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The MotoE class got their second go at it on Saturday afternoon and it was quite an impressive display from the poleman this time around, which seemed unlikely given the long lap penalty he was given for crashing under yellow flags earlier today. In a bit of a déjà vu, the spotlight was firmly on Hector Garzo at the start of the eight-lap race, the Spaniard claiming the lead off the line ahead of poleman Matteo Ferrari and race one victor Jordi Torres. Nicholas Spinelli was once more up to fourth, ahead of fellow rookie Randy Krummenacher, Mattia Casadei and the two Kevins. Until this point it was a familiar plotline, except for Miquel Pons fading to 12^th position by the end of the opening lap.

Back at the front, Ferrari retaliated next time they reached the Dunlop Curve but soon had the penalty notice come up, so he tried to extend a bit of a gap at the front before serving the long lap. Helped by setting a new race lap record, the Italian’s advantage grew to one and a half seconds over the next couple of laps, while Torres got past Garzo and eventually inherited the lead once Ferrari served his penalty on lap five. However, the Italian only dropped down to third position and made quick work of Garzo at turn one, being left with eight tenths to find on Torres over the remaining three laps. Meanwhile, teammates Casadei and Spinelli were keeping each other busy in the rest of top five places.

By the time the last two laps got underway, Torres already had Ferrari breathing down his neck, the Italian almost a full second quicker and yet again improving the lap record. Ferrari waited until the final lap to repeat his favourite move at turn one and quickly stretched enough of a gap to avoid retaliation, claiming victory by seven tenths of a second. Torres settled for second, with Garzo taking the chequered flag one second later to secure third. Casadei fended off rookie Spinelli to keep fourth, while Andrea Mantovani took sixth away from Krummenacher in the closing stages. Kevin Zannoni, Alessandro Zaccone and Hikari Okubo rounded out the top 10.

Despite missing out on a second victory of the weekend, Torres keeps the lead in the world championship by 9 points from Garzo, Ferrari climbing into third with a 20-point deficit, identical to Krummenacher’s.

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