Jorge Martin he was left with the honey of victory on his lips. The commissioners they took away the triumph, the second in a row that was targeted at Spielberg, for exceeding the limit of the track on the last lap. For a few centimeters from the last corner, the one at the finish line. Even so, the Madrilenian has launched his candidacy for the title of Moto2, a category that is still led by Luca Marini, now with 8 points over Enea Bastianini and Martín.
Cruel decision
It is established by the regulations, but Martín was left without victory, after dominating from start to finish, by stepping on the green zone for a few thousandths of a second in the last corner
It promised a fratricidal duel between the two Spaniards who came out in front, the Madrid Jorge Martin (Red Bull KTM Ajo) and the Valencian Arón Canet (Openbank Aspar), who started to leave from the start. Martín snatched first place from rookie Canet at the start, but both shot hard, with Nagashima stuck behind.
However, Canet it got deleted very early in the fight. Aspar’s pupil, when he drew the fourth corner on the second lap, lost front grip and went to the ground. “I made a mistake, I was pushing too hard on the brakes,” admitted Corbera’s. So he stood in front alone Martin, with Nagashima and Gardner of pursuers, and already more distant, in a second group, Bezzecchi and Lüthi.
Close duel
Martín and Bezzecchi reissued in the last four laps the duels they had in 2018 for the Moto3 title
In the first bars, the race ran out of three more units, Sam Lowes (Estrella Galicia 0,0), disqualified with black flag for “irresponsible driving”, when pulling into turn 3 in which he entered past Chantra already Jorge
Navarro.
On the 11th lap of 25, Martin, which had been storing 4-5 tenths of income, received the favor of Gardner, which was touched with Nagashima. That allowed the Madrilenian to jerk and open a hole of 1 second, which in one lap was 1.5, over his immediate pursuers, who were added Bezzecchi.
Unfair ending
“It seems like a very strong sanction to me, this changes 10 points if these two drivers fight for the championship,” laments Aki Ajo, Martín’s team manager.
It was the Italian from Valentino Rossi’s Sky VR46 team who tightened the nuts on the Madrid native. With 6 laps to go, he launched his attack to catch Martin, who saw his lead reduced from 1.2 seconds to 0.4 with 3 laps to go. A brutal comeback, which reissued the duels they had in 2018 in Moto3 (when Martín was world champion).
He duel was resolved in a last round of heart attack, exciting, in which Bezzecchi got to jump on top of Madrid in turns 6-7. Martín kept his calm and strength to stay ahead and cross the finish line in first position for so only 60 thousandths second. But as soon as he arrived at the parc fermé, the stewards announced that they had relegated him to second position for having stepped on both wheels in the green area, off the asphalt.
Incomprehension
“In the last lap I thought I hadn’t touched green. He had won in an incredible way. I think he deserved this victory. It’s painful, ”laments Martín
Jorge Martín stayed very disappointed. “In the last lap I thought I hadn’t touched green. He had won in an incredible way. I think he deserved this victory. But hey, I’ll try again in Misano. It is painful that all the work done is taken from you. It is a moral victory. It hurts much. But it is what it is, they are races ”.
Your team leader, Aki Ajo, he expressed his anger with the rule: “Maybe he has touched the green, but it seems to me a very strong sanction. This changes 10 points if these two drivers are fighting for the championship. “
Race classification
1. Marco Bezzecchi (Kalex), 37m12s461
2. Jorge Martín (Kalex), at 0s060
3. Remy Gardner (Kalex), a 1s027
4. Tetsuta Nagashima (Kalex), a 1s974
5. Thomas Lüthi (Kalex), a 3s230
6. Xavi Vierge (Kalex), a 6s196
7. Luca Marini (Kalex), at 8s634
8. Jake Dixon (Kalex), a 9s005
9. Héctor Garzó (Kalex), at 9s620
10. Enea Bastianini (Kalex), a 10s051
Moto2 World Classification
1. Luca Marini (ITA), 87 points
2. Enea Bastianini (ITA), 79
3. Jorge Martín (ESP), 79
4. Tetsuta Nagashima (JAP), 68
5. Marco Bezzecchi (ITA), 65
6. Sam Lowes (GB), 59
7. Xavi Virgo (ESP), 46
8. Arón Canet (ESP), 43
9. Remy Gardner (AUS), 41
