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Bo Bendsneyder will start from the third row of the grid in the Moto2 category, after qualifying in seventh position. Bendsneyder has completed a great classification after achieving direct passage to Q2 during FP3, riding inside the top ten throughout the day. During the second qualifying session, despite his efforts, the Dutchman did not achieve the desired lap, finishing in seventh position. #64 Bo Bendsneyder – P7 –“We finished a decent classification, finishing in seventh position. I expected something more, but we know that we will start from a good…

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FP1 It was as close as ever in the intermediate class with the top 19 riders split by just under a second. The top four had just over a tenth between them, as Elf Marc VDS Racing’s Sam Lowes sat 0.125 seconds adrift of Canet’s best in fourth. Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team’s Bo Bendsneyder completed the top five. Inde GASGAS Aspar Team’s Albert Arenas was sixth, ahead of Marcel Schrötter (Liqui Moly Intact GP) and last weekend’s race winner Pedro Acosta (Red Bull KTM Ajo). Lightech Conveyors Speed Up’s Alonso…

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Bendsneyder who had a good start (P15 into the first corner) had to go wide in turn 4 after contact with another rider, which saw him in P23 at the end of lap 1. He focused on recovering the lost positions and the Dutch rider performed an incredible comeback finishing the race in eleventh position. Bendsneyder scores five more points to add to the Moto2 World Championship standings. #64 Bo Bendsneyder – P11 – + 15,141“I had a good feeling during the first laps of the race which made me…

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Bo Bendsneyder has shown a very strong rhythm during all weekend, he managed to make his best lap time alone. Even though he qualified straight to Q2, he couldn’t do a perfect lap that would have placed him on the front positions of the grid so he will start tomorrow’s race from the seventeenth position on the sixth row of the grid. #64 Bo Bendsneyder – P17 – + 0.935“We made a good step forward this morning if we compare it with yesterday, so we are happy about that. We…

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Jake Dixon is in the box seat to get through to Q2 at the Gran Premio d’Italia Oakley after the Inde GASGAS Aspar Team rider was fastest on the opening day of action in Moto2™. While he was unable to improve in FP2 on his 1:51.966 from earlier on Friday at the Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello, the mercury was climbing well into the 30s, and few riders did go quicker in the afternoon. Whether they will get a genuine chance to up their pace in FP3 will now depend very…

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Bendsneyder has scored two points after finishing fourteenth. After a very bad start ( from P8 to P17 at the end of lap 1) Bendsneyder was fighting to gain positions when he had to go wide at one of the chicanes of the French track and received a long lap penalty. Bo complied his penalty and this conditioned the rest of his race. Bo has managed to get into the points (P14) and he places himself 10th in the Moto2 World Championship standings. #64 Bo Bendsneyder – P14 – +26,952…

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Red Bull KTM Ajo’s Pedro Acosta has first pole position in the Moto2™ class after breaking his own, hours-old All Time Lap Record at the SHARK Grand Prix de France. Jake Dixon (Inde GASGAS Aspar Team) qualified second-fastest for Round 7 of the season at Le Mans, and will be in a KTM Ajo sandwich on the front row given Augusto Fernandez was third-quickest in Q2. World Championship leader Celestino Vietti (Mooney VR46 Racing Team), on the other hand, could not escape Q1. Sam Lowes (Elf Marc VDS Racing Team)…

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Somkiat Chantra (Idemitsu Honda Team Asia) is officially the pace-setter following the first two Moto2™ practice sessions at the SHARK Grand Prix de France. The Thai rider broke the All Time Lap Record in FP1 and while Augusto Fernandez (Red Bull KTM Ajo) went even faster in FP2, that lap does not count due to the presence of a yellow flag. Chantra had knocked off Francesco Bagnaia’s four-year-old Moto2™ benchmark at Le Mans when he clocked a 1:36.108 in FP1, but it looked like his bragging rights would last only…

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Bo has been fighting again in top 10 during today’s Moto2 race that has taken place at Circuito de Jerez Angel Nieto in front of the Spanish crowd. The Dutch rider has finished seventh gaining nine points which place him eleventh in the Moto2 World Championship general standings. The Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team has two days of testing organised at Circuito de Catalunya in Barcelona. #64 Bo Bendsneyder – P7 – + 13,918 “It has been a really positive weekend, we finished P7 so another top10, which is really positive…

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After finishing fourth in Q1, Bo Bendsneyder has gone into Q2 where he has achieved a best lap time of 1’41.815 which has placed them in the third row of the Moto2 starting grid. Bo Bendsneyder #64 – P8 – 1.41,815“This morning in FP3 we were really competitive with used tires and we quickly improved the lap times. Then, we have put in new tyres, but couldn’t complete a good lap time so we ended up p20, which was a bit disappointing but we knew we had the speed. After…

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