VOL. 54 ISSUE 22 JUNE 6, 2017 P97
(Forward Kalex) in a monster
first-lap crash, both escaping
injury. Danny Kent, substituting
for Lecuona, also crashed out,
as did Stefano Manzi.
Morbidelli's points lead took
a hit, now 113 to Luthi's 100.
Marquez (78), Oliveira (70) and
Bagnaia (53) complete the top
five.
MOTO3
Shuffle the pack, do it again
a few times, and then pick a
card. That's not far from how the
results of the first race of the day
were decided.
It is unfair to suggest that
first-time winner Andrea Migno
(SKY VR46 KTM) didn't deserve
it, and that he didn't display
consummate skill. But it is also
worth noting that the fastest
qualifier Jorge Martin (Gresini
Honda) came back from a 12-po-
sition grid penalty and was one
of a hatful of leaders in the early
stages, but finished 15th. And
that he was barely 1.5 seconds
away from victory.
In fact, the first 19 were still
technically in the lead group at
the end, covered by just 2.3
seconds.
Counting the different lead-
ers would take almost all night,
though it is worth noting that
Jerez winner Aron Canet (EG
Honda) set a new lap record on
lap three, which he started in
14th place and finished in 11th,
and that nobody led over the
line more often than Fabio Di
Giannantonio (Gresini Honda),
off, having dropped back to 20th
on lap five.
By the finish, he'd got be-
tween the pair with Marini sixth
and Corsi eighth.
Rookie Jorge Navarro (Gresini
Kalex) had only lost touch in the
closing laps, less than two sec-
onds down, while the returned
Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM) had
picked his way through, and was
less than a half-second away in
10th. The 2016 Moto3 Champion
was back after missing three
races after a third bout of arm
surgery, and was racing in pain.
Tenth was quite an achievement.
Marcel Schrotter (Dynavolt
Suter) was just three thou-
sandths behind him, Hafizh
Syahrin (Petronas Kalex) right
up close and Isaac Vinales (SAG
Kalex) just over a second away
in 13th.
Remy Gardner (Tech 3) was
a lone 14th, for his first points
of the season. Xavier Simeon
(Tasca Kalex) led the next gang
for the final point.
Second-row qualifier Takaaki
Nakagami (Idemitsu Honda) was
wiped out by Lorenzo Baldassarri
