Moto 2 & Moto 3: Germany

In Moto 2 action at the Sachsenring, Belgium's Xavier Simeon, won the race, ahead of the recently dominant Johann Zarco, and Alex Rins, who came home third, and the last rider on the podium.  Simone Corsi and Sam Lowes (who have also found success in Moto 2 this year), completed the top five.  In positions six through ten, it was Tom Luthi, Takaaki Nakagami, Lorenzo Baldassarri, Julian Simon, and Dominique Aegerter. 

23 motorcycles and riders, were classified, at the end of the race.  Ratthapark Wilairot was the last classified rider. There were some notable retirements including Franco Morbidelli, Tito Rabat, Louis Rossi, Marcel Schrotter, Azlan Shah, and Anthony West, ended up also retiring.  Rabat, and Morbidelli, ended up being caboose on the field, after each completing only a single lap, however.

#19 Xavier Simeon     BEL.    Kalex

The Moto 3 race victory went, once again, to the dominant, Danny Kent.  He is the best British rider we've seen in international Grand Prix motorcycle racing, in quite some time.  Could he become like Jack Miller was last year, and be able to skip going to Moto 2, headed straight for MotoGP?  Yours truly is only guessing.  But, it could be possible.  Efren Vazquez and Enea Bastianini rounded out the Moto 3 podium at the Sachsenring.  Kent, and Vazquez, are team mates, at Leopard Racing.

Romano Fenati and Niccolo Antonelli, completed the top five.  Positions six through ten went to Jorge Navarro, Brad Binder, Alexis Masbou, Andrea Locatelli, and Niklas Ajo.  27 riders classified as finishers in this one, and like Moto 2, there was a high attrition rate in Moto 3 at Sachsenring, too.  Riders calling it a day throughout the race included Ana Carrasco and Maria Herrera (both female riders in the division), Tatsuki Suzuki, German wildcard entry Maximilian Kappler, Fabio Quartararo, Francesco Bagnaia, and Hiroki Ono.

#52 Danny Kent     GBR.     Honda

Like their brethren in MotoGP, it is now time for the summer break for Moto 2 and Moto 3.  We will rejoin the MotoGP traveling racing excitement show, in a little less than a month's time, when they come to our shores, here in the United States, to the most famous speedway in the world... Indianapolis Motor Speedway, for the Red Bull Indianapolis U.S. Grand Prix, on August 9th.  So long, for now.