MOTOGP
FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 14 / AUGUST 23-25, 2019
SILVERSTONE / TOWCESTER, UNITED KINGDOM
P76
EXOX rider Tetsuta Nagashima
coming with him.
Eventually, Fernandez would
steal a tight win from Navarro,
with Binder getting the better
of Gardner for the final spot on
the podium.
"That was my most enjoyable
race ever," said Fernandez.
Tetsuta Nagashima had
dropped out of touch in the clos-
ing stages in fifth.
Now Navarro and two-times
winner Fernandez are equal on
points with Luthi, with 146 apiece,
just 35 adrift of Marquez; while
Binder's fourth podium in five
races moved him to fifth overall.
title rival Thomas Luthi was no
better than eighth.
On the other hand, he now
has two new challengers, with
winner Augusto Fernandez (Flex-
box Kalex) and second-placed
Navarro (Campetella Speed Up)
equal on points with Luthi, just
35 adrift of the leader.
When Marquez crashed, Na-
varro had a lead of close on two
seconds, while a fierce scrap for
second had just seen an ultra-
determined Brad Binder (Red
Bull KTM) get ahead of Austra-
lian Remy Gardner (ONEXOX
Kalex), with Fernandez closing
from behind and second ON-
Marquez now has a round
250 points, Dovizioso 172; then
comes Rins 149, Petrucci 145,
and Vinales 118.
MOTO2
There was another Marquez
upset in what was unusually
the last race of the day, when
younger brother Alex brought his
purple patch to an end, leading
away from fellow-Spaniard Jorge
Navarro, only to slip off on the
sixth lap.
"It was my mistake. I braked
too late," said the EG-VDS Kalex
rider ruefully, with the consola-
tion being that his earlier nearest
Alex Marquez (73) looked set for another
win until he threw it down the road.
