#GermanGP Moto3	2016	2017
FP1	1'28.196 Romano Fenati	1'27.868 Jorge Martin
FP2	1'27.496 Enea Bastianini	1'27.179 Joan Mir
FP3	1'27.162 Enea Bastianini	1'27.411 Joan Mir
Qualification	1'27.129 Enea Bastianini	1'26.688 Aron Canet
Warm up	1'40.072 Khairul Idham Pawi	1'34.409 Raul Fernandez
Course	Pawi, Locatelli, Bastianini	Mir, Fenati, Ramirez
All time lap record	1'26.174 Kent 2015

 

The weather was favorable at the time of departure, with weak sunshine, 16° for the air temperature and 25° for that of the track. Aron Canet started from pole position, with Joan Mir and Nicolo Bulega alongside him. On the second row were Marcos Ramirez, Tony Arbolino and Romano Fenati, then on the third row were Philipp Oettl, Bo Bendsneyder and Enea Bastianini. Jules Danilo started from ninth.

Jorge Martin, who fractured his right tibia and ankle on Friday, will have surgery this Monday in Barcelona and he hopes to be back for the next Grand Prix in Brno on August 6. Danny Kent, replacing the injured Niccolo Antonelli, and Maria Herrera were penalized by a drop of 12 places on the grid for having driven three times on Friday at more than 110% of one of their best partials. 18 drivers were fined €500 for driving too slowly in the first sector when leaving the pits.

While Mahindra will leave the Grands Prix at the end of the season, there was talk of Niccolo Antonelli and Enea Bastianini next year at Leopard Racing, including Joan Mir will leave in Moto2 at Marc VDS Racing while Livio Loi would not be retained.

On the grid, all the drivers wore a medium Dunlop at the front and a hard one at the rear, except Romano Fenati who preferred a medium rear.

Joan Mir was the fastest at the start ahead of Marcos Ramirez, Tony Arbolino, Aron Canet, Romano Fenati and Nicolo Bulega. Ramirez took first position, ahead of Mir, Fenati, Arbolino, Bulega and Canet. At the start of the race, Fenati, Mir, Ramirez, Arbolino and Bulega stood out slightly. Canet, sixth at 1.1, lost a little ground. Jules Danilo was twenty-first.

Mir took command ahead of Ramirez, Fenati, Bulega and Arbolino. Canet was at 1.9. Maria Herrera fell in the first corner. Mir retained first place, followed by Ramirez, Fenati, Bulega and Arbolino. Darryn Binder was sixth at 3.4 while Canet continued to drop.

The top five remained grouped, led by Mir ahead of Fenati, Ramirez, Bulega and Arbolino. Oettl, Guevara and Binder were fighting for sixth position at 4.1. John McPhee fell in the last turn without gravity.

Ramirez took the lead ahead of Mir, who overtook him shortly after. Fenati, Arbolino and Bulega followed closely. Jules Danilo was seventeenth. Aron Canet dropped to eleventh position.

Mir, Ramirez, Fenati, Bulega and Arbolino grouped together opened a gap of 5.2 on their pursuers led by Oettl ahead of Guevara. Jules Danilo got back into the points, in fifteenth position.

Fenati took first position 12 laps from the checkered flag, while Aron Canet, the man from pole position, fell without gravity. He was third in the Championship ahead of Jorge Martin (withdrawal this Sunday).

Mir took the lead again in front of Fenati, ahead of Ramirez, Arbolino and Bulega. Oettl sixth was at 6.3. Jules Danilo continued his comeback and was in thirteenth position. Danny Kent fell without gravity. Maria Herrera was leaving the pits after her team repaired her bike following her crash.

Tony Arbolino fell lightly in turn 2 and Bulega lost ground avoiding him. Fenati, Mir and Ramirez then competed for first position. Bulega fourth was at 2.1 and Oettl fifth at 8.1. Jules Danilo was tenth.

The fight for first place was limited to Mir, Ramirez and Fenati. Ramirez took the lead with 3 laps remaining, ahead of Mir and Fenati. Then Mir took the first position from him. Fenati entered the lead on the final lap.

Under the checkered flag, Joan Mir won the German Grand Prix ahead of Romano Fenati, Marcos Ramirez, Nicolo Bulega, Philipp Oettl and Enea Bastianini. Jules Danilo ranked fourteenth.

Race results (thank you to our friends crash.net):

1. Joan mir SPA Leopard Racing (Honda) 39m 34.775s
2. Roman Fenati ITA Marinelli Rivacold Snipers (Honda) 39m 34.896s
3. Marcos Ramirez SPA Platinum Bay Real Estate (KTM) 39m 34.993s
4. Nicholas Bulega ITA SKY Racing Team VR46 (KTM) 39m 39.849s
5. Philipp Oettl GER Südmetall Schedl GP Racing (KTM) 39m 47.848s
6. Enea Bastianini ITA Estrella Galicia 0,0 (Honda) 39m 48.425s
7. Livio Law BEL Leopard Racing (Honda) 39m 49.093s
8. Will Bendsneyder NED Red Bull KTM Ajo (KTM) 39m 49.241s
9. Tatsuki suzuki JPN SIC58 Squadra Corse (Honda) 39m 49.358s
10. Darryn binder RSA Platinum Bay Real Estate (KTM) 39m 49.441s
11. Fabio DiGiannantonio ITA Del Conca Gresini Moto3 (Honda) 39m 50.213s
12. Juanfran Guevara SPA RBA BOE Racing Team (KTM) 39m 50.921s
13. Adam Norrodin MAL SIC Racing Team (Honda) 39m 51.009s
14. Jules Danilo FRA Marinelli Rivacold Snipers (Honda) 39m 51.099s
15. Marco Bezzecchi ITA CIP (Mahindra) 39m 52.378s
16. Andrea Migno ITA SKY Racing Team VR46 (KTM) 39m 52.527s
17. Ayumu Sasaki JPN SIC Racing Team (Honda) 39m 52.620s
18. Jakub Kornfeil CZE Peugeot MC Saxoprint (Peugeot) 39m 52.638s
19. Lorenzo Dalla Porta ITA Aspar Mahindra Moto3 (Mahindra) 40m 14.829s
20. Manuel Pagliani ITA CIP (Mahindra) 40m 15.029s
21. Kaito Toba JPN Honda Team Asia (Honda) 40m 15.296s
22. Raul fernandez SPA Aspar Mahindra Moto3 (Mahindra) 40m 44.152s
23. Nakarin Atiratphuvapat THA Honda Team Asia (Honda) 40m 44.241s
24. Tim Georgi GER Freudenberg Racing Team (KTM) 40m 44.365s
25. Patrick Pulkkinen END Peugeot MC Saxoprint (Peugeot) 40m 47.779s
26. Maria Herrera SPA AGR Team (KTM) +2 laps
gabriel rodrigo ARG RBA BOE Racing Team (KTM) DNF
Tony Arbolino ITA SIC58 Squadra Corse (Honda) DNF
Aron canet SPA Estrella Galicia 0,0 (Honda) DNF
Danny Kent GBR Red Bull KTM Ajo (KTM) DNF
John mcphee GBR British Talent Team (Honda) DNF

Provisional ranking of the World Championship:

1 Joan MIR-Honda 165 points

2 Romano FENATI-Honda 128

3 Aron CANET-Honda 110

4 Jorge MARTIN-Honda 89

5 Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO-Honda 85

6 John MCPHEE-Honda 83

7 Marcos RAMIREZ-KTM 79

8 Andrea MIGNO-KTM 78

9 Enea BASTIANINI-Honda 59

10 Juanfran GUEVARA-KTM 58

…15 Jules DANILO-Honda 29