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Mugello Moto2: Marquez scores dominant win
Marc VDS rider Alex Marquez took a second consecutive Moto2 victory at Mugello in dominant fashion, cutting Lorenzo Baldassarri's championship lead to two points.
David Gruz
Edited: Jun 2, 2019, 2:42 PM
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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
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