Seesawing Moto2™ Championship arrives in Mugello

Just when one rider appeared to have the edge, his rivals bounced right back and cut it down bringing it back to even.

The French GP was a mixed weekend for most riders, practice saw several emerge as early favourites but none were able to deliver on race day. Eyes were on Jonas Folger (Dynavolt Intact GP) to deliver a strong weekend after signing a deal to ride in the MotoGP™ World Championship with Monster Yamaha Tech 3 but his weekend was filled with crashes. Instead if was Alex Rins (Paginas Amarillas HP 40) who left France with the winner’s trophy in hand.

With victory came the championship lead, Rins surpassing rival Sam Lowes (Federal Oil Gresini Moto2) by five points. Having struggled all weekend, the Brit took sixth, unable to even challenge for the podium. Both Lowes and Rins have had their good weekends and their bad weekends, the playing field remaining almost always equal throughout the early part of the year. They now head to Mugello where neither rider has won before. Of the two Lowes has the best intermediate class record in Mugello, pole in 2015 helping …

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