Victory for Oliveira and team title for Red Bull KTM Ajo 18/11/2018

A win for Miguel Oliveira at the Valencia GP rounds off a fantastic 2018. Brad Binder was unable to finish the race because of a crash.

Red Bull KTM Ajo clinched the Moto2 Team World Championship at the final race of the season, thanks to a third win of the season for Miguel Oliveira. He had previously been victorious in Italy and the Czech Republic. Brad Binder, who also ends the campaign with three wins, had a difficult season finale, crashing when in sixth place.

Starting from the fourth row of the grid and on a wet track, Oliveira was third on the first corner after overtaking a total of seven riders. On the second lap the Portuguese took the lead, and three laps later he relinquished it in order to follow a rival from a close distance. The leader would crash out with 12 laps to go, leaving Oliveira to claim the win on his last race before moving up to MotoGP.

Binder, who started from eleventh position, managed to move up seven places on the first lap. Unfortunately, the South African did not have a good feeling with his tyres in the early stages, and on Lap 3, when battling to get into the Top 5, he crashed and was unable to rejoin the race.

The Red Bull KTM Ajo end another exceptional Moto2 season as Team World Champions, with Miguel Oliveira in second place in the individual overall standings, followed by Brad Binder in third.

Results (Race)

1. Miguel Oliveira (Red Bull KTM Ajo) 45:07.639

2. Iker Lecuona (KTM) +13.201

3. Alex Marquez (Kalex) +22.175

4. Mattia Pasini (Kalex) +28.892

5. Remy Gardner (Tech 3) +30.106

DNF. Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Ajo)

Moto2 World Championship Standing 2018 – Riders

1. Francesco Bagnaia (Kalex) 306 points

2. Miguel Oliveira (Red Bull KTM Ajo) 297 points

3. Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Ajo) 201 points

4. Alex Marquez (Kalex) 173 points

5. Lorenzo Baldassarri (Kalex) 162 points

Moto2 World Championship Standing 2018 – Teams

1. Red Bull KTM Ajo 498 points

2. Sky Racing Team VR46 453 points

3. EG 0,0 MARC VDS 328 points

4. Dynavolt Intact GP 278 points

5. Pons HP40 217 points