MOTOGP
FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 7 / JUNE 9-11, 2017
CIRCUIT DE BARCELONA-CATALUNYA / CATALONIA, SPAIN
P78
MOTO2
Home hero Alex Marquez had set a resounding
pole position, with only Mugello winner Mattia Pasini
(Italtrans Kalex) able to get close to the EG-VDS
Kalex rider.
Lorenzo Baldassarri (Forward Kalex) joined them
on the front row; Taka Nakagami (Idemitsu Honda
Kalex) led the second from Tom Luthi (CarXpert
Kalex) and points leader Franco Morbidelli (EG-
VDS Kalex).
Marquez remained in total control from the
green light, leading Pasini and Morbidelli away and
stretching out an advantage of a full second on the
first lap. By the fifth his lead was up to 3.4 sec-
onds, and he was able to win at will.
The lap chart tells a story of an austere race be-
hind him, but it was not without plenty of tension.
Morbidelli was second at the end of lap one, but
was promptly displaced by Pasini, who also held
the position to the end. But Morbidelli was already
pressed by Miguel Oliveira (Red Bull KTM); while
Luthi was picking up places after having been
Alex Marquez (73) simply ruined the
opposition at his home race.
