Moto2 Germany Race: Augusto Fernández alone in the world, Marcel Schrötter acclaimed by his crowd, Celestino Vietti loses big!

Sam Lowes (Kalex, ELF Marc VDS Racing Team, #22) qualified in pole position for the German Grand Prix, his 18th in Moto2. It precedes Albert Arenas (GasGas, GasGas Aspar Team, #75) who achieved his best qualifying result since switching to Moto2 last year, and remains in search of a first podium in the intermediate category. Finally, Augusto Fernandez (Kalex, Red Bull KTM Ajo, #37) completes this first row on the Sachsenring in the hope of repeating his last victory at Le Mans.

 

 

The second line consists of Jake dixon (GasGas, GasGas Aspar Team, #96) passed through Q1, Marcel Schrötter (Kalex, Liqui Moly Intact GP, #23) and Aron Canet (Kalex, Flexbox HP40, #40), and it is only with the latter that we find one of the three leading men in the championship, this one being led by Celestino Vietti (Kalex, Mooney VR46 Racing Team, #13), 16 points ahead Ai Ogura (Kalex, Idemitsu Honda Team Asia, #79) and 24 ahead Arón Canet always looking for a victory.

Celestine Vietti will start from 8th position after passing through Q1, between Tony Arbolino (Kalex, ELF Marc VDS Racing Team, #14) and Joe Roberts (Kalex, Italtrans Racing Team, #16), while Cameron Beaubier (Kalex, American Racing, #6) will close the top 10.

The temperatures are 33° in the air and 47° on the asphalt of the Sachsenring.

Sachsenring Moto2™	2021	2022
FP1	1'24.873 Remy Gardner	1'24.222 Augusto Fernández
FP2	1'24.197 Remy Gardner	1'24.023 Augusto Fernández
FP3	1'24.003 Remy Gardner	1'23.640 Filip Salač
Q1	1'24.122 Bo Bendsneyder	1'23.786 Celestino Vietti
Q2	1'23.397 Raúl Fernández	1'23.493 Sam Lowes
Warm Up	1'24.354 Raúl Fernández	1'24.426 Albert Arenas
Course	Gardner, Canet, Bezzecchi	A. Fernández, Acosta, Lowes
All time lap record	1'23.397 Raúl Fernández 2021

 

When the red lights go out... Sam Lowes maintains the advantage of its pole position while Marcel Schrötter made an excellent start and positioned himself second at the first corner.

 

 

The two men even managed to create a small gap at the end of the first of 27 laps.

 

 

But little by little, Augusto Fernandez came back and managed to overtake the German 24 laps from the finish while Jorge Navarro (Kalex, Flexbox HP40, #9) falls at turn #13.

On the next pass, the Ajo team driver took command and began to create a gap.

 

 

His teammate, Peter Acosta, is not to be outdone since he is then in 3rd position, after starting 11th!

As the rounds go by, Augusto Fernandez escapes irremediably in front of a peloton still led by Sam Lowes in front Pedro Acosta, Marcel Schrötter, Albert Arenas, Arón Canet, Fermín Aldeguer (Boscoscuro, Speed ​​Up Racing, #54) and Alonso lopez (Boscoscuro, Speed ​​Up Racing, #21) while the championship leader, Celestino Vietti, only appears in 14th position.

 

A little after, Sam Lowes must bow to Peter Acosta but the leader is already more than four seconds behind while we are halfway through the race…

 

 

The gap is only growing and interest is shifting to the peloton where Aron Canet temporarily rises to seventh position, Ai Ogura in 9th grade.

Dramatic turn of events seven laps from the finish when Celestine Vietti makes a mistake as if in slow motion at turn #1, which, in the current situation, would only leave him 8 points ahead of Ai Ogura and 12 on Augusto Fernandez !

 

 

Four laps from the finish, a fight begins between Peter Acosta et Sam Lowes for second place on the podium, and the two men provide us with a nice series of overtakes.

Two rounds later, Marcel Schrötter comes to join in the debates but it is ultimately the Spaniard, after several contacts, who finishes ahead of the Briton and the German, nevertheless acclaimed by his people.

 

 

Undisputed victory of Augusto Fernandez, his 5th in Moto2, which is a very good championship operation.

 

 

Results of the Moto2 German Grand Prix at Sachsenring:

Credit rankings: MotoGP.com