MOTO GP : Rins ousts Marquez by 0.013 to win dramatic British GP

Suzuki star steals victory from Championship leader’s grasp at Woodcote as we witness two big-hitters crash at Turn 1

Alex Rins (Team Suzuki Ecstar) claimed a sensational victory at the GoPro British Grand Prix as he and Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) treated us to a phenomenal MotoGP™ race, the Suzuki man eventually beating the Honda rider to the line in a stunning finish. Maverick Viñales (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) picked up P3 but there was drama at the first turn involving Fabio Quartararo (Petronas Yamaha SRT) and Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team).

Silverstone was set for a barnstormer, but nobody saw what was coming at the first corner. The lights went out and heading into Copse for the first time, Quartararo’s back end slipped round as the Frenchman reacted to Rins getting out of shape in front of him. Quartararo crashed and unable to take avoiding action, Dovizioso collided with the stricken Petronas Yamaha as two leading race contenders crashed out on Lap 1. Dovi headed to the medical centre for a checkup after landing heavily and was later transported to Coventry hospital, confirmation that Dovi has no broken bones, but he needs further checks after taking a big knock to the head.

Meanwhile, Marquez had got away well from pole and was leading the race from second place Valentino Rossi (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP), with Rins third. The latter didn’t take much time to pass ‘The Doctor’ though and the number 42 slipped into second, with himself and Marquez slowly edging clear of Rossi in third. On Lap 4, the leading duo were over a second clear, with the gap to Rossi stretching lap by lap as Viñales smelt blood on his teammate. Lap 6 ticked by and Viñales pounced, passing Rossi down the Hanger Straight but at this point, Marquez and Rins were over two seconds up the road.

Rins was locked onto the tailpipes of Marquez. Sector one and three looked like the areas where Rins had an edge on the number 93 and on Lap 8, the Suzuki was leading. Coming up the hill from Copse, Marquez sat up slightly to seemingly tell Rins: ‘go on then, you can lead for a bit.’ That didn’t last long however, Rins was wide at Stowe corner and it was Marquez who had the baton once more. There was nothing to separate the pair, with Viñales flirting around the 1.5/2 second margin behind.

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With four laps remaining, an error. On the exit of the Vale chicane, Rins was out the seat. This dropped Rins 0.6 back to give Marquez some breathing space but would it be the turning point of the Grand Prix? No. Rins reeled in Marquez by the end of the lap as we set ourselves for a tense final three laps. In the meantime, Viñales was still hovering at 1.5 seconds back.

On the penultimate lap, Rins made a move stick. A unique one too, the GSX-RR dived under the RC213V at Turn 15 but immediately, on the Wellington Straight, Marquez blasted back past. Last lap time, nothing between them. But a Yamaha rider was now just 0.5 back from Rins – surely Viñales couldn’t claw this back? A little further down the road, Marquez was on the defensive. Heading into Sector 3 – a place Rins had been strong all race – the Repsol Honda was holding the tight line. No way through at The Loop for Rins, but would Marquez’ run onto the straight be hampered? Seemingly not. Marquez held it into Brooklands – the last real overtaking manoeuvre – but Rins was strong round Luffield and through Woodcote. The lap previous saw Rins get alongside Marquez round the outside at the finish line – Roberts and Sheene esque from 1979 – but was ran wide. At the final corner, Marquez knew Rins had the advantage and tried to cover it off. The Repsol Honda had a slight twitch as Rins took a wide, sweeping line on his Suzuki and spectacularly won the race to the line to win by just 0.013! Later on, Rins revealed he thought it was the last lap on the penultimate lap...

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Viñales was close, but not close enough to challenge in third. Rossi’s dreams of a return to winning ways faded as the race went on but nevertheless, ‘The Doctor’ will take the positives from another P4. Franco Morbidelli (Petronas Yamaha SRT) had his mentor in sight but couldn’t quite hunt him down, a top-five for the Italian equals his best MotoGP™ result. Home hero Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda Castrol) takes a P6 away from Silverstone after starting from ninth, the Coventry-born rider held off a late charge from Danilo Petrucci (Ducati Team) and close friend Jack Miller (Pramac Racing). The Ducatis finished seventh and eighth respectively, as Pol Espargaro (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) had the trio in his sights to land KTM a top 10. And completing the top 10 was Aprilia Racing Team Gresini’s Andrea Iannone – the Italian claiming his best result on board an RS-GP.

Johann Zarco (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) and Miguel Olveira (Red Bull KTM Tech 3) crashed out at The Loop with 12 to go, with Aleix Esparagro (Aprilia Racing Team Gresini) the other non-finisher.

A dramatic British GP ends with Rins on top of the world once more. 40 years on, the Suzuki man was able to do what MotoGP™ Legend Sheene couldn’t – pass a reigning World Champion at Woodcote to win at Silverstone. However, Marquez now sits 78 points clear in the Championship standings with Dovizioso’s early exit as we look ahead to San Marino.

Le Top 10 :
1. Álex Rins - (Team Suzuki Ecstar) - 40:12.799
2. Marc Márquez - (Repsol Honda Team) - +0.013
3. Maverick Viñales - (Monster Energy Yamaha) - +0.620
4. Valentino Rossi - (Monster Energy Yamaha) - +11.439
5. Franco Morbidelli - (Petronas Yamaha SRT) - +13.109
6. Cal Crutchlow - (LCR Honda Castrol) - +19.169
7. Danilo Petrucci - (Ducati Team) - +19.682
8. Jack Miller - (Pramac Racing) - +20.318
9. Pol Espargaró - (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) - +21.079
10. Andrea Iannone - (Aprilia Racing Team Gresini) - +25.144

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Folger s’assure la pole en Moto2™ à Losail / Folger takes his second Moto2™ pole ahead of the Qatar GP

Jonas Folger sera en pole position au Qatar après avoir battu Sam Lowes et Álex Rins en qualifications.

Vainqueur à Losail l’an dernier, Jonas Folger (Dynavolt Intaact GP) sera en pole position cette année pour viser un nouveau succès sur l’épreuve qatarie. Présent aux avant-postes dès le début des essais libres, le pilote allemand s’est rapidement installé en pole provisoire avec un chrono de 1’59.052, qui est le nouveau record absolu du circuit et qui lui a valu la sixième pole position de sa carrière.

Sam Lowes (Federal Oil Gresini Moto2) a de son coté signé le deuxième temps et terminait à moins d’un dixième de seconde de la pole tandis qu’Álex Rins (Páginas Amarillas HP 40) a conservé la troisième position après sa chute dans le virage n°2. 

Johann Zarco (Ajo Motorsport), le Champion en titre, est lui aussi passé sous l’ancien record absolu du circuit mais devra se contenter de partir en tête de la deuxième ligne, en compagnie de Franco Morbidelli (Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS) et de Sandro Cortese (Dynavolt Intact GP). 

Tombé dans le virage n°2 en fin de séance, au même endroit que Rins, Lorenzo Baldassarri (Forward Team) devait mener la troisième ligne, devant Marcel Schrötter (AGR Team), troisième Allemand classé dans le Top 9, et Takaaki Nakagami (Idemitsu Honda Team Asia). L'Italien s'est cependant luxé les deux épaules et ne pourra pas participer à la course.

Tom Lüthi (Garage Plus Interwetten) ne sera que dixième sur la grille de départ alors qu’il avait été parmi les plus rapides en début de semaine et a échoué à 0.858s de la pole position. Il retrouvera en troisième ligne l'Anglais Danny Kent (Leopard Racing), de retour dans la catégorie après avoir été titré en Moto3™ en 2015, et Axel Pons (AGR Team).

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Times began to fall almost immediately in the desert, Folger securing pole position in front of Lowes and Rins.

Almost as soon as riders in the Moto2™ World Championship hit the Losail International Circuit, times began to plummet. Sam Lowes’ (Federal Oil Gresini Moto2) best time from Friday practice, a new lap record, was bested by Jonas Folger (Dynavolt Intact GP) on the German’s third lap.

The top ten contenders were able to consistently lap in the 1’59s lap after lap, even as traffic increased towards the end of the session. As has been the trend in Moto2™ in recent years, early banker laps proved invaluable as two of the top three riders set their fastest time within their first five laps.

On pole for just the second time in his intermediate class career, Jonas Folger’s early lap proved unbeatable as the German set a new pole record with a 1’59.052. Folger’s previous pole came at the French GP in 2014, starting on the front row a further three times in 2015.

0.072s behind the German was Lowes, the Brit unable to repeat his 2015 pole but still improving his best time to a 1’59.124. Lowes will be looking to add to his five previous podium finishes in the intermediate class. Throughout the weekend Lowes has been quick over multiple laps as well as one offs, frequently setting his best times at the end of longer runs.

Completing the front row is Alex Rins (Paginas Amarillas HP 40), setting a 1’59.354 on his third lap. The Spaniard was unable to improve after he suffered a bike crunching crash at Turn 2, his Kalex tumbling through the gravel after losing the front. His team worked feverishly to repair the bike, sending him back out with just five minutes remaining.

Reigning Moto2™ World Champion, Johann Zarco (Ajo Motorsport) wrestled his way up to fourth on his last lap, only 0.065s off a front row start. No defending Moto2™ champion has ever taken victory in the opening race of the year, the Frenchman aims to change that on Sunday.

Fifth was Franco Morbidelli (Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS), the Italian initially struggling during testing and practice with his new team. But when it mattered the Italian was able to produce a 1’59.509 and end 0.457s back on pole. One thing is certain for Sunday’s race; Morbidelli’s aggressive all or nothing style will see him towards the front for at least part of the race.

Sandro Cortese (Dynavolt Intact GP), Lorenzo Baldassarri (Forward Team), Marcel Schrotter (AGR Team), Takaaki Nakagami (Idemitsu Team Asia) and Tom Luthi (Garage Plus Interwetten) completed the top ten.

There was an early involving both Luca Marini (Forward Team) and Ratthapark Wilairot (Idemitsu Team Asia) at Turn 16. Both were unhurt but Marini’s session was reduced to just five minutes.

Mattia Pasini (Italtrans Racing Team) also suffered his second fall of the weekend at Turn 1. Rins was not the only victim of Turn 2, Lorenzo Baldassarri falling at the same corner with one minute remaining. Baldassarri was taken to the medical centre for checks after his crash. He was declared unfit due to dislocating both his shoulders.

The first race of the year will take place at 19:20 Local Time for the Moto2™ World Championship on Sunday the 20th of March. With the top five split by half a second, who will win is still anyone’s guess.

Full results from Moto2™ Qualifying can be viewed here.

Une sixième pole et le record du circuit pour Zarco / Zarco snatches Moto2™ pole from Rins' grasp

Le Français a soufflé la pole à Álex Rins pour deux petits millièmes de seconde.

              

Johann Zarco (Ajo Motorsport) a remporté au Grand Prix TIM de Saint-Marin et de la Riviera di Rimini sa sixième pole position en treize courses cette saison et partira donc en tête de la grille à Misano pour faire un nouveau pas en avant vers le titre mondial. 

Leader de la catégorie avec 85 points d’avance sur Álex Rins (Páginas Amarillas HP 40), le Français a battu l’Espagnol de tout juste deux millièmes de seconde en qualifications tandis que Tito Rabat (EG 0,0 Marc VDS), le Champion en titre, qui n’est qu’à trois points de Rins au général, terminait à exactement un dixième de seconde de la pole pour compléter la première ligne. 

               

En tête de la deuxième ligne, Simone Corsi (Forward Racing) sera le pilote local le mieux placé sur la grille et partira en compagnie de Dominique Aegerter (Technomag Racing Interwetten) et de Hafizh Syarhrin (Petronas Raceline Malaysia).

Sam Lowes (Speed Up Racing), Takaaki Nakagami (Idemitsu Honda Team Asia) et Jonas Folger (AGR Team) partiront pour leur part de la troisième ligne. 

Tombé dès le début de la séance, Xavier Siméon (Federal Oil Gresini Moto2) sera vingtième sur la grille de départ. Álex Márquez (EG 0,0 Marc VDS), tombé un peu plus tard, a de son côté pris la 17e position tandis que Louis Rossi (Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2), qui avait chuté le matin, partira 30e.

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Championship leader Johann Zarco takes his 6th pole of season by just 0.002s from Alex Rins with Tito Rabat completing the front row.

Ajo Motorsport’s Johann Zarco left it late to deny Alex Rins pole position by just two-thousandths of second at the GP TIM di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini. The Frenchman took almost a second off Pol Espargaro’s 2013 Pole Record (1’37.666) to set a 1’32.754 with 4 minutes left, the fastest ever time by a Moto2™ bike around the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli.

               

Paginas Amarillas Rins had been on top of the timesheets for most of the session but had to settle for second behind Zarco as he starts from the front row for the sixth time this season. EG 0,0 Marc VDS’s Rabat (+0.100s) was third fastest as he claimed his 11th front row start of 2015 after the reigning Moto2™ World Champion had earlier topped FP3.

Forward Racing’s Simone Corsi (+0.367s) heads up the second row in his best qualifying performance since Assen. Dominique Aegerter (+0.418s) on the Technomag Racing Interwetten will start from fifth with Petronas Raceline Malaysia’s Hafizh Syahrin (+0.466s) producing his career best Moto2™ qualifying result to complete the second row.

Speed Up Racing’s Sam Lowes heads the third row ahead of Takaaki Nakagami (Idemitsu Honda Team Asia) and Jonas Folger (AGR Team), while Julian Simon (QMMF) completes the top ten.

              

Axel Pons (AGR Team) crashed for the third time on Saturday as he hit the deck at turn 10. There was an incredible incident for wildcard Xavi Vierge (Tech 3) as he crashed coming out of turn 7 and his rider-less bike veered across track twice, luckily missing other riders on track before hitting the barriers.

Check out the full Moto2™ Qualifying results; the 26-lap race will start at 12:20 local time in Misano.

Zarco triomphe à Brno et creuse à nouveau l’écart en Moto2™ / Dominant Zarco takes 4th Moto2™ win of the season

Le Français s’est imposé en solitaire au Grand Prix bwin de République Tchèque et compte désormais 79 points d’avance en Moto2™.

               

Qualifié en pole position pour la cinquième fois de l’année, Johann Zarco (Ajo Motorsport) a réalisé une véritable démonstration de force en course à Brno lors de la onzième manche de la saison Moto2™ 2015 et s’est imposé avec autorité pour remporter une quatrième victoire cette année et un dixième podium consécutif. 

Suite au holeshot du Suisse Tom Lüthi (Derendinger Racing Interwetten), le Français a rapidement repris la première position pour faire la différence et ensuite entretenir une avance d’environ une seconde jusqu’au drapeau à damier. 

                   

Tito Rabat (Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS), le Champion en titre, a perdu un peu temps avant de doubler Lüthi et Álex Rins (Páginas Amarillas HP 40) et a ensuite fait de son mieux pour rattraper le Français mais a dû se contenter de la seconde place, un résultat tout de même important après son abandon en Allemagne et sa cinquième place à Indianapolis. 

Vainqueur à Indy une semaine plus tôt, le rookie espagnol Álex Rins s’est assuré un nouveau podium en prenant la troisième place. Rabat lui reprend cependant la seconde place au classement général. Les deux Espagnols se retrouvent respectivement à 79 et 80 points de Zarco, qui a continuellement creusé l’écart sur les cinq dernières courses et est le premier pilote de l’histoire du Moto2™ à réaliser une série de dix podiums consécutifs.

Parti septième après sa meilleure qualification en date en Moto2™, Álex Márquez (Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS) a confirmé en prenant la quatrième place, le premier résultat notable du Champion du Monde Moto3™ 2014 dans la catégorie intermédiaire. 

                

En perte de rythme à partir de la mi-course, Lüthi a quant à lui fini septième, derrière Sam Lowes (Speed Up Racing) et Jonas Folger (AGR Team), tandis que Sandro Cortese (Dynavolt Intact GP) prenait la huitième place, juste derrière le Suisse. 

Xavier Siméon (Federal Oil Gresini Moto2) a fini seizième, derrière le vice-Champion Mika Kallio (Italtrans Racing). 

Louis Rossi (Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2) et Xavier Vierge, récente recrue de Tech3 Racing, ont quant à eux été contraints à l’abandon. 

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Johann Zarco extends his lead in the Moto2™ championship standings after taking a commanding victory ahead of Rabat and Rins.

Ajo Motorsports Johann Zarco extended his lead in the Moto2™ World Championship standings after taking his fourth victory of the season at the bwin Grand Prix České republiky. Zarco eventually crossed the line 1.421s ahead of Tito Rabat on the EG 0,0 Marc VDS Kalex, with Paginas Amarillas HP40’s rookie Alex Rins (+1.785s) completing the podium.

The sun had come out for the Moto2™ race with track temperatures reaching 38˚C at the iconic Automotodrom Brno but it was Zarco who would shine in front of the passionate Czech fans. The Frenchman took the lead on just the second lap and after Rabat had a huge moment at turn 9, he went onto open up a 1-second lead at the front. Zarco managed this gap perfectly to take the race win and extend his lead in the Moto2™ standings to 79 points.

                

Rabat crossed the line in second, after a great start that saw him lead into the first corner. The Spaniard then lost at least three-tenths of a second after his near highside at turn 9 and try as he might, he simply could not make any meaningful dent into Zarco’s lead. Rabat looked comfortable through the race, but found himself coming under the attention of Rins on the final lap. Rins had chosen the harder rear tyre, and appeared to have better grip as the riders worked their way through the final few corners. It looked like he was lining up a move into the final chicane, but Rabat managed to hold him off to cross the line 0.364s ahead of his compatriot. This meant that Rabat moves up to second in the championship standings at the expense of Rins.

                

Rabat’s teammate Alex Marquez (+2.608s) completed his best result of the season in fourth. The reigning Moto3™ World Champion beating his previous best placed finishes of 8th at Jerez and Assen after an excellent battle early on with his old Moto3™ rival Rins.

Speed Up Racing’s Sam Lowes (+7.844s) recovered from having to start in 13th to finish in 5th. The British rider experienced technical issues in Qualifying and was forced to fight his way through the pack during the race in a case of damage limitation to secure 11 championship points.

               

AGR Team’s Jonas Folger (8.056s) finished in sixth, ahead of the Derendinger Racing Interwetten Kalex of Thomas Luthi in seventh. Luthi had actually led the race on the first lap, but found himself dropping back through the field as the race progressed.

Sandro Cortese (Dynavolt Intact GP), Luis Salom (Paginas Amarillas HP40), and Franco Morbidelli (Italtrans Racing team) completed the top ten. Robin Mulhauser, Lorenzo Baldassari, Florian Alt, Louis Rossi and Xavi Vierge all recorded DNF’s.

Zarco (224pts) now leads the Moto2™ championship standings by 71 points from Tito Rabat (145pts), with Alex Rins (144pts) in third.

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Zarco en pole pour la cinquième fois de l’année à Brno / Zarco claims 5th pole of the season

Le Français a battu les Espagnols Tito Rabat et Álex Rins d’un quart de seconde en qualifications.

               

Seulement huitième de la troisième séance d’essais libres samedi matin en République Tchèque, Johann Zarco (Ajo Motorsport) a très vite rattrapé sa journée en qualifications et a battu le record du circuit de Brno dès son cinquième tour, avec un chrono de 2’01.614. 

Le Français, leader de la catégorie avec 71 points d’avance, n’a ensuite pas été inquiété par Tito Rabat (Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS) et Álex Rins (Páginas Amarillas HP 40), qui, malgré leurs efforts, n’ont pu se rapprocher qu’à un quart de seconde de la pole position et ont respectivement pris les seconde et troisième positions, séparés de seulement 0.028s. 

                

À l’instar de Zarco, Sandro Cortese (Dynavolt Intact GP) et Tom Lüthi (Derendinger Racing Interwetten) ont signé leurs meilleurs tours respectifs dès le début de la séance et ont terminé aux quatrième et cinquième places, devant Dominique Aegerter (Technomag Racing Interwetten), sixième à 0.828s de Zarco. 

Septième, le Champion du Monde Moto3™ 2014 Álex Márquez (Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS) réalisait sa meilleure qualification depuis son arrivée dans la catégorie Moto2™ et finissait devant Franco Morbidelli (Italtrans Racing), Axel Pons (AGR Team) et Jonas Folger (AGR Team).

              

Sam Lowes (Speed Up Racing) devra se contenter d’un départ en 13e position après une défaillance de sa suspension arrière. 

Plutôt bien parti depuis le début du week-end, Louis Rossi (Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2) a chuté en début de séance et sera vingtième sur la grille de départ, derrière Xavier Siméon (Federal Oil Gresini Moto2) et devant Marcel Schrötter (Tech3 Racing).

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Johann Zarco makes it five pole positions this season as he finishes on top of the timesheets ahead of Tito Rabat and Alex Rins.

          

Ajo Motorsports Johann Zarco secured his fifth pole position of the season in ideal conditions at the bwin Grand Prix Ceské Republiky. The Frenchman who currently enjoys a 71-point lead in the Moto2™ World Championship set a 2’01.614 to break Tito Rabat’s 2014 pole record (2’01.911) in the process.

               

Zarco finished 0.259s ahead of Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS’s Rabat, with the Spaniard missing out on pole after leading the way in FP3 earlier. Rabat also went under his pole record from last year as the top four riders all set times under the 2’02 barrier.

Indianapolis race winner, Paginas Amarillas HP40’s Alex Rins (+0.287s), completes the front row. Rins was just 0.028s off the pace of Rabat and it should be an incredible battle between these three on Sunday.

Dynavolt Intact GP’s Sandro Cortese (+0.376s) will start from the front of the second row in fourth as he matched his best qualifying performance of the season (Qatar).  Derendinger Racing Interwetten’s Thomas Luthi (+0.464s) was fifth fastest, ahead of his compatriot Dominique Aegerter (+0.828s) on the Technomag Racing Interwetten Kalex.

Reigning Moto3™ World Champion Alex Marquez (Paginas Amarillas HP40) put in his best qualifying performance of the season and will start from seventh.

Franco Morbidelli (Italtrans Racing Team), Axel Pons (AGR Team) and his teammate Jonas Folger complete the top ten with the returning Forward Racing’s Lorenzo Baldassari and Simone Corsi in 11th and 12th respectively.

Speed Up Racing’s Sam Lowes will be forced to start the race from 13th, his worst qualifying performance of the season, after his suspension collapsed and he was forced to miss the last ten minutes of the session.

Check out the full Moto2™ Qualifying results, the 20-lap race is due to start at 12:20 local time on Sunday.

Moto2 ; Zarco triomphe devant les Catalans à Montmeló / Zarco victorious in epic Moto2™ last lap battle

Johann Zarco a décroché sa seconde victoire de la saison en s’imposant devant les Barcelonais Álex Rins et Tito Rabat chez eux à Montmeló.

Passé de la pole position à la sixième place dès le premier tour, Johann Zarco (Ajo Motorsport) a dû mener un travail de longue haleine pour rattraper un à un ses adversaires et revenir au niveau de Tito Rabat (EG 0,0 Marc VDS) et d’Álex Rins (Páginas Amarillas HP 40) juste avant la fin de la course.

Passé devant Rins au début d’un excellent dernier tour, le Français a fini par s’emparer de la première place devant Rabat sans laisser aucune chance de contre-attaquer à ce dernier, qui est plus tard parti à la faute et a concédé la deuxième place à Rins. 

La petite erreur de Rabat faisait les affaires de Zarco puisque sa victoire, combinée à la troisième place du Champion en titre, lui permet de compter 40 points d’avance sur Rabat à l’issue des sept premières manches de la saison 2015. 

Après un bon début de course, Sam Lowes (Speed Up Racing) a perdu en rythme et a dû se contenter de finir quatrième, avec une confortable avance sur Luis Salom (Páginas Amarillas HP 40), Tom Lüthi (Derendinger Racing Interwetten) et Jonas Folger (AGR Team), qui était descendu en quatorzième position dans le premier tour. 

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Johann Zarco mounts a spectacular comeback to take his second win of the season on the very last lap at the Catalan GP.

Zarco bounced back superbly from a close incident at the first corner involving Dominique Aegerter and Jonas Folger to deny reigning World Champion Tito Rabat a second successive victory in front of his passionate home crowd.

The Frenchman, who led Rabat in the Moto2™ World Championship standings by 31-points before the race, fought his way through the pack before catching the leading group and making a block pass on Rabat at turn 5 on the last lap to snatch victory.

With glorious sunshine and track temperatures reaching 46°C it was Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS rider Rabat that led the race into the first corner. Sam Lowes and Aegerter joined Rabat in the leading trio, and it did not take long for Paginas Amarillas HP40’s Alex Rins to join fight his way into victory contention.  Both Rins and Lowes took it in turn to lead, but Lowes was unable to maintain his pace and he eventually finished fourth for a third race in succession.

All the time Zarco was hunting down the lead group, eventually overtaking Lowes and catching Rabat and Rins with three laps to go. Rins ran wide at turn 4 with just two laps to go, leaving Rabat and Zarco to battle it out on the final lap.

Zarco made his decisive move at turn 5, and while pushing to regain the lead, Rabat ran wide at turn 10 to see his hopes of a 12th Moto2 win disappear.

Zarco crossed the line unchallenged to take his second race win of the season and extend his championship lead over Rabat to 40 points.

Rabat’s late mistake let Rins through to take his third podium of the season in second.

Lowes took fourth, ahead of Rins’ teammate Luis Salom in fifth and Derendinger Racing Interwetten’s Thomas Luthi in sixth. Folger, (AGR Team) who was also involved in the incident at the first corner, mounted a brilliant recovery from 14th to take seventh.

Franco Morbidelli (Italtrans Racing Team), Dominique Aegerter (Technomag Racing Interwetten) and Lorenzo Baldassari (Athina Forward Racing) completed the top ten.

There were crashes for Ricard Cardus, Robin Mulhauser, and Ratthapark Wilairot on his return to the Moto2™ class. Sandro Cortese and Xavier Simeon crashed out at turn 4 on the first lap, with an incident involving Morbidelli and Axel Pons (AGR Team) at the same corner was under investigation by Race Direction.

Check out the full Moto2™ race results, and the latest World Championship standings.