{"id":58954,"date":"2021-11-08T09:47:54","date_gmt":"2021-11-08T04:17:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/?p=58954"},"modified":"2021-11-08T09:47:58","modified_gmt":"2021-11-08T04:17:58","slug":"gardner-wins-the-algrave-portugal-gp-and-may-take-world-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/gardner-wins-the-algrave-portugal-gp-and-may-take-world-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Gardner wins the Algrave, Portugal GP and may take World Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Remy Gardner was victorious at the Moto2 Grande Pr\u00e9mio Brembo do Algarve in Portugal and the penultimate round of the current MotoGP\u2122 season. Red Bull KTM Ajo teammate Raul Fernandez was runner-up.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Gardner toasts fifth win this season to move 23 points clear in the championship with one race remaining<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Eleventh podium for Fernandez in 2nd place<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Seventh 1-2 for Red Bull KTM Ajo in 2021<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">23-laps and almost 106km of intense Moto2 action in Portimao saw the Red Bull KTM Ajo duo go 1-2 for the seventh time in seventeen rounds this term. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In bright and sunny but excellent conditions, Remy Gardner \u2013 who was nursing a sore torso after a crash during practice on Friday &#8211; hunted teammate<a href=\"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/raul-fernandez-to-join-tech3-ktm-gp-factory-racing-in-2022\/\"><strong> Raul Fernandez<\/strong><\/a>, passed and stretched clear of the Spaniard in the second visit this year to the venue.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-58959 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/livingimage.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Remy-Gardner-Moto2-2021-Algarve-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Remy Gardner Moto2 2021 Algarve (1)\" width=\"854\" height=\"569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/livingimage.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Remy-Gardner-Moto2-2021-Algarve-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/livingimage.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Remy-Gardner-Moto2-2021-Algarve-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/livingimage.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Remy-Gardner-Moto2-2021-Algarve-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/livingimage.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Remy-Gardner-Moto2-2021-Algarve-1-595xh.jpg 595w, https:\/\/livingimage.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Remy-Gardner-Moto2-2021-Algarve-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 854px) 100vw, 854px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Competing at the track where he walked the top of the podium in 2020 and the inaugural GP visit to the undulating Algarve International Circuit, Fernandez set the early pace, but his choice of a soft rear tire meant he could not threaten Gardner\u2019s competitiveness.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Australian has gathered 12 podiums through a consistent term that included wins in Italy, Catalunya, Germany, Great Britain and now Portugal. Fernandez has 11 rostrum appearances.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Gardner and Fernandez\u2019s will end their gripping dispute at next week\u2019s season-closing Gran Premio Motul de la Comunitat Valenciana\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">on Sunday, November 14th<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-58961 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/livingimage.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Remy-Gardner-Moto2-2021-Algarve-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Remy Gardner Moto2 2021 Algarve (2)\" width=\"845\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/livingimage.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Remy-Gardner-Moto2-2021-Algarve-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/livingimage.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Remy-Gardner-Moto2-2021-Algarve-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/livingimage.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Remy-Gardner-Moto2-2021-Algarve-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/livingimage.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Remy-Gardner-Moto2-2021-Algarve-595xh.jpg 595w, https:\/\/livingimage.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Remy-Gardner-Moto2-2021-Algarve.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 845px) 100vw, 845px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0Quote<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Remy Gardner<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">:\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cOne of the hardest races and one of my best. <a href=\"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/remy-gardner-to-move-in-the-motogp-class-next-season\/\"><strong>Especially with all that<\/strong><\/a> pressure. It was pretty clear that we\u2019d go with the hard tire, and it worked out. I had to push in the first stage of the race to stay with Raul. <a href=\"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/daniel-sanders-wins-rally-du-maroc-stage-four\/\"><strong>My ribs were<\/strong><\/a> hurting, and it was tough. I don\u2019t know how I did it, to be honest.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Results Moto2 Grande Pr\u00e9mio Brembo do Algarve in Portugal 2021<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>1. Remy Gardner (AUS) Red Bull KTM Ajo 39:36.275<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>2. Raul Fernandez (ESP) Red Bull KTM Ajo +3.014<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>3. Sam Lowes (GBR) +3.899<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>via KTM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":58960,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22378],"tags":[21746,22908,21747],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58954"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58954"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58954\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58962,"href":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58954\/revisions\/58962"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}