Pons Racing’s Lorenzo Baldassarri bagged his second-ever Moto2 win the Jerez MotoGP round, leading from lap three and crossing the line with a two-second margin over Miguel Oliveira who came from 14th on the grid to stand on the podium. Baldassarri started from pole but dropped behind Alex Marquez and Pecco Bagnaia but was back to the front two laps later and, despite the best efforts of Oliveira, gradually pulled away until the Portugese surrendered and left the Italian to it. Baldassarri took the gentleman’s set with pole, win and a new lap record. Bagnaia took third place after Marquez crashed out, losing the front at turn two with 13 laps left to run. Xavi Vierge, widely tipped to...
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