A second tumultuous Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup race at Mugello saw Ryota Ogiwara match his superb victory from Saturday.
The Japanese 17-year-old was just ahead of Fynn Kratochwil, 2nd, and Guillem Planques, 3rd. German 15-year-old Kratochwil did one better than his third from Race 1, while French 18-year-old Planques made much better use of his front row starting position, having been desperately disappointed with 15th yesterday.
Cup leader Beñat Fernandez was 4th, just failing to match Saturday’s 2nd, but the 18-year-old Spaniard still stands on top of the table. Ogiwara has now closed the gap to 14 points with 6 of the 14 races completed.
Carlos Cano finished 5th; the 16-year-old Spaniard was one of the many race leaders, having swapped to the longer gearing on his KTM to make better use of the vital Mugello slipstream. He was just 0.082 seconds off the win in the blanket finish.
1st – Ryota Ogiwara (Japan)
“Any win is so difficult here at Mugello because it is always so close. That’s why I’m super happy with this double win. I planned to be leading into Bucine, the last corner on the final lap, if I could. I wanted to make the perfect corner with a good exit, and I managed it. It was an incredible race.”
2nd – Fynn Kratochwil (Germany)
“I had my mind set on a second good race and to win if I could. This time, I was starting P5, and I found my rhythm and my position in the group. Then I just did what I wanted to do, and on the last lap I was quite close to the win, even. I think if someone would have told me before the weekend, I would not have believed it.”
3rd – Guillem Planques (France)
“I was very sad yesterday because I finished nowhere. Today, I managed my race. I start well, right at the front, but in the middle of the race, I’m out of the top 10. Then I pushed a lot and managed to have a good position for the final lap. I was lucky that Ogiwara passed me, and I could chase him.”
4th – Beñat Fernandez (Spain)
“I was just a bit too fast into the last corner, and I had to close the throttle just slightly. But then Fynn went past like a rocket. The trouble is that when I closed the throttle, the engine just dropped the revs a bit, and I didn’t have the drive to be able to pull out of the slipstream to pass.”
5th – Carlos Cano (Spain)
“Always in the straight, I was trying to make the best use of the slipstream. I changed to the longer gearing after over-revving yesterday, and that worked. I managed to get to the lead, but I’m a big guy, and I couldn’t stay there. Still, it is not a bad result, much better than so far this year.”
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