NTS RW Racing GP was spared little in Austria. In the GP of Styria, Dominique Aegerter had to park his bike in the pits with technical problems. Bo Bendsneyder received three long lap penalties, which was eventually converted to a 29 second penalty time. As a result, he came last in the classification, in 24th place. In the first race at the Red Bull Ring, last week, Dominique Aegerter managed to get four points. In the second race, under the flag of the state of Styria, the Swiss came close, in eighteenth place, mixed in the battle for thirteenth. In the second half of the race however, Aegerter was unable to keep up with Dalla Porta, Corsi and Idzihar, among others, due to a technical problem. In the nineteenth lap, Aegerter had to park his NTS in the pits.
Bo Bendsneyder also had technical problems. Vibrations in the front brake made it difficult for the Dutchman to keep his machine under control. Battling for 21st place, he ended up outside the track limits of the Red Bull Ring a few times, which earned him a first long lap penalty in the thirteenth lap. When he failed to complete it within the mandatory three rounds, he received a double long lap penalty in lap 17 and later, in lap 22, another one. Having only completed one long lap penalty, Bendsneyder received a 29-second penalty after the finish, pushing him back from 21st place to 24th, at 1.10.576.
Bo Bendsneyder: “Already in the warm-up lap to the grid I felt a vibration in the brake. We thought it was because of the new brake pads and that it would go away, but that was not the case. The brakes have a hard time on the Red Bull Ring. The vibrations got worse per lap and spread to the suspension and the front tire. I chose to do one long lap penalty and skip the other two. I knew I was going to have a penalty for that, but those long laps wouldn’t make the difference and I just wanted to keep riding. It’s a shame it goes like this. We really hope that we can find a solution for Misano.”
Race results:
Pos | Rider | Team | Time / Gap |
1 | Marco BEZZECCHI | SKY Racing Team VR46 | 37’12.461 |
2 | Jorge MARTIN | Red Bull KTM Ajo | 0 Lap |
3 | Remy GARDNER | Onexox TKKR SAG Team | 1.027 |
4 | Tetsuta NAGASHIMA | Red Bull KTM Ajo | 1.974 |
5 | Thomas LUTHI | Liqui Moly Intact GP | 3.230 |
6 | Xavi VIERGE | Petronas Sprinta Racing | 6.196 |
7 | Luca MARINI | SKY Racing Team VR46 | 8.634 |
8 | Jake DIXON | Petronas Sprinta Racing | 9.005 |
9 | Hector GARZO | Flexbox HP 40 | 9.620 |
10 | Enea BASTIANINI | Italtrans Racing Team | 10.051 |
11 | Marcel SCHROTTER | Liqui Moly Intact GP | 10.238 |
12 | Joe ROBERTS | Tennor American Racing | 14.857 |
13 | Nicolò BULEGA | Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 | 17.968 |
14 | Stefano MANZI | MV Agusta Forward Racing | 20.956 |
15 | Lorenzo BALDASSARRI | Flexbox HP 40 | 21.189 |
16 | Marcos RAMIREZ | Tennor American Racing | 21.497 |
17 | Lorenzo DALLA PORTA | Italtrans Racing Team | 26.471 |
18 | Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO | EGO Speed Up | 26.952 |
19 | Edgar PONS | Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 | 29.400 |
20 | Simone CORSI | MV Agusta Forward Racing | 30.859 |
21 | Kasma DANIEL | Onexox TKKR SAG Team | 43.828 |
22 | Alejandro MEDINA | Openbank Aspar Team | 55.353 |
23 | Andi Farid IZDIHAR | IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia | +1’00.005 |
24 | Bo BENDSNEYDER | NTS RW Racing GP | +1’10.576 |
not classified | |||
Dominique AEGERTER | NTS RW Racing GP | 6 Laps | |
Augusto FERNANDEZ | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | 11 Laps | |
Jorge NAVARRO | EGO Speed Up | 23 Laps | |
Somkiat CHANTRA | IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia | 23 Laps | |
Aron CANET | Openbank Aspar Team | 24 Laps | |
Excluded | |||
Sam LOWES | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | 0 Lap |
Source: motogp.com, rwracinggp.com