No points despite overtaking race Bendsneyder

The start was good, but having to dodge a crashing rider in the first round of the Moto2 race of the Italian GP, ​​Bo Bendsneyder was thrown far back. From the 29th position the Dutchman fought back to 19th place. Steven Odendaal managed to advance from the 28th starting position on the grid to 22nd place at the finish in a particularly difficult race for the South African. “It was certainly not the race we had in mind,” said NTS RW Racing GP team manager Jarno Janssen immediately afterwards. “We cannot be satisfied with these results, despite a number of mitigating circumstances.” The start of the Moto2 race was again chaotic. Bendsneyder got away well from twentieth place and won a few positions, but that win was quickly cancelled out when he had to leave the track to avoid the crashing Iker Lecuona. Back on track, from 29th the points were actually out of sight. Yet the Dutchman did not give up. Step by step he fought his way through the pack. However, catching up took time and in the meantime the gaps became bigger. Halfway through the race, Bendsneyder came in nineteenth, leading the group that also included teammate Odendaal. The gap to number 18 was almost ten seconds by then, and riding alone, Bendsneyder could not take advantage of a slipstream, so that he couldn’t get any closer to the group in front of him. “Bo’s lap times were good enough to be able to fight for points,” said team manager Janssen. “But from such a backlog, as a result of someone else’s mistake, you will never get back.” Steven Odendaal also won a few places right from the start. By the eighth lap he had reached twentieth place, but he could not hold it. Falling back to position 23, the South African managed to outwit Philipp Oettl in the final lap to come across as 22nd. Janssen: “We have changed a lot on the motorcycle to make Steven feel better, but we have not succeeded. If the rider does not feel comfortable, the race becomes a difficult story.”

Bo Bendsneyder: “The start was finally good. I think I was in sixteenth or seventeenth, but when I made the second turn I was just on the wrong side and I had to go straight to avoid a crash. I was lucky not to get knocked down. It was difficult to catch up because I was short of speed on the straight. Once I was in front, I was able to increase the pace, but of course I am very dissatisfied with this result.”

 

Race results:

Pos Rider Team Time / Gap
1 Alex MARQUEZ EG 0,0 Marc VDS 39’31.262
2 Luca MARINI SKY Racing Team VR46 1.928
3 Thomas LUTHI Dynavolt Intact GP 2.242
4 Lorenzo BALDASSARRI FLEXBOX HP 40 3.653
5 Augusto FERNANDEZ FLEXBOX HP 40 3.973
6 Enea BASTIANINI Italtrans Racing Team 3.985
7 Jorge NAVARRO MB Conveyors Speed Up 4.986
8 Marcel SCHROTTER Dynavolt Intact GP 6.215
9 Sam LOWES Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 11.466
10 Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO MB Conveyors Speed Up 13.050
11 Mattia PASINI Petronas Sprinta Racing 13.934
12 Xavi VIERGE EG 0,0 Marc VDS 17.176
13 Remy GARDNER ONEXOX TKKR SAG Team 19.894
14 Tetsuta NAGASHIMA ONEXOX TKKR SAG Team 20.055
15 Brad BINDER Red Bull KTM Ajo 20.591
16 Jorge MARTIN Red Bull KTM Ajo 20.672
17 Dominique AEGERTER MV Agusta Idealavoro Forward 24.081
18 Andrea LOCATELLI Italtrans Racing Team 26.677
19 Bo BENDSNEYDER NTS RW Racing GP 36.831
20 Lukas TULOVIC Kiefer Racing 41.874
21 Philipp OETTL Red Bull KTM Tech 3 44.611
22 Steven ODENDAAL NTS RW Racing GP 45.131
23 Marco BEZZECCHI Red Bull KTM Tech 3 45.136
24 Dimas EKKY PRATAMA IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia +1’01.819
25 Xavi CARDELUS Sama Qatar Angel Nieto Team +1’40.942
Not Classified
Joe ROBERTS American Racing KTM 6 Laps
Jake DIXON Sama Qatar Angel Nieto Team 11 Laps
Simone CORSI Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2 13 Laps
Nicolo BULEGA SKY Racing Team VR46 14 Laps
Stefano MANZI MV Agusta Idealavoro Forward 14 Laps
Teppei NAGOE IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia 17 Laps
Iker LECUONA American Racing KTM 0 Lap

Source: motogp.com, rwracinggp.com

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