{"id":476,"date":"2016-10-30T11:47:27","date_gmt":"2016-10-30T15:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonmotorsport.com\/?p=476"},"modified":"2022-06-16T15:20:18","modified_gmt":"2022-06-16T19:20:18","slug":"zarco-seals-moto2-championship-motogp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2016\/10\/30\/zarco-seals-moto2-championship-motogp\/","title":{"rendered":"Johann Zarco Seals Moto2 Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The final flyaway race in Malaysia wraps up this weekend at the <strong>Sepang International Circuit<\/strong>. As <strong>Johann Zarco<\/strong> seals <strong>Moto2 Championship\u00a0<\/strong>honours, <strong>Francesco Bagnaia<\/strong> survives a chaotic <strong>Moto3<\/strong> race to win. In <strong>MotoGP<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Andrea Dovizioso<\/strong> wins from the pole to become the ninth winner on the season.<\/p>\n<h2>Johann Zarco Seals Moto2 Championship; Bagnaia survives chaotic Moto3; Dovizioso Wins MotoGP<\/h2>\n<h3>Moto3 Recap<\/h3>\n<p>South Africa\u2019s <strong>Brad Binder<\/strong> holds pole position, flanked by Spain\u2019s <strong>Jorge Navarro<\/strong> and Italy\u2019s Francesco Bagnaia. Binder may have wrapped up the world championship, but the battle was on for second place. As an extra for of motivation for Navarro, Italian rider <strong>Enea Bastianini<\/strong>\u00a0sits out due to injury. The start was fairly normal, although it looks as if Bagnaia jumped the start. Replays suggest that it was a clean getaway. Then it happened, Spain\u2019s <strong>Jorge Martin<\/strong> gets a little out of shape and goes\u00a0down. Spain\u2019s <strong>Aron Canet<\/strong> and <strong>Juanfran Guevara<\/strong>, and Germany\u2019s <strong>Philipp Oettl<\/strong> collect him. To the relief of the paddock, Martin, who took the worst of the accident, was conscious. However, he had to be taken for a medical check up for head injuries.<\/p>\n<p>To the surprise of many, the stewards elect not to red flag the race. In a bizarre incident, three riders in the top four lose the front end of their bikes on the same corner. This being the notorious Turn Seven. Bagnaia was the only one to escape\u00a0unscathed. Before long, a number of riders begin to fall foul of the conditions. Strangely enough, there was not a drop of rain on the track until the race was over.<\/p>\n<p>The red flags are shown after Spain\u2019s only female rider <strong>Maria Herrera<\/strong> clipped the back of Belgium\u2019s <strong>Livio Loi<\/strong> and broke her collarbone. This meant that Bagnaia won the race by a comfortable margin. Behind him is the battle for second and third. This between Czech Republic\u2019s <strong>Jakub Kornfeil<\/strong> and Netherland\u2019s<strong> Bo Bendsneyder<\/strong>. Sadly for the Dutch youngster, he was running second when the red flags came out, but on the previous lap he was third.<\/p>\n<h3>Moto3 Points Finishers<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>France\u2019s Fabio Quartararo<\/li>\n<li>Italy\u2019s Andrea Locatelli<\/li>\n<li>Spain\u2019s Marcos Ramirez<\/li>\n<li>Argentina\u2019s Gabriel Rodrigo<\/li>\n<li>Malaysia\u2019s Khairul Idham Pawi<\/li>\n<li>Belgium\u2019s Livio Loi<\/li>\n<li>South Africa\u2019s Darryn Binder<\/li>\n<li>Malaysia\u2019s Hafiq Azmi (standing in for the injured Scottish rider John McPhee)<\/li>\n<li>Italy\u2019s Niccolo Antonelli, Stefano Valtulini, Lorenzo Petrarca and Fabio Di Giannantonio.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Moto2 Recap<\/h3>\n<p>In Moto2, France\u2019s Johann Zarco qualifies on pole. He has Italy\u2019s <strong>Franco Morbidelli<\/strong> and Spain\u2019s <strong>Axel Pons<\/strong> alongside him. Switzerland\u2019s <strong>Tom Luthi<\/strong> was unable to continue his winning form in Malaysia. It is Zarco who takes top honours. He shrugs off a string of poor results to seal the championship. The best that Luthi could muster is sixth place. Joining the Frenchman on the podium is Morbidelli and Germany\u2019s <strong>Jonas Folger<\/strong>. Britain\u2019s <strong>Sam Lowes<\/strong> and Spain\u2019s <strong>Alex Rins<\/strong> see their hopes of challenging Zarco fade away. As Lowes drops it in the gravel and Rins ends the race in a lowly 14<sup>th<\/sup> place.<\/p>\n<h3>Moto2 Points Finishers<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Italy\u2019s Lorenzo Baldassari<\/li>\n<li>Malaysia\u2019s Hafizh Syahrin<\/li>\n<li>Swiss rider Luthi<\/li>\n<li>Spain\u2019s Alex Marquez and Xavi Vierge<\/li>\n<li>Italy\u2019s Luca Marini<\/li>\n<li>Spain\u2019s Isaac Vinales<\/li>\n<li>Italy\u2019s Simone Corsi<\/li>\n<li>Malaysia\u2019s Ramdan Rosli<\/li>\n<li>Australia\u2019s Remy Gardner<\/li>\n<li>Spain\u2019s Alex Rins<\/li>\n<li>Belgium\u2019s Xavier Simeon.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>MotoGP Recap<\/h3>\n<p>The MotoGP race proves\u00a0absolutely thrilling. Italy\u2019s <strong>Andrea Dovizioso<\/strong> starts on pole position with compatriot <strong>Valentino Rossi<\/strong> and Spain\u2019s <strong>Jorge Lorenzo<\/strong> in second and third. A great start sees six riders battle it out for the win. Rossi, Dovizioso, and Lorenzo were joined by the returning Italian rider <strong>Andrea Iannone<\/strong>, Spain\u2019s <strong>Aleix Espargaro<\/strong>, and reigning world champion Spain\u2019s <strong>Marc Marquez<\/strong>. Soon Espargaro begins to fall back down the order and in his place. Britain\u2019s <strong>Cal Crutchlow<\/strong> resumes the battle.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately for Marquez, his luck ran out yet again and he found himself on the floor. Crutchlow and later Iannone soon join him on the sidelines. Rossi and Dovizioso trade blows on several occasions.\u00a0Meanwhile Lorenzo is left in a forlorn third, 11 seconds behind the leader. After a while, Rossi\u2019s tires give up and he drops back. Dovizioso takes an emphatic victory and the <strong>Yamaha<\/strong>\u2019s had no answer. Behind them was the delighted <strong>Avintia Ducati<\/strong> pair of Spain\u2019s <strong>Hector Barbera <\/strong>and France\u2019s <strong>Loris Baz<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>MotoGP Points Finishers<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Spain\u2019s Maverick Vinales and Alvaro Bautista<\/li>\n<li>Australia\u2019s Jack Miller<\/li>\n<li>Spain\u2019s Pol Espargaro and\u00a0Spain\u2019s Marquez, who managed to rejoin the race.<\/li>\n<li>Italy\u2019s Danilo Petrucci<\/li>\n<li>Ireland\u2019s Eugene Laverty and Aleix Espargaro<\/li>\n<li>Britons Bradley Smith and Scott Redding.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/619214618\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 66.666667% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/619214618?et=42YZNo-xTA5WuJFb79sxuQ&amp;viewMoreLink=off&amp;sig=jjq6ooJBd6PZd3qAtExJiS1toPR-lwZjxYt1CEoTB6A=&amp;caption=true\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0;\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The final flyaway race in Malaysia wraps up this weekend at the Sepang International Circuit. 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