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Moto2 Assen Course: It’s party time in Raúl! Gardner completes the Red Bull KTM Ajo double.

It’s a strong Red Bull Ajo KTM connotation that brightens up the front row of the Dutch Grand Prix Moto2 version. Indeed, Remy Gardner and Raúl Fernandez, the first two in the championship, engaged in a duel for pole position. during qualifying. This was ultimately achieved by coveted MotoGP rookie Raúl Fernandez. This is his fourth performance in the genre …

Raul Fernandez therefore continues to impress however that Remy Gardner continues his solid management of the championship which he leads by 36 points over his teammate. Next to them, there is another Kalex, in this case Marc VDS Racing. But not the one that the chronometer had first designated, since it was a question ofAugusto Fernandez. Unfortunately, the latter was the victim of the exit of the yellow flags and saw his best performance crossed out. To the delight of his experienced teammate, Sam Lowes.

Augusto Fernandez Still has the level of performance to do well this Sunday and he will start eighth. Aaron Canet (Boscoscuro, Aspar Team Moto2) will take the second row. He will be accompanied byHector Garzó (Kalex, Flexbox HP40), survivor of Q1 andAi Ogura (Kalex, Idemitsu Honda Team Asia). Jorge Navarro (Boscoscuro, + EGO Speed ​​Up) will start seventh. Lorenzo Dalla Porta (Kalex, Italtran Racing Team) et Tony Arbolino (Kalex, Liqui Moly Intact GP) complete the Top 10.

But where is the third in the championship, future MotoGP rider on a Ducati of the VR46? Luca Marini (Kalex, SKY Racing Team VR46) will start 17th, following unspecified problems in qualifying: “Not the PQ we were hoping for after free practice and the work done so far. A complicated session, we were unable to realize our potential on the track and tomorrow will be a very difficult race. ”
Pablo Nieto, future team manager of the MotoGP team, specifies: “A difficult qualifying for Marco, we had some unexpected events and we weren’t able to get the result we wanted. In the last few minutes he had a good lap, which was later canceled and tomorrow a really complicated race awaits us. ”

To be continued Alonso lopez, replacing Yari Montella at + EGO Speed ​​Up: he will start from the penultimate row but could make a good comeback given his sessions …

Note also the presence of Manuel Gonzales, Supersport 300 champion in 2019 at 17 years old and substitute Lorenzo Baldassarri injured on the redecorated MV Agusta: the Spaniard will start from the last row.

The 24-lap TT Circuit Assen race will take place under a sky with temperatures of 24 ° in the air and 31 ° on the new asphalt.

What will it reserve for the 30 pilots registered for this 90th edition in the Cathedral?

Before answering this question, here are the facts known so far:

Axles Moto2™ 2019 2021 (New asphalt)
FP1 1’38.151 Sam Lowes 1’36.744 Augusto Fernandez
FP2 1’37.398 Brad Binder 1’47.617 Hector Garzo
FP3 1’36.510 Remy Gardner 1’36.511 Raul Fernandez
QP1 1’37.030 Lorenzo Baldassarri 1’36.775 For Bendsneyder
QP2 1’36.572 Remy Gardner 1’36.356 Raul Fernandez
Warm up 1’37.834 Lorenzo Baldassarri 1’36.858 Raul Fernandez
Course A. Fernandez, B. Binder, Marini R. Fernandez, Gardner, A. Fernandez
Record 1’36.346 Johann Zarco (2015)

When the red lights go out … Aron Canet made the best start while in the first lap Lorenzo Dalla Porta then Tony Arbolino suffer violent falls.

The outcome of the first round in which Raul Fernandez makes a mistake, a group of five pilots try to break away from the peloton: Aron Canet, Sam Lowes, Remy Gardner, Raúl Fernandez, Ai Ogura and Augusto Fernandez.

Remy Gardner takes command after two turns, then Sam Lowes also double Aron Canet to the next passage.

Joe Roberts fall without gravity.

From the fourth lap, the usual routine observed in the category sets in, while in the lead, Remy Gardner, Sam Lowes and Augusto Fernandez start to escape.

The Briton attacks the Australian at the chicane, but it is finally Augusto Fernandez who took advantage of it, and we find the two Kalex team Marc VDS leading the race.

Sam Lowes however manages to regain control and to gain a lead of half a second on the duo Remy Gardner/Augusto Fernandez.

About Fernandez, this is Raul which continues its recovery and registers at this moment the best lap in the race. The Spaniard has the leading trio in sight with 15 laps to go and continues to attack. Two laps later, the junction is made and it is therefore a group of four pilots who will compete for the three steps of the podium …

At the halfway point, we find the two motorcycles of the Marc VDS team in front of the two machines of Red Bull KTM Ajo, Augusto Fernandez on your mind, Remy Gardner closing the group.

Behind, at four seconds, the peloton is led by two future MotoGP riders, Fabio Di Giannantonio (Kalex, Federal Oil Gresini Moto2) devant Marco Bezzecchi. Unfortunately, the Gresini driver made a mistake with eight laps from the finish.

Manuel Gonzales bailed out of a long lap for getting off the track.

Seven laps from the checkered flag, the rookie Raul Fernandez takes command but it’s Remy Gardner, then fourth, who is the fastest on the track.

However, the Australian finds himself blocked by the two Marc VDS riders, which benefits Raul Fernandez to start escaping.

Aron Canet fall without gravity 5 laps from the checkered flag, when Raul Fernandez increases its lead to more than a second.

Three laps from the checkered flag, Raul Fernandez accelerates the pace to 1’36.690, a pace 2 tenths from pole position!

Approaching the last lap, after passing Sam Lowes who looked the wrong way, Remy Gardner take the best of Augusto Fernandez to complete a new Red Bull KTM Ajo double in front Augusto Fernandez.

In the championship, Remy Gardner keeps 31 points ahead of Raul Fernandez and 56 on Marco Bezzecchi who finished 5th in this race, ahead of the peloton.

Ranking of Grand Prize Moto2 from the Netherlands to TT Assen:

Ranking credit: MotoGP.com

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