Luck should have been a bit more with Bo Bendsneyder and Simone Corsi to grab points in the Grand Prix of Aragon. Bendsneyder had little grip at the start of the Moto2 race and finished 18th, while Corsi suffered from chatter at the end of the race and crossed the line in 21st. The Italian got away well 26th on the grid at Motorland Aragon. He won six places in the opening phase. In lap 7, crashes from Nagashima and Roberts earned him another two places. Three laps later, however, Corsi had to give up 18th place to his teammate and gradually lost the connection. After a reasonable start from 21st place, Bendsneyder lost a few places in the first lap, and even saw his teammate pass by, but the Dutchman recovered well. In the ninth lap he found the connection with the group of four led by Corsi and two laps later he took the lead from the Italian. Bendsneyder could not close the gap to the group that fought for the points, but managed to keep Dominique Aegerter and Jesko Raffin neatly behind him to finish in 18th place. “It is important that we become better at qualifying in order to be in a better position for the race,” analysed NTS RW Racing GP team manager Jarno Janssen. “We must win places there and ensure that we do not lose too much during the first laps of the race. This is getting better, but we still have to work very hard on this. If we can realize this then we will get to where we need to be: in the points. As a whole, we are not dissatisfied with how Bendsneyder is doing now. Too bad Corsi was unable to maintain the pace during the race and fell back. I would like to thank him for his work in the past two GPs. We will continue with the information he could give us. From the next race (Thailand, in two weeks), Jesko Raffin will take the place of Corsi.”
Bo Bendsneyder (18 at +28.609): “It’s a bit the same story as last week in Misano: this is not the result we wanted. Not me, nor the team. At the start of the race I had little grip, so I could not stay with the group. After that I was able to increase the pace again and keep it constant, but I could not close the gap anymore. We need to see what we can improve in terms of grip to be better next time.”
Race results:
| Pos | Rider | Team | Time / Gap |
| 1 | Brad BINDER | Red Bull KTM Ajo | 39’45.177 |
| 2 | Jorge NAVARRO | HDR Heidrun Speed Up | 0.787 |
| 3 | Alex MARQUEZ | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | 2.876 |
| 4 | Luca MARINI | SKY Racing Team VR46 | 5.387 |
| 5 | Sam LOWES | Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 | 5.601 |
| 6 | Thomas LUTHI | Dynavolt Intact GP | 9.695 |
| 7 | Iker LECUONA | American Racing KTM | 11.650 |
| 8 | Lorenzo BALDASSARRI | FLEXBOX HP 40 | 12.546 |
| 9 | Jorge MARTIN | Red Bull KTM Ajo | 14.775 |
| 10 | Xavi VIERGE | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | 15.393 |
| 11 | Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO | HDR Heidrun Speed Up | 15.495 |
| 12 | Nicolo BULEGA | SKY Racing Team VR46 | 15.625 |
| 13 | Remy GARDNER | ONEXOX TKKR SAG Team | 15.859 |
| 14 | Stefano MANZI | MV Agusta Temporary Forward | 21.838 |
| 15 | Marco BEZZECCHI | Red Bull KTM Tech 3 | 21.859 |
| 16 | Somkiat CHANTRA | IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia | 22.659 |
| 17 | Andrea LOCATELLI | Italtrans Racing Team | 25.897 |
| 18 | Bo BENDSNEYDER | NTS RW Racing GP | 28.609 |
| 19 | Dominique AEGERTER | MV Agusta Temporary Forward | 28.943 |
| 20 | Jesko RAFFIN | Dynavolt Intact GP | 28.679 |
| 21 | Simone CORSI | NTS RW Racing GP | 37.526 |
| 22 | Augusto FERNANDEZ | FLEXBOX HP 40 | 41.050 |
| 23 | Jake DIXON | Gaviota Angel Nieto Team | 42.644 |
| 24 | Enea BASTIANINI | Italtrans Racing Team | 45.942 |
| 25 | Lukas TULOVIC | Kiefer Racing | 50.680 |
| 26 | Philipp OETTL | Red Bull KTM Tech 3 | 52.367 |
| 27 | Xavi CARDELUS | Gaviota Angel Nieto Team | +1’09.114 |
| 28 | Gabriele RUIU | Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2 | +1’16.241 |
| 29 | Gerry SALIM | IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia | +1’16.381 |
| 30 | Joe ROBERTS | American Racing KTM | +1’18.820 |
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| Tetsuta NAGASHIMA | ONEXOX TKKR SAG Team | 15 Laps |
Source: motogp.com, rwracinggp.com
