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in the last sector, and I needed
to get ahead on the faster part,"
he said, dedicating his win to
Salom.
Rins hung on for a couple
of laps, but it was a hopeless
struggle, and with three laps to
go he settled for second, even-
tually four seconds adrift.
He was still safe from what
had been a fierce battle for the
last rostrum position. Luthi had
seemed safe, while Alex Mar-
quez (EG-VDS Kalex) led the
chase, until he crashed out,
and Zarco also past Luthi next
time around.
The pair of them were soon
pulling clear, Zarco shadowing
his Spanish rival faithfully, able
to study his lines and assess his
strengths and weaknesses.
"Johann was thinking more
than me, and he had a different
gearbox from me," said Rins
later.
As so often before, the
Frenchman was biding his time,
and at the start of lap 17 he
pounced on the way into the first
corner, and that was the end of
that.
"I stayed behind Rins and I
saw I was faster than him except
MOTO 2
ZARCO BLASTS CLEAR
Defending champion Johann
Zarco (Ajo Kalex) took an emo-
tional pole position ahead of Alex
Rins (Paginas Amarillas Kalex),
dedicating it to Salom who he
had been racing against since
their earliest days in the Red Bull
Rookies Cup.
But it was third qualifier Thom-
as Luthi (Garage Plus Kalex)
leading into the first corner, from
Takaaki Nakagami (Idemitsu
Kalex), up from row two.
The early sorting out provided
much of the excitement from the
front runners, with Rins seizing
the lead by the end of the lap,
Johann Zarco (5) kept up a
relentless pace to eventually
drop Alex Rins for another win.
