An absolutely dominating Jonas Folger stormed in the wet race of Brno to the first victory for the Dynavolt Intact GP team. Bad luck for Sandro Cortese, who impressed with one of his strongest races in Moto2.
For Jonas Folger the victory today in Brno was his third triumph in the Moto2 class. And after Argentina, Spain and Germany, it was his fourth podium of the year. From seventh he made a big leap to fourth place in the world championship rankings.
After dry conditions throughout the whole Brno weekend, rain poured down on Sunday. But already in the morning's warm-up, both Dynavolt Intact GP riders demonstrated a strong pace. Jonas took the first place, while Sandro followed in third position and proved that he felt confident on his motorcycle.
As the rain race started, Jonas jumped from position seven straight to the top and never gave up his lead until the end of the race. In difficult weather conditions the Kalex rider set impressive lap times, the fastest of which a 2'14.528. Often he was more than half a second quicker than his closest pursuer Alex Rins. After long 20 laps the German eventually crossed the finish line as winner with over five seconds of advantage.
Sandro was unlucky again in the today's Czech Grand Prix. With also remarkably fast lap times the 26-year-old caught up to fourth position. During the race he set the third fastest race lap, a 2'15.017, meaning that he was most of the time up to one second faster than his direct rivals. However, when he passed Mattia Pasini in the last lap, the Italian wanted to overtake once more on the inside. Doing this he touched Sandro, who crashed for this reason. Despite another disappointment, he showed one of his best races in the Moto2 class. This self-confidence he gained today will make him stronger for the coming races.
Next time the Motorcycle World Championship will come together from 02 to 04 September in Silverstone / Great Britain.
Race:
1. Jonas FOLGER / GER / KALEX
2. Alex RINS / SPA / KALEX
3. Sam LOWES / GBR / KALEX
23. Sandro CORTESE / GER / KALEX
WUP
1. Jonas FOLGER / GER / KALEX - 2'17.297
2. Danny KENT / GBR / KALEX - 2'17.407 / +0.110
3. Sandro CORTESE / GER / KALEX - 2'17.790 / +0.493
Standings:
1. ZARCO Johann / FRA / 181
2. RINS Alex / SPA / 162
3. LOWES Sam / GBR / 137
4. FOLGER Jonas / GER / 108
5. LUTHI Thomas / SWI / 106
6. MORBIDELLI Franco / ITA / 94
7. NAKAGAMI Takaaki / JPN / 92
8. SYAHRIN Hafizh / MAL / 79
9. AEGERTER Dominique / SWI / 71
10. CORSI Simone / ITA / 59
11. BALDASSARRI Lorenzo / ITA / 55
12. PASINI Mattia / ITA / 43
13. PONS Axel / SPA / 41
14. SALOM Luis / SPA / 37
15. MARQUEZ Alex / SPA / 34
16. SCHROTTER Marcel / GER / 33
17. OLIVEIRA Miguel / POR / 33
18. SIMON Julian / SPA / 30
19. SIMEON Xavier / BEL / 29
20. KENT Danny / GBR / 27
21. MARINI Luca / ITA / 20
22. CORTESE Sandro / GER / 20
