The troubled Salač finished last in Brno. Binder shared his historic KTM triumph for his birthday

Winner of today’s Moto3 Grand Prix of the Czech Grand Prix Dennis Foggia

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The program on the Masaryk Circuit started with the weakest category. Although he started from the second row, Arenas soon took the lead and in the third round he had almost a second lead over the pack of pursuers. But the Spaniard could not keep such a frantic pace, behind him it was mainly the winner of the qualification Fernandez, who determined the brisk rhythm.

This created a large leading group, on whose tail Salač also stood. The Czech national team started from the seventh row of the grid and with a good starting maneuver he stretched to the 16th place, but then he started to decrease in order and after the third of the race he took 24th place. In addition, it was clear that the performance of his motorcycle was not such that he could overtake someone.

In the meantime, a train of 11 riders formed in front of it, but the Japanese Suzuki fell out of it after the accident. The starting field was most often led by the Italians Foggia and Arbolino. Three laps before the finish, the Spaniard Masia lost the chance to succeed after the fall.

Only the 19-year-old rider rejoiced for the first time from winning the championship

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The conclusion offered a very dramatic battle for the championship. For the first time in his life, 19-year-old Foggia finally saw him. “A difficult race until the last moment, the best moment of my career for me. I’ve been worried all last year, now maybe I can tell everyone I’m back, “he said.

Salač had a problem with the brakes

Arenas consolidated his lead at the head of the World Cup to 18 points with the second place in the finish. Salač, who had five or six seconds worse than the elite at the end, finally finished the Brno race with a huge loss of 47 seconds in 25th place.

“I didn’t want to go to the pits prematurely in Brno, but relatively soon my brake started to fail in the race and I couldn’t accelerate at all,” said Salač.

Winner of the Moto2 class Italian Enea Bastianini

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Italian anthem also in Moto2

The events in Moto2 were dominated by the starting trio from the front row. Enea Bastianini led practically from the beginning and repeated the last triumph from Jerez and took over the position of leader in the championship. “I had a perfect idea of ​​how to leave the race. In fact, I had him under control all the time, “said the 22-year-old Italian.

Brit Lowes took him to the podium after four years and, for the first time in his career, American Roberts emerged from pole position. The current leader of the World Cup, the Japanese Nagashima, in the race, which lacked more overtaking at the top, took only five points for 11th place in the finish.

Binder a sensational winner

The royal MotoGP class ended with a great sensation, bringing the historical triumph of the KTM brand. This year’s newcomer to this category, South African Brad Binder from the factory team, took care of him, who apparently found the best footwear and settings with poor adhesion of the 12-year-old asphalt on the Masaryk Circuit.

“It’s hard to find words, but I felt incredibly strong the whole race because the bike worked perfectly well,” said Binder, who is celebrating his 25th birthday on Tuesday. “I couldn’t think of a better gift,” at that time the leader of the Italian Frank Morbidelli with a satellite yamaha and in whose honor the anthem JAR was heard after 41 years in Brno.

But the Italian was not disappointed either, and for him the second place was the career maximum in MotoGP. “I had an amazing start. When Binder literally flew over me, I realized that it would be too risky to keep up his pace, I certainly wouldn’t be able to withstand the tires, “Morbidelli said.

The third place was taken by Johann Zarco, who started unexpectedly from pole position, riding with ducati in the private Avintia team in the original place of Karel Abraham. The Frenchman got on the podium, even though he was punished with a long lap penalty, because the jury identified him as the culprit in contact with the falling P. Espargar. “I didn’t even know the opponent was going there. It took me a long time to get the right feel for the front wheel, but the podium after two years is great for me, “he smiled.

Although his compatriot and the undefeated leader of the Quartararo championship started from the front row, he finished seventh. Nevertheless, he remained at the head of the World Cup. Incumbent world vice-champion Italian Dovizioso finished 11th with the Ducati factory machine. The Repsol Honda factory team has completely burned out. Alex Márquez took only a point for 15th place. Bradl, a substitute for his injured older brother Mark, fared even worse.