Bike India – August 2019

Moto2Result

Pos. RIdeR TImIng

1 AlexMARQUEZ 38’25.678

2 ThomasLUTHI +1.989

3 JorgeNAVARRO +2.532

4 AugustoFERNANDEZ +3.802

5 eneaBASTIANINI +7.472

Moto2

Alex Marquez on the Marc VDS Kalex

bike has been on a true roll, but the

number 73 started in sixth, hence another

win would be difficult. Come race start and

we saw Thomas Luthi on the Dynavolt

Intact GP take the lead with Augusto

Fernandez on the Flexbox HP 40 bike

stuck on his tail. But soon the younger Marquez started to catch the two slowly but

surely.

Augusto got the better of Luthi with an aggressive block pass, but by now the

number 73 was all over the rear wheel of front pair. Elsewhere, Lorenzo Baldassarri on

the other Flexbox HP 40 bike and championship leader went down with 15 laps to go

which meant that Marquez saw his moment and made his move on Augusto Fernandez.

After successfully getting into second, Marquez looked at Luthi in the front.

Meanwhile, on the HDR Heidrun Speed Up bike Jorge Navarro had made his way to

fourth and now started to challenge Fernandez and continued a good fight for the final

place on the podium. Marquez, in turn, made his move on Luthi, put his head down,

and headed towards the chequered flag.

Navarro was not quite done yet, though, and after taking third from Fernandez now

set his sights on Thomas Luthi, who seemed to be struggling with tyre wear. But it was

too late and, in the end, it was Marquez who won, Luthi held on to second, and Navarro

was in third.

He seemed to be riding a brilliant race with good

defensive lines at time and better drive out of corners

when needed. Could he hold on for the win was the

question. He had already set up a little lead and

looked set for the win. But on the final lap with

pressure from Aron Canet of the Sterilgarda Max

Racing Team right behind him, Toba made a mistake

and went down ending his race.

Finally, it was Marcos Ramirez of Leopard Racing,

Aron Canet, and Celestino Vietti of SKY Racing

Team VR46 who finished first, second, and third

respectively.

Moto3

Lorenzo Dalla Porta on his Leopard
Racing bike took the lead early in the
race. But, unfortunately, a mechanical
problem had him retire from the race, a
real disaster for his championship bid.
This being Moto3, there is almost the
entire grid vying for the win. The racing
is absolute madness and impossible to tell
who would win. Three or four abreast
into a corner is a common scene in almost
every turn.
With finally about seven laps to go, the
Japanese rider, Kaito Toba, on the Honda
Team Asia was running in a brilliant first.

Moto3Result

Pos. RIdeR TImIng

1 marcosRAMIREZ 38’36.156

2 AronCANET +0.119

3 CelestinoVIETTI +0.146

4 AlonsoLOPEZ +0.235

5 dennis FOGGIA +0.947

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