VOL. 53 ISSUE 25 JUNE 28, 2016 P57
Folger (Dynavolt Kalex), Xavier
Simeon (QMMF Speed Up) and
Sandro Cortese (Dynavolt Kalex)
in a big battle for eighth. It was
the former Moto3 champion's
best finish in a difficult second
year in Moto2.
Second was enough to give
defending champion Zarco the
championship lead, equal on
126 points with Rins but with
three wins to the Spaniard's two.
Lowes is just five points down,
then Luthi (93) and Nakagami
(78).
of them and was now coming
under pressure from a below-
par erstwhile points leader Alex
Rins (Paginas Amarillas Kalex),
who was in turn being harried by
Speed Up rider Simone Corsi.
By lap 19 Zarco was alone in
second, and gradually closing
up again on the leader. With five
laps to go, there was a slender
chance he could have caught
him, but they didn't get that far.
Morbidelli was a lone third;
Lowes was attacking Baldas-
sarri, but a couple of major mo-
ments demonstrated that condi-
tions were getting tricky. It was
starting to rain.
Luthi paid the price, crashing
out on lap 19. On the 22nd, the
red flags came out, and results
were taken back one lap.
At that point, Nakagami was
still better than two seconds
clear, and Lowes was finally
clear of Baldassarri for fourth.
Rins narrowly clung on to fifth
from Corsi. Another five seconds
down Alex Marquez (EG-VDS
Kalex) defeated Aegerter, Jonas
