Bo Bendsneyder and Steven Odendaal worked themselves into a sweat on the Silverstone circuit, but that was not rewarded with points. The riders of NTS RW Racing GP finished the Moto2 race of the British Grand Prix as 21st and 25th respectively. They were far from satisfied with that result. The circumstances in England were extreme and tough. It had not been hotter than this – an air temperature of 32 degrees Celsius – the entire weekend. In fact, in the entire season it hadn’t been this hot as during the Moto2 race at Silverstone. Sunday afternoon it was 4 degrees warmer than Saturday afternoon and even 8 degrees warmer than Friday afternoon in FP2 and Sunday morning during the warm-up. Although the circumstances are the same for everyone, the question was how the different machines – this year equipped with Triumph engines for the first time – in combination with the tires and the new asphalt would react in a race of eighteen laps at those high temperatures. Bendsneyder started the race well, with a good start and a solid first lap. In the second lap however, he made a mistake, causing him to lose more than a second on the riders around him. He could not make up for that loss in the course of the race, so he finished in the same place where he had started: 21st. Odendaal also won a number of places at the start but he soon lost connection with a group and thus rode a stable but also quite lonely race, that resulted in 25th place.
Bo Bendsneyder (21 at +23.906): “The start was good this time, the first lap too, but after that I made a mistake. I wanted too much, was too eager and ran wide, and that allowed a few others to pass. Unfortunately. I am certainly not satisfied.”
Race results:
Pos | Rider | Team | Time / Gap |
1 | Augusto FERNANDEZ | FLEXBOX HP 40 | 37’41.833 |
2 | Jorge NAVARRO | Campetella Speed Up | 0.489 |
3 | Brad BINDER | Red Bull KTM Ajo | 0.571 |
4 | Remy GARDNER | ONEXOX TKKR SAG Team | 0.738 |
5 | Tetsuta NAGASHIMA | ONEXOX TKKR SAG Team | 3.276 |
6 | Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO | Campetella Speed Up | 9.065 |
7 | Lorenzo BALDASSARRI | FLEXBOX HP 40 | 9.108 |
8 | Thomas LUTHI | Dynavolt Intact GP | 9.355 |
9 | Luca MARINI | SKY Racing Team VR46 | 13.119 |
10 | Xavi VIERGE | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | 13.753 |
11 | Iker LECUONA | American Racing KTM | 16.326 |
12 | Jorge MARTIN | Red Bull KTM Ajo | 16.382 |
13 | Mattia PASINI | Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2 | 16.829 |
14 | Marcel SCHROTTER | Dynavolt Intact GP | 17.843 |
15 | Andrea LOCATELLI | Italtrans Racing Team | 19.836 |
16 | Somkiat CHANTRA | IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia | 20.920 |
17 | Stefano MANZI | MV Agusta Temporary Forward | 21.159 |
18 | Dominique AEGERTER | MV Agusta Temporary Forward | 22.746 |
19 | Marco BEZZECCHI | Red Bull KTM Tech 3 | 23.366 |
20 | Nicolo BULEGA | SKY Racing Team VR46 | 23.707 |
21 | Bo BENDSNEYDER | NTS RW Racing GP | 23.906 |
22 | Joe ROBERTS | American Racing KTM | 28.918 |
23 | Jake DIXON | Sama Qatar Angel Nieto Team | 31.491 |
24 | Philipp OETTL | Red Bull KTM Tech 3 | 40.541 |
25 | Steven ODENDAAL | NTS RW Racing GP | 47.477 |
26 | Lukas TULOVIC | Kiefer Racing | 53.613 |
27 | Xavi CARDELUS | Sama Qatar Angel Nieto Team | 57.669 |
28 | Teppei NAGOE | IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia | 59.780 |
Not Classified | |||
Sam LOWES | Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 | 1 Lap | |
Bradley SMITH | Petronas Sprinta Racing | 10 Laps | |
Alex MARQUEZ | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | 13 Laps |
Source: motogp.com, rwracinggp.com