MOTOGP
FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 7 / JUNE 4-6, 2021
CIRCUIT DE BARCELONA-CATALUNYA / MONTMELO, SPAIN
P80
Moto2
For the first time since Casey
Stoner in 2005, an Australian
won two intermediate-class
races in a row after Remy
Gardner (Red Bull KTM Ajo)
took the Catalunya Moto2 race
with a masterful performance.
Gardner defeated teammate
Raul Fernandez by 1.8 seconds
in another 1-2 finish for the Red
Bull KTM Ajo's riders, as Xavi
Vierge (Petronas Sprinta Rac-
ing) earned a first podium since
Phillip Island 2018.
It wasn't a happy weekend
for Americans Joe Roberts
(Italtrans Kalex) and Cameron
Beaubier (American Racing
Team Kalex). Roberts profited
from a number of crashes to
move up to 10th by the flag,
however, Beaubier's race would
see him finish outside the points
in 19th.
Gardner's win sees him move
11 points clear of Fernandez with
139 points. Marco Bezzecchi
lies third at 101, while former
championship leader Sam
Lowes, seventh today (Marc
VDS Kalex), sits fourth with 75
points.
formerly by Valentino Rossi's side
and working in Yamaha's MotoGP
test team before now—taking over
the reins. "Basically, from three
or four races ago I wasn't feeling
good, I didn't feel the maximum po-
tential," Vinales said. "So, basically,
I was talking a lot with Yamaha,
and Yamaha decided to face this
with another strategy, which was to
change the crew chief. Sometimes
it was difficult to find a good setting
on the bike, a good balance, and
for the last four races I've been very
fast in FP1 and then gone back-
wards all weekend."
Briefly...
Remy Gardner's Moto2 win
was classy, the Australian
hounding his teammate until
two laps from the end where
he passed at turn one and
easily pulled away.
