He had missed the boat at Mugello, he won at Misano. At the age of 19, Baldassari scored in front of his home crowd and on home soil after an epic battle against Rins, who is doing well in the championship.
In this San Marino Grand Prix, we expected a duel between Nakagami et zarco in view of the practice sessions and qualifications. But the start of hostilities showed the Japanese to be clumsy while the Frenchman seemed to be heading off alone. Before being joined by a pack of furious people, being pushed around and punished in seventh place.
Meanwhile, Alex Rins, who was not expected at such a celebration, took the lead and widened the gap. An operation which could have been that of victory if Lorenzo Baldassari never gave up, moving up the Spaniard tenth by tenth. In the last lap, the Italian delivered the blow and manfully defended his leading position.
The podium is completed by Nakagami who woke up too late like zarco who takes fourth place and sees Kidneys stick it back to the championship with three points. In two rounds, the World Champion lost big. Everything has to be done again in this title race.
Morbidely closes the top 5 after having seriously animated the start of hostilities with Lüthi et Lowes. The latter fell and gave up on his last hopes for the crown. The Swiss is sixth in front Syahrin Folger et Cortese. Alex Marquez closes the top 10 while Virgin brings back the points for twelfth place to the Tech3 team.
Misano, Moto2, Race: Ranking
1. Lorenzo Baldassarri
ITA Forward Team (Kalex) 42m 45.885s
2. alex rins SPA Paginas Amarillas HP 40 (Kalex)
42m 48.408s
3. Takaaki Nakagami JPN IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia (Kalex) 42m 52.084s
4. Johann zarco FRA Ajo Motorsport (Kalex) 42m 54.827s
5. Franco Morbidelli ITA Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (Kalex) 42m 55.901s
6. Thomas luthi SWI Garage Plus Interwetten (Kalex)
42m 56.980s
7. Hafiz Syahrin MAL Petronas Raceline Malaysia (Kalex) 42m 58.933s
8. Jonas Folger GER Dynavolt Intact GP (Kalex) 43m 0.489s
9. Sandra Cortese GER Dynavolt Intact GP (Kalex)
43m 1.532s
10. Alex Marquez SPA Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (Kalex) 43m 6.605s
11. Marcel schrotter GER AGR Team (Kalex) 43m 8.080s
12. Xavi Verge SPA Tech 3 Racing (Tech 3) 43m 19.512s
13. Luca marini ITA Forward Team (Kalex) 43m 26.021s
14. Rattha Park Wilairot THA IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia (Kalex) 43m 27.637s
15. Jesko Raffin SWI Sports-Millions-EMWE-SAG (Kalex)
43m 28.387s
16. Mattia Pasini ITA Italtrans Racing Team (Kalex)
43m 35.630s
17. Miguel Oliveira POR Leopard Racing (Kalex) 43m 47.907s
18. Frederick Fuligni ITA Team Ciatti (Kalex) 43m 49.816s
19. Remy gardner AUS Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2 (Kalex) 43m 49.895s
20. Robin Mulhauser SWI CarXpert Interwetten (Kalex)
43m 53.268s
21. Iker Lecuona SPA CarXpert Interwetten (Kalex)
44m 5.931s
Edgar Pons SPA Paginas Amarillas HP 40 (Kalex)
DNF
Julian Simon SPA QMMF Racing Team (Speed Up) DNF
Sam Lowes GBR Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 (Kalex)
DNF
Danny Kent GBR Leopard Racing (Kalex) DNF
Isaac Viñales SPA Tech 3 Racing (Tech 3) DNF
Simone Courses ITA Speed Up Racing (Speed Up) DNF
Axel Pons SPA AGR Team (Kalex) DNF
Xavier Simeon BEL QMMF Racing Team (Speed Up) DNF
