Silverstone Moto2: Nakagami scores win as Marquez crashes

With pole-sitter Mattia Pasini dropping down to fifth after having too big wheelie off the line, Marc VDS duo Marquez and Franco Morbidelli established themselves in the top two early in the race.

Marquez confidently led for a few laps but Morbidelli soon closed in on his teammate, eventually making a move at Stowe on Lap 7.

However, Marquez fought back and reclaimed first place at the same turn two laps later, only to then soon crash out at Village.

Yet, Morbidelli only led for a lap before being dispatched by Nakagami - the Japanese rider initially in a three-way fight for best non-Marc VDS status with Tom Luthi and Pasini.

He managed to lose the aforementioned duo and, while he was a second behind Marquez and Morbidelli when the Spaniard crashed, he made quick work of taking the lead.

Morbidelli also gave up second to Pasini, but made sure to finish ahead of main rival Luthi.

At the front, a late charge from Pasini saw the Italian close the gap to just six tenths, but ultimately he had no realistic chance of demoting Nakagami.

Nakagami scored his second win in Moto2, his first in a year as he last won in last year's Assen race.

Francesco Bagnaia was the top rookie in fifth, closely followed by Speed Up's Simone Corsi and Stefano Manzi.

Miguel Oliveira was in contention for fourth early in the race, but his KTM bike had a brief gearbox failure, which dropped him out of the top 10. However, he fought back to salvage eighth, just ahead of his teammate Brad Binder and Dominique Aegerter.

Race results:

Pos.	Rider	Bike	Time/Gap
1	Takaaki Nakagami	Kalex	38'20.883
2	Mattia Pasini	Kalex	0.724
3	Franco Morbidelli	Kalex	2.678
4	Thomas Luthi	Kalex	4.645
5	Francesco Bagnaia	Kalex	9.515
6	Simone Corsi	Speed Up	9.955
7	Stefano Manzi	Kalex	10.402
8	Miguel Oliveira	KTM	10.463
9	Brad Binder	KTM	10.762
10	Dominique Aegerter	Suter	11.454
11	Luca Marini	Kalex	12.787
12	Xavi Vierge	Tech 3	13.022
13	Jorge Navarro	Kalex	19.990
14	Alex Marquez	Kalex	21.751
15	Axel Pons	Kalex	22.174
16	Fabio Quartararo	Kalex	24.145
17	Hafizh Syahrin	Kalex	25.010
18	Isaac Viñales	Kalex	26.711
19	Tetsuta Nagashima	Kalex	30.680
20	Remy Gardner	Tech 3	30.825
21	Joe Roberts	Kalex	34.698
22	Edgar Pons	Kalex	35.502
23	Andrea Locatelli	Kalex	35.988
24	Alex de Angelis	Kalex	38.943
25	Jake Dixon	Suter	44.079
26	Augusto Fernandez	Speed Up	44.197
27	Jesko Raffin	Kalex	46.849
28	Khairul Idham Pawi	Kalex	47.110
29	Lorenzo Baldassarri	Kalex	1'04.182
30	Tarran Mackenzie	Suter	1'32.304
Ret	Sandro Cortese	Suter	5 laps
Ret	Iker Lecuona	Kalex	11 laps