Bo Bendsneyder had the extra motivation of racing at home. The weekend did not start in the best way, but both the rider and the team were able to recover and have had very positive feelings. The Pertamina Mandalika Sag Team rider was sanctioned with a double long lap penalty for a jump start, which didn’t allow him to reach the front positions despite having had a great pace throughout the weekend. Bendsneyder finished in fifteenth position entering in the points.
#64 Bo Bendsneyder – P15 – +22,162
“I just want to apologize to my team because it’s been a really positive weekend after a really bad Friday. The team did an amazing job, they worked until the late hours of Friday night and they gave me such a good feeling on Saturday. On qualifying, we made a good job for the race, I showed that the race pace was there to fight for the top 8 but I made a big mistake at the start. I made a jump startd and I got a double long lap penalty that made it difficult because I lost five or six seconds. After that, I put my head down and I gave my best to get back into the points. I showed that we were super fast and I overtook other riders quite easy. Now it’s time to take a break for a few weeks and after that go back to training to get ready for Austria”.
Race results:
Pos | Rider | Team | Time / Gap |
1 | Raul FERNANDEZ | Red Bull KTM Ajo | 39’01.832 |
2 | Remy GARDNER | Red Bull KTM Ajo | 1.066 |
3 | Augusto FERNANDEZ | Elf Marc VDS Racing Team | 1.265 |
4 | Sam LOWES | Elf Marc VDS Racing Team | 1.879 |
5 | Marco BEZZECCHI | SKY Racing Team VR46 | 8.329 |
6 | Ai OGURA | IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia | 10.960 |
7 | Jorge NAVARRO | EGO Speed Up | 13.993 |
8 | Xavi VIERGE | Petronas Sprinta Racing | 16.052 |
9 | Marcel SCHROTTER | Liqui Moly Intact GP | 16.094 |
10 | Celestino VIETTI | SKY Racing Team VR46 | 17.585 |
11 | Somkiat CHANTRA | IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia | 18.286 |
12 | Albert ARENAS | Aspar Team Moto2 | 18.812 |
13 | Stefano MANZI | Flexbox HP40 | 19.273 |
14 | Thomas LUTHI | Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team | 19.649 |
15 | Bo BENDSNEYDER | Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team | 22.162 |
16 | Cameron BEAUBIER | American Racing | 22.223 |
17 | Alonso LOPEZ | EGO Speed Up | 25.569 |
18 | Jake DIXON | Petronas Sprinta Racing | 26.245 |
19 | Nicolò BULEGA | Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 | 27.323 |
20 | Marcos RAMIREZ | American Racing | 27.463 |
21 | Simone CORSI | MV Agusta Forward Racing | 27.638 |
22 | Manuel GONZALEZ | MV Agusta Forward Racing | 35.908 |
23 | Hafizh SYAHRIN | NTS RW Racing GP | 38.517 |
24 | Barry BALTUS | NTS RW Racing GP | 46.728 |
Not classified | |||
Aron CANET | Aspar Team Moto2 | 5 Laps | |
Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO | Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 | 9 Laps | |
Joe ROBERTS | Italtrans Racing Team | 17 Laps | |
Lorenzo DALLA PORTA | Italtrans Racing Team | 0 Lap | |
Tony ARBOLINO | Liqui Moly Intact GP | 0 Lap |
Source: motogp.com, stopandgo.es