Raúl Fernández triumphs in a very difficult Moto2 race in France
Rider Raúl Fernández has claimed victory in the Moto2 World Championship at the Le Mans Circuit in France, in a race marked by many crashes
The Moto2 World Championship was next on track at the Le Mans Circuit in France, in difficult conditions after what was seen in the Moto3 category, although on this occasion all the riders headed out on dry tyres and with their eyes on the clouds.
The start was good for Marco Bezzecchi, the Italian managed to overtake the poleman and take 1st place in these first metres of the race, while Raúl Fernández held his position and finished 2nd. The shame was the crashes of Arón Canet and Augusto Fernández when both were at the front of the race.
With 22 laps to go we saw Sam Lowes and Xavi Vierge hit the ground, the Briton went inside and didn’t calculate well, taking the 97 with him. We also saw the incident between Joe Roberts and Marco Bezzecchi, which ended with Roberts on the ground. Meanwhile Raúl Fernández moved into the lead, pulling the group along and trying to break away.
Meanwhile we have seen Garzó’s crash, who had an incident with Di Giannantonio, which left Héctor out of the race, and DiGGia was penalised with a long lap penalty. Without doubt it was a difficult race with many crashes among the participants.
The laps went by, and with 10 laps to go Bezzecchi closed in on Raúl Fernández, but Raúl pushed again on the pace, and the pressure on the Italian came from behind with Remy Gardner, so the 87 managed to overtake the 72 and move into 2nd with 8 laps to go.
And the moment of truth arrived, the final laps, in which we saw Raúl Fernández pick up the pace again to keep Gardner under control, so maximum expectation among the team-mates. Meanwhile Bezzecchi was given a warning for exceeding the track limits.
Victory for Raúl Fernández, who managed to keep everyone at bay, a great triumph for the rookie, followed by his team-mate Remy Gardner, with Bezzecchi closing the podium. The top 10 was completed by Bezzecchi, Arbolino, Bendsnyeder, Schrotter, Ogura, DiGgia, Corsi and Navarro. With this result Gardner leads, but only 1 point ahead of Raúl Fernández.
On to the next race.
