Raul Fernandez falls hard – Remy Gardner wins over Marco Bezzecchi
It was the only race of the day at Silverstone in which the winner was not clear until the chequered flag fell. In other words, where the tension was kept from the first minute to the last. First and foremost, local hero Sam Lowes and rookie Raul Fernandez were not responsible for this, but the World Cup leader from Australia and Rossi protégé Bezzecchi. Remy Gardner drove like a world champion, which makes his father Wayne, the 500 cc champion from 1987, definitely proud of Honda. His toughest opponent from his own team, however, made a fatal and momentous mistake. With four laps to go, Raul Fernandez had a hard crash and thus lost important points in the battle with his future Tech 3 KTM MotoGP team-mate for the Moto2 title.
Bezzecchi beaten – Navarro snatches the podium from Lowes’ nose
The Italian fought the Aussie like a lion and did everything to leave it behind. But in the end, Remy Gardner was the sovereign winner and Marco Bezzecchi had to console himself with the fact that he had significantly reduced the gap to Fernandez and World Cup rank 2. Sam Lowes was only just behind the leading duo for a long time. But the man from Lincoln lost a lot of ground in the end and was overtaken by Jorge Navarro on the fourth to last lap, with which the Spaniard inherited the Englishman’s podium. Behind Lowes, “Di Gia” was a good fifth ahead of Augusto Fernandez, Aaron Canet, Xavi Vierge and Ai Ogura. US boy Joe Roberts got only the fifth top ten result of the season after four zeros, while his compatriot Cameron Beaubier did not see the chequered flag. Tom Lüthi, who was retiring at the end of the season, finished eleventh and his former teammate Marcel Schrötter only ended up in 13th place after a long lap penalty.
The Moto2 Grand Prix of England in numbers
The Silverstone Circuit
The status of the World Championship
P, Rider, Bike, Nat, Points
1, Remy GARDNER, Kalex, AUS, 231
2, Raul FERNANDEZ, Kalex, SPA, 187
3, Marco BEZZECCHI, Kalex, ITA, 179
4, Sam LOWES, Kalex, GBR, 127
5, Aron CANET, Boscoscuro, SPA, 92
6, Augusto FERNANDEZ, Kalex, SPA, 92
7, Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO, Kalex, ITA, 91
8, Ai OGURA, Kalex, JPN, 87
9, Marcel SCHROTTER, Kalex, GER, 75
10, Xavi VIERGE, Kalex, SPA, 67
11, Jorge NAVARRO, Boscoscuro, SPA, 58
12, Joe ROBERTS, Kalex, USA, 56
13, Celestino VIETTI, Kalex, ITA, 46
14, Bo BENDSNEYDER, Kalex, NED, 40
15, Somkiat CHANTRA, Kalex, THA, 35
16, Tony ARBOLINO, Kalex, ITA, 33
17, Cameron BEAUBIER, Kalex, USA, 26
18, Albert ARENAS, Boscoscuro, SPA, 23
19, Jake DIXON, Kalex, GBR, 21
20, Stefano MANZI, Kalex, ITA, 20
21, Marcos RAMIREZ, Kalex, SPA, 16
22, Thomas LUTHI, Kalex, SWI, 16
23, Hector GARZO, Kalex, SPA, 12
24, Nicolò BULEGA, Kalex, ITA, 12
25, Lorenzo DALLA PORTA, Kalex, ITA, 10
26, Hafizh SYAHRIN, NTS, MAL, 8
27, Simone CORSI, MV Agusta, ITA, 7
28, Fermín ALDEGUER, Boscoscuro, SPA, 4
29, Alonso LOPEZ, Boscoscuro, SPA, 4
30, Lorenzo BALDASSARRI, MV Agusta, ITA, 3
31, Barry BALTUS, NTS, BEL, 2
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