tianini (291) and Marc Marquez
(288) are now out of it, 75 and
78 points back, respectively.
Moto2
Justifiably criticized and cruelly
laughed at, Aron Canet (Fan-
tic Kalex) faced the ignominy
of
snatching defeat from the
jaws of victory last time out at
Misano. Indonesia was about
putting that right. The Spaniard
boldly proclaimed, his sights
set on victory, after securing
pole position on Saturday. He
also produced the year's most
dominant performance, leading
every lap and coming home 6.2
seconds clear.
KTM) rose from 19th on the grid
to eighth, while Johann Zarco
(LCR Honda) scored HRC's best
result of the season in ninth.
Raul Fernandez (Trackhouse
Aprilia) was 10th. Just 12 riders
finished, with Alex Rins (Mon
-
ster Energy Yamaha) promoted
to
11th after Takaaki Nakagami
(LCR Honda) copped 16 sec-
onds for a front-tire pressure
infraction.
Martin's (366 points) lead is
down to 21, with Bagnaia (345)
now the lone challenger. Bas
-
Acosta said. "We had questions
about the medium
tire for the
full race distance, but we could
be consistent."
Bagnaia took advantage of
Bezzecchi and Morbidelli's wear-
ing soft fronts late on, passing
the former
on lap 22, the later a
lap later, for a satisfactory third.
Behind, Di Giannantonio's
crash (lap nine) and Marc Mar-
quez's retirement (lap 12) pro-
moted Maverick Vinales (Aprilia
Racing) to
sixth. At the same
time, Fabio Quartararo (Mon-
ster Energy Yamaha) recovered
to
seventh after a disastrous
second lap saw him as low
as 13th. Brad Binder (Red Bull
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PERTAMINA MANDALIKA CIRCUIT / INDONESIA
ROAD RACE I FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
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Enea Bastianini was competitive
all weekend. His highlight was
passing Marquez for second
in the Sprint race.
