[HONDA] Takaaki Nakagami Made His First Victory at Finals of 8th Round Moto2

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*Date: Sunday 26th June 2016 (Final)
*Place: TT Circuit Assen
*Weather: Rain followed by Clouds
*Temperature: MotoGP/15 Celsius, Moto2/20 Celsius, Moto3/18 Celsius
*Conditions of Circuit: Dry/Wet
*Audience: 105,000 people (Total: 160,500 people)

Moto 2 Report

At the Moto 2 Class, Takaaki Nakagami (IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia) joined the top group at 6th position in the qualifying race, and made a lead at the 10th round pulling other riders apart and won the title for the first time.

It was the first time for Nakagami to get the front row this season after coming second in the 6th Moto2 held at Italia GP. At the 7th race held at Catalonia, he came third for the first time this season which helped improve his physical conditions for the following race. Nakagami recorded a top time at the FP1race this season. He made a great progress at the race despite the fact that it started raining during the qualifying race and had ended up sixth.

Due to the rain that started to fall, there was a red flag interruption near the end of the race and the race ended in its 21st round and not the 24th round as scheduled. However Nakagami performed an overwhelming performance against his rivals.

Second was defending champion Johann Zarco (Ajo Motorsport). Zarco was running 7th at the opening but made a splendid move at the last half of the race and finished second. Third was Franco Morbidelli (Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS) who was 4th at the Qualifying race. It was the first time for Morbidelli to stand on the victory stand this season.

Winners were followed by, Sam Rose (Federal Oil Gresini Moto2), Lorenzo Baldassarri (Foward Team), Álex Rins (Paginas Amarillas HP 40), Simone Corsi (Speed Up Racing), Álex Márquez (Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS), Dominique Aegerter (CarXpert Interwetten) and Jonas Folger (Dynavolt Intact GP).

After the race, Zarco who came second stands in line with Rins who was 6th in this race and emerging his position for the first standing. Rose comes third with just 5 point difference. Nakagami who made his first victory at this race raised his rank from 7th to 5th.

Original Source [ Honda ](*Japanese)

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