If you thought the action was done and dusted with MotoGP, you'd be mistaken, ladies and gentlemen. We've got two more races to get to this weekend. Moto2 is coming up, now, and tomorrow, right here, you will read about the Moto3 race and how it went. Your pole sitter in Moto2 is Spaniard Jorge Martin for Red Bull KTM Ajo, on bike #88. Red lights, out, and they're off in Moto2 at Jerez de la Frontera! Martin is in the lead of the motorcycle race as once again, the rest of the pack is scrambling, just like we saw in the MotoGP event. 23 laps scheduled. We've got a fallen rider straight away. That bike, rotating on the curb, is, I can't tell. Closer inspection confirms, two bikes have hit the deck. That's Jorge Navarro of Spain on the #9 HDR Heldron Speed Up and #72 Marco Bezzecchi of Italy, on the Sky Racing Team VR46 Kalex. This team is owned by Valentino Rossi, the great MotoGP champion, multiple times. So, his name and number are quite recognizable even as a team owner.
But Rossi might not be so happy with Senore Bezzecchi hitting the tarmac so early in this race. He might recover. Get back in the saddle and keep on trucking, mate. Jorge Martin leads Aron Canet and Luca Marini. They are the top three right now. More riders are coming for the top spot, and fast. Marini is going for the lead around Jorge Martin. He does it! Bike #10 is in P1. This is the other VR46 Sky Racing bike, the other bike owned by Valentino Rossi. The Moto2 riders are single file on the third lap of the race. More moves being made down the order. A battle is ensuing for the lead of this motorcycle race between Marini and Martin. Marini has the advantage and keeps it for now.
Bezzecchi has his hands full with Germany's Marcel Schrotter for fifth place. It's the Kalex vs. the Speed Up. These bikes have different chassis brands and constructors, but the same engines. Schrotter is demoted by the Italian. Tetsuta Nagashima of Japan runs second on his Red Bull KTM Ajo Kalex, but the battle is still on for third place between Schrotter and Bezzecchi! Oh dear. We've got a fallen rider, in a low side incident. That's in turn ten and it's one of the Sky VR46 bikes. Bezecchi! It's Marco Bezecchi who has fallen off his motorcycle! Thank goodness for the air fence.
The medics are on the scene to make sure he is OK. He seems to be hurt, just a little. Hope he's OK. Back in the garage, he's favoring his right foot. Turn nine now, look, and another tumble. Who's lost it this time? Couldn't tell who fell of there bike there. Had no access to the world feed graphics in that replay. Meanwhile, this race is nearly done and dusted, and it appears Luca Marini, the Italian, riding for Valntino Rossi is going to win. Marini keeps it clean through the final turn and onto the front straightaway, and he wins Moto2 in Spain, in the first race!
Rounding out the podium, Tetsuta Nagashima and Jorge Martin. Completing the top five, Sam Lowes and Aron Canet. Sixth through tenth, Hafizh Syahrin, Remy Gardner, Lorenzo Baldassari, Enea Bastianini, and Xavi Vierge.
#10 Luca Marini ITA. SKY Racing Team VR46 Kalex
The top five in points are reflected once again, by the race results, although, Moto2 did have an opening race back in March in Qatar right at the beginning of the pandemic. Tetsuta Nagashima leads the rider's points championship ahead of Lorenzo Baldassari, Luca Marini, Enea Bastianini, and Remy Gardner, who is of course, the son of multiple 500cc World Champion, Wayne Gardner. Moto2 in Spain, the first go around, is complete. See you next time, at the same circuit for next weekend's Anadlucia Grand Prix. So long, for now.
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