Mugello Moto2: Marquez scores dominant win

Intact GP duo Tom Luthi and Marcel Schrotter led in the early stages as Marquez was running third from his front row grid position.

He passed Schrotter on lap 6 and then Luthi on lap 9, both at Turn 1, and then quickly pulled away.

As Luthi couldn't keep up with Marquez, he came under pressure from Sky VR46's Luca Marini.

He could only keep Marini at bay for four laps but by the time the local rider had assumed second place, Marquez had established a two-second lead and Valentino Rossi's half-brother was also unable to close the gap.

Marquez cruised to the finish to win by 1.9s with Marini, closely followed by Luthi and Baldassarri until the end, scoring his best result of the season in second.

Luthi held on to third, with Baldassarri salvaging fourth from 15th on the grid, the Pons rider keeping the championship lead but only by two and four points from Marquez and Luthi respecitvely.

Speed Up's Jorge Navarro lost his place to Baldassarri after a mistake and then was under attack by Augusto Fernandez (Pons) and Enea Bastianini (Italtrans) on the last lap.

Fernandez in the end secured fifth followed by rookie Bastianini and Navarro, with Schrotter dropping to as low as eighth place.

Gresini rider Sam Lowes was a distant ninth, with Navarro's rookie teammate Fabio Di Giannantonio taking an impressive 10th after dropping to the back of the field on the opening lap.

Tetsuta Nagashima and Xavi Vierge tangled at Turn 4 and the Japanese rider ran wide, catching Di Giannantonio off guard and causing Iker Lecuona to crash.

KTM's disastrous run continued with Brad Binder its lead rider in 15th.

Local riders Simone Corsi, Nicolo Bulega and Stefano Manzi all crashed at various points in the race, with wildcard Teppei Nagoe, Joe Roberts and Jake Dixon also retiring.

Race results:

Cla	#	Rider	Bike	Laps	Gap
1	73	Alex Marquez	Kalex	21
2	10	Luca Marini	Kalex	21	1.928
3	12	Thomas Luthi	Kalex	21	2.242
4	7	Lorenzo Baldassarri	Kalex	21	3.653
5	40	Augusto Fernandez	Kalex	21	3.973
6	33	Enea Bastianini	Kalex	21	3.985
7	9	Jorge Navarro	Speed Up	21	4.986
8	23	Marcel Schrotter	Kalex	21	6.215
9	22	Sam Lowes	Kalex	21	11.466
10	21	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Speed Up	21	13.050
11	54	Mattia Pasini	Kalex	21	13.934
12	97	Xavi Vierge	Kalex	21	17.176
13	87	Remy Gardner	Kalex	21	19.894
14	45	Tetsuta Nagashima	Kalex	21	20.055
15	41	Brad Binder	KTM	21	20.591
16	88	Jorge Martin	KTM	21	20.672
17	77	Dominique Aegerter	MV	21	24.081
18	5	Andrea Locatelli	Kalex	21	26.677
19	64	Bo Bendsneyder	NTS	21	36.831
20	3	Lukas Tulovic	KTM	21	41.874
21	65	Philipp Ottl	KTM	21	44.611
22	4	Steven Odendaal	NTS	21	45.131
23	72	Marco Bezzecchi	KTM	21	45.136
24	20	Dimas Ekky Pratama	Kalex	21	1'01.819
25	18	Xavi Cardelus	KTM	21	1'40.942
	16	Joe Roberts	KTM	15	6 Laps
	96	Jake Dixon	KTM	10	11 Laps
	24	Simone Corsi	Kalex	8	13 Laps
	11	Nicolo Bulega	Kalex	7	14 Laps
	62	Stefano Manzi	MV	7	14 Laps
	19	Teppei Nagoe	Kalex	4	17 Laps
	27	Iker Lecuona	KTM
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