#ItalianGP Moto3 Race: Andrea Migno winner of a fierce fight

At the end of a magnificent and spectacular Grand Prix, Andrea Migno, driver of Valentino Rossi's Sky Racing VR46, managed to win in the sprint ahead of di Giannantonio, Guevara, Binder, Canet, McPhee and Mir. It was the first victory for a KTM this year.

#ItalianGP Mugello Moto3	2016	2017
FP1	2'09.992 Khairul Idham Pawi	1'58.387 Romano Fenati
FP2	1'58.489 Hiroki Ono	1'57.328 Fabio di Giannantonio
FP3	1'57.789 Niccolo Antonelli	1'57.462 Joan Mir
Qualification	1'57.289 Romano Fenati	1'57.176 Jorge Martin
Warm up	1'58.701 Enea Bastianini	1'57.933 Nicolo Bulega
Course	Binder, Di Giannantonio, Bagnaia (see here)

 

After the decommissioning of George Martin, author of the best qualifying time, John mcphee started from pole position, alongside Joan Mir, the leader of the Championship, and Fabio di Giannantonio. Nicolo Bulega, the fastest during the warm up, made up the second row alongside Juanfran Guevara and Roman Fenati. The third line welcomed Marcos Ramirez, Bo Bendsneyder et Tatsuki suzuki. The air temperature was 22° and that of the track 27°. The sky was quite cloudy.

Among all the drivers on the grid, only Romano Fenati and Fabio di Giannantonio had previously been on the podium at Mugello. Despite his back pain, Nicolo Bulega ran without painkillers. At KTM, only the Ajo team riders used the new chassis, although it was available to everyone. Each of the drivers set off on medium Dunlops at the front and rear.

Fabio di Giannantonio had the best start ahead of John McPhee, Romano Fenati, Tatsuki Suzuki and Joan Mir. Jorge Martin, who started twelfth, quickly rose to sixth position. Romano Fenati took the lead, ahead of di Giannantonio, Suzuki, Mir, McPhee and Martin. Di Giannantonio took first position, followed by Fenati, Suzuki, Martin, Mir, Suzuki and McPhee. Jules Danilo was fourteenth.

A group of seven riders stood out slightly, including di Giannantonio, Fenati, Ramirez, Martin, Mir, Suzuki and McPhee. Jorge Martin took the lead 18 laps from the checkered flag, ahead of Darryn Binder who was well back. Nicolo Bulega was eleventh ahead of his Sky Racing Team VR46 teammate Andrea Migno.

Romano Fenati regained first position, ahead of Binder, Mir, di Giannantonio, Ramirez and Martin. Andrea Migno moved up to seventh position. Danilo was then eighteenth. The first twenty were grouped into three seconds. Joan Mir took command, soon relayed by Andrea Migno. Di Giannantonio returned to the lead, ahead of Fenati, the two teammates Ramirez and Binder, McPhee, Martin and Migno.

Marcos Ramirez took first 12 laps from the checkered flag, then Binder overtook him, followed shortly after by McPhee. It was then Joan Mir's turn to lead. Jules Danilo fell without gravity. Edoardo Sintoni retired at his stand. With 8 laps remaining, the first 22 were grouped in 2.6. Di Giannantonio preceded Ramirez, Fenati, Suzuki, Binder, McPhee and Mir.

Mir regained the advantage, but di Giovanni overtook him, followed by McPhee, Bulega and Mir. Bulega took command, followed shortly after by Binder. In the fight, Bulega went thirteenth and Fenati seventeenth. Martin was tenth, just ahead of Mir. Migno became the leader with 5 laps remaining ahead of Sasaki, Guevara and Canet. Guevara took command, while Suzuki and Binder struggled and lost places.

Di Giannantonio led with two laps remaining ahead of Guevara, Canet, McPhee, Ramirez and Migno. Guevara regained command, while Mir was only eighth. Migno became the leader at the start of the last lap, ahead of di Giannantonio, Guevara and Binder.

Under the checkered flag, Migno won ahead of di Giannantonio, Guevara, Binder, Canet, McPhee and Mir.

Race results (thanks to crash.net):

1. Andrea Migno ITA SKY Racing Team VR46 (KTM) 39m 43.963s
2. Fabio DiGiannantonio ITA Del Conca Gresini Moto3 (Honda) 39m 44.000s
3. Juanfran Guevara SPA RBA BOE Racing Team (KTM) 39m 44.129s
4. Darryn binder RSA Platinum Bay Real Estate (KTM) 39m 44.325s
5. Aron canet SPA Estrella Galicia 0,0 (Honda) 39m 44.327s
6. John mcphee GBR British Talent Team (Honda) 39m 44.382s
7. Joan mir SPA Leopard Racing (Honda) 39m 44.519s
8. Ayumu Sasaki JPN SIC Racing Team (Honda) 39m 44.673s
9. Marcos Ramirez SPA Platinum Bay Real Estate (KTM) 39m 44.735s
10. Nicholas Bulega ITA SKY Racing Team VR46 (KTM) 39m 45.088s
11. Enea Bastianini ITA Estrella Galicia 0,0 (Honda) 39m 45.192s
12. Will Bendsneyder NED Red Bull KTM Ajo (KTM) 39m 45.224s
13. Roman Fenati ITA Marinelli Rivacold Snipers (Honda) 39m 45.424s
14. Philipp Oettl GER Südmetall Schedl GP Racing (KTM) 39m 45.487s
15. George Martin SPA Del Conca Gresini Moto3 (Honda) 39m 45.516s
16. Niccolo Antonelli ITA Red Bull KTM Ajo (KTM) 39m 45.821s
17. Marco Bezzecchi ITA CIP (Mahindra) 39m 46.222s
18. Adam Norrodin MAL SIC Racing Team (Honda) 39m 46.235s
19. Lorenzo Dalla Porta ITA Aspar Mahindra Moto3 (Mahindra) 39m 46.282s
20. Jakub Kornfeil CZE Peugeot MC Saxoprint (Peugeot) 39m 47.016s
21. Tony Arbolino ITA SIC58 Squadra Corse (Honda) 39m 47.439s
22. Manuel Pagliani ITA CIP (Mahindra) 39m 55.125s
23. Livio Law BEL Leopard Racing (Honda) 40m 1.676s
24. Nakarin Atiratphuvapat THA Honda Team Asia (Honda) 40m 21.650s
25. Kaito Toba JPN Honda Team Asia (Honda) 40m 21.651s
26. Maria Herrera SPA AGR Team (KTM) 40m 21.739s
27. Patrick Pulkkinen END Peugeot MC Saxoprint (Peugeot) 40m 21.850s

Provisional ranking of the World Championship:

1 Joan MIR-Honda 108 points

2 Aron CANET-Honda 74

3 Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO-Honda 71

4 Romano FENATI-Honda 68

5 Andrea MIGNO-KTM 68

6 John MCPHEE-Honda 63

7 Jorge MARTIN-Honda 60

8 Juanfran GUEVARA-KTM 50

9 Marcos RAMIREZ-KTM 43

10 Enea BASTIANINI-Honda 36

…14 Jules DANILO-Honda 16