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We can't ask for a better way to end the 2016 season. Valencia Grand Prix It has given us the best race of the entire season in Moto2 with action, overtaking to the limit and fair play from the start to the checkered flag. Races like this are the ones that make a real hobby.
Johann zarco has once again demonstrated why he is the best rider in the category, and ends his career in Moto2 before jumping into MotoGP with an undeniable victory after a duel to frame with Franco Morbidelli. The Italian has finished closing the podium, since in the last lap Thomas luthi has given a lesson in career management.
Perfect weekend for the best Moto2 rider
One more day Johann zarco He made the best start again, reaching the first corner first, followed by Franco Morbidelli, Thomas Luthi, Álex Rins and Julito Simón. The top five were a small group before the end of the first lap and were trying to get away together by carving a gap over Sam Lowes.
Morbidelli went on the attack as soon as the second lap started but Zarco regained his position. This fight favored Rins to overtake Luthi and jump on top of the first two, although with Zarco again in the lead the Frenchman imposed a devastating pace that only Morbidelli seemed able to continue.
The Estrella Galicia 0, 0 team rider Marc VDS tried to put a wheel in each corner, until Zarco, in a coup of authority, hit him with an ax like "ok now!", Forcing him to open up and Rins was placed in second position.
On the next lap it was Rins placed first and Zarco was repeating the ax blow from the previous lap, now on the Spaniard, and it was Morbidelli who took the opportunity to get first and then fell to third position in a duel that was getting more and more interesting because nobody managed to escape.
The situation seemed to relax during the following laps, with Morbidelli back in second position and a slight advantage over a Rins that had trouble keeping up with the head rhythm with serious grip problems that Luthi took advantage to get into podium positions.
With the first two with an advantage close to the second, with 18 laps to go Zarco and Morbidelli delighted us with a new ration of back-to-back, merciless attacks and counterattacks that helped get Luthi and Rins to sneak up on them and sneak into a party where they appeared to be uninvited.
For three laps they gave us an epic duel more typical of Moto3 until Morbidelli managed to maintain first place and stretch the group of four riders. Behind, Sam lowes He was progressing without making much noise and had already passed Simon in fifth place.
Twelve to go Zarco returned to recover the first position and on the basis of his habitual perseverance he managed to get rid of the Italian pressure. The last ten laps were a monologue by the Frenchman, crossing the finish line with a difference of 3 seconds, adding his seventh victory of the season and climbing to MotoGP in the best way, winning and taking the first Moto2 double crown.
Behind, the fight for the third step of the podium between Thomas luthi and Alex Rins he opted for the Swiss side, and once again showing better tire treatment Luthi was able to jump on top of Morbidelli on the last lap, overtake him and finish in second position, leaving the Italian in third place.
While Zarco crossed the finish line alone, Luthi finished euphoric in second place and Morbidelli closed the podium, Sam lowes he caught up with Rins at the last corner and passed him unceremoniously, stealing fourth place from him.
