MOTOGP
FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 11 / JULY 5-9, 2019
SACHSENRING/ OBERLUNGWITZ, GERMANY
P70
Augusto Fernandez, in the
end, took sixth from Flexbox
HP40 Kalex teammate Lorenzo
Baldassarri; Jorge Navarro
(Speed Up) recovered from a
dire start (21st on lap one) for
eighth ahead of a best-yet Jorge
Martin (Red Bull KTM), the
rookie's first top-ten.
American Joe Roberts (KTM)
finished a lonely 25th.
Marquez regained the points
lead, 136 to Luthi's 128. Fernan-
dez has 102, Baldassarri and
Navarro both 97.
Moto3
Teamwork brought a long-await-
ed first win of the year—and the
championship lead—to Leopard
long-lap penalty, and his move
forward was stalled.
This left three disputing
second, with Binder generally
in front but seeming to struggle.
With seven laps left, Schrotter
and Lecuona were ahead of the
South African, but four laps later
Binder had bullied his way past
them both and even gained a
little breathing space.
The final drama came on the
last corner. Schrotter was third,
Lecuona a bit too keen to get by.
Wide on corner entry, he lost the
front and slid into the gravel.
This promoted Fabio di
Giannantonio (Speed Up) to a
career-best fourth; with Luthi
fifth.
later, "and I thought I could
go with Marquez." But he had
punished his tires, and after half
distance Marquez was able to
ease clear, setting a new record
on lap 17.
Marini was losing ground after
the first ten laps, while erstwhile
points leader Thomas Luthi
(Dynavolt Kalex) was moving for-
ward. To the cost of Vierge, who
was a close fifth behind Schrot-
ter when Luthi dived underneath
him into the first corner, ran
wide, and knocked him flying,
the second race in succession
the Spaniard has suffered this
fate. He was livid, Luthi after-
ward apologized. Meantime,
the stewards served him with a
Alex Marquez made
it a happy day for the
Marquez family with
the Moto2 win.
