VR46 rider Luca Marini extended his championship lead after prevailing in a tense battle with Marc VDS' Sam Lowes in the Moto2 Catalan Grand Prix. Valentino Rossi's half-brother Marini did his chances of a MotoGP step up for 2021 no harm by beating Lowes by 0.981 seconds to open up a 20-point lead in the standings after his main rivals struggled. Poleman Marini beat the field on the run into Turn 1 off the line ahead of the Speed Up duo of Fabio Di Giannantonio and Jorge Navarro, while Lowes slid down the order. Lowes recovered to third on lap six of 22 after breezing past Navarro into the first corner and quickly got onto the tail of Di Giannantonio, who wasn't able to trouble Marini's...
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