Le Portugais s’est imposé juste devant Fabio Quartararo et Danny Kent samedi aux Pays-Bas.
Miguel Oliveira (Red Bull KTM Ajo) a remporté la seconde victoire de sa carrière en Grand Prix samedi au Motul TT Assen en sortant vainqueur d’un groupe de sept pilotes.
Devancé par Fabio Quartararo (Estrella Galicia 0,0) au milieu du dernier tour, le Portugais a finalement eu le dernier mot et s’imposait avec 0.066s d’avance sur le rookie français, qui montait sur le podium pour la deuxième fois.
Danny Kent (Leopard Racing) a pris la troisième place devant Jorge Navarro (Estrella Galicia 0,0), Romano Fenati (SKY Racing Team VR46), Enea Bastianini (Gresini Racing Team Moto2) et Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Ajo).
À vingt secondes du groupe de tête, Karel Hanika (Red Bull KTM Ajo) a fini huitième devant Niccolò Antonelli (Ongetta-Rivacold) et John McPhee (SaxoPrint-RTG), dont le coéquipier Alexis Masbou a été contraint à l’abandon. Jules Danilo (Ongetta-Rivacold) a de son côté manqué le point de la quinzième de seulement 0.070s.
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Red Bull KTM Ajo’s Miguel Oliveira takes his second Moto3™ victory in a simply sensational race at the Motul TT Assen.
The packed grandstands at the legendary TT Circuit Assen bore witness to a incredible seven way battle for victory in an epic and dramatic Moto3™ race in which Miguel Oliveira claimed his second victory of the season by just 0.066s.
The sun came out to play and track temperatures rose to 26°C before the start of what would turn out to be an incredibly dramatic race. A leading group of seven riders broke away from the rest of the field in the early stages to provide drama and excitement in equal measure as they fought tooth and nail for the victory.
The lead swapped hands at almost every corner, as the riders in the leading group put move after move on each other, but it was Oliveira who timed his charge to perfection to snatch the lead just before the final chicane and held on across the line to take KTM’s 3rd win of the season ahead of 16-year-old Frenchman Fabio Quartararo (Estrella Galicia 0,0) and championship leader Danny Kent (Leopard Racing +0.117s).
Jorge Navarro (+0.179s) had to settle for fourth ahead of the hard charging Romano Fenati (+0.252s) on the Sky Racing Team VR46 KTM, while the man who started form pole, 17-year-old Italian Enea Bastianini (+0.526s), crossed the line in sixth.
Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Ajo) was the last man in the leading group in seventh, with his teammate Karel Hanika wining the battle for eighth in the chasing pack (+21.406s) ahead of Niccolo Antonelli (Ongetta-Rivacold) and John McPhee (SAXOPRINT RTG), who completed the top ten.
RBA Racing’s Niklas Ajo crossed the line in 17th in remarkable fashion having lost control at the final corner in the battle for 8th and managing to hold on while hanging completely off the side of his bike to finish the race, eventually crossing the line on his knees.
Maria Herrera looked on course for her first top-ten finish before Antonelli took her out after losing control under braking while she was leading the chasing group in 8th. Her teammate Isaac Viñales also crashed out after contact from Juanfran Guevara, while Efren Vazquez, Andrea Locatelli, Zulfhami Khairuddin, Alexis Masbou and Tatsuki Suzuki all failed to finish, with the latter suffering from a technical fault on the first lap.
Kent managed to extend his lead in the championship standings once more, and is now 57-points clear of Bastianini, with Oliveira another 6-points back in third.
Check out the full Moto3™ Race results, and the latest championship standings.
