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Bendsneyder completes a difficult qualifying day. He started Saturday’s day by getting a direct passage to Q2 in the morning timed practice, by placing in the top ten. In the course of the second qualifying session the Dutch rider gave his best, achieving his fastest lap on his third lap. Finally Bendsneyder finished in seventeenth place, in a session abruptly ended by the red flag due to the intrusion of a group of local geese on the track. #64 Bo Bendsneyder – P17 – “This morning was positive, we made…

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FP1 Moto2™ World Championship leader Augusto Fernandez (Red Bull KTM Ajo) has set the pace in a particularly dramatic FP1 session at the Animoca Brands Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix. Fernandez set a 1:34.704 before rain flags began to be waved around Phillip Island and while Jake Dixon (Inde GASGAS Aspar Team) was able to go quicker in the final minute, his lap time of 1:34.505 would not count due to the presence of a yellow flag at Doohan Corner (Turn 1). The official top ten was Fernandez, Filip Salac (Gresini…

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Torrential rain caused high drama at the OR Thailand Grand Prix and it was Tony Arbolino who was eventually classified the winner of a shortened Moto2™ race. The Elf Marc VDS Racing Team rider had just passed Filip Salac (Gresini Racing Moto2™) for the lead at the end of Lap 8 around the Chang International Circuit when the contest was red-flagged. After two attempts to re-start, Race Direction ultimately decided to award half points. Nevertheless, Arbolino, Salac, and Aron Canet (Flexbox HP40) can count themselves as Thai GP podium finishers,…

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Bendsneyder started Saturday’s day under a FP3 lacking a good feeling on a complicated track for the riders. The Dutchman was forced to go through Q1, which he passed without great difficulty, riding among the top four and getting the pass to Q2. In the second qualifying our rider showed again his ability on the track, in a session marked by yellow flags. Finally on Sunday he will start from thirteenth place. #64 Bo Bendsneyder – P13 – “Today we didn’t start the day in the best possible way. During…

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It was sunshine and dry weather that greeted the intermediate class for FP2, however, and Pedro Acosta (Red Bull KTM Ajo) was first to better Fernandez’s FP1 benchmark when he clocked a 1:36.750 just eight minutes into proceedings. Somkiat Chantra (Idemitsu Honda Team Asia) dusted himself off from an early crash to up the pace to a 1:36.597, before Lopez bounced back from a frustrating morning session – when his Boscoscuro had a technical problem – to take over top spot with a 1:36.453. Dixon, however, would go quickest of…

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Bendsneyder completed an exceptional day at the Japanese track, climbing positions to reach the Top Ten. After a good start by our rider that allowed him to position himself in the third group of the race, allowing him to star in an incessant fight for the top positions until the checkered flag. Finally the Dutchman finished the first round of the Asian tour in ninth place, scoring a total of seven points in the Moto2 World Championship. #64 Bo Bendsneyder“It was a good race, with great battles all the way…

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Bendsneyder completed a day of qualifying where rain has been the main protagonist. The World Championship returned to the Japanese track after three years with a significant time change and extreme track conditions. The young Dutch rider disputed the second free practice, managing to pass directly to Q2. During qualifying our rider managed to position himself among the top five until the session had to be stopped due to the large amount of water on track. After a long break of two hours, the activity on track returned and finally…

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Moto2™ World Championship leader Augusto Fernandez has got his Motul Grand Prix of Japan weekend off to the right start with the fastest lap in FP1. Amid light showers at the Mobility Resort Motegi, Fernandez set a 1:50.493 to finish 0.084 seconds ahead of Somkiat Chantra. Just as first and second was Red Bull KTM Ajo and Idemitsu Honda team Asia respectively, so was third and fourth in the form of Pedro Acosta and Ai Ogura, the latter of whom is a close second in the title race as he…

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Bendsneyder completes a difficult weekend and gets a new point in the Championship. The young Dutch talent stayed within the second group of the race and fought relentlessly inside the top fifteen until the chequered flag. He finished in fifteenth place in a very tough race. #64 Bo Bendsneyder – P15 – “It was a difficult race. At the beginning of the race I was going well, being able to be in the group fighting for the top ten. Once in the group it was very difficult to try to…

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Bo Bendsneyder completed a tough qualifying day at the Aragon track. The Dutch rider managed to improve his feeling with the bike compared to the free practice day. During the FP3 with the use of the soft tire and a different aerodynamic configuration, suitable for the wind of this track, he managed to position himself in eleventh place obtaining the direct passage to Q2. In the course of the qualifying Bendsneyder was held up by some riders on track, finishing in sixteenth position. #64 Bo Bendsneyder – P16 – 1.53,…

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