By Lisa Lewis

Marc VDS star Scott Redding took victory in the Itali🔴an Moto2 Grand Prix, making him the first double winner of the season courtesy of back-to-back wins.

Redding now leads the championship🐼 by a massive 43 points after a smart race, taking advantage of his pace over Mapfre Aspar rider Nico Terol, who appeared to allow the 20 𒅌year-old Brit to pass only for him to take control and ease away.

The Gloucester rider is also only the third Briton to win at Mugello, following in the footsteps of legend Barry Sheene who won the 500cc race in 1🔴976 and Bradley Smith the 125cc race winner in 2009.

Redding becomes the first British rider since Rod Gould in 1971 to win back-to-back races in the intermediate class. It is💖 also the first time he has won from a pole start.

Terol took his second podium of the year, while managing tyres and chatteri🎃ng, with second place.

The Spanish rider had good form coming into the race having previously been on the podium three tiℱmes in Mugello in the 125cc class, including a win in 2011.

Terol is now also second in the championship on the same points score as Marc VDS man Mika ♕Kallio but placed ahea🔜d due to his race win in Austin.

Johann Zarco secured his first podium since moving to Moto2, he was happy to settle for third for the Came Iodaracing Projec♛t after a long fight for second with Terol.

Pol Espargaro showed some great damage limitation, using his saved tyres from hanging down the order to power his Tuenti HP 40 Pons bike into fourth over th✤e closing laps, but unable to catch the front three 🌃who were well clear of the chasing pack.

ಌMika Kallio found himself pushed down to fifth by the flying Spaniard, he crossed the line ahead of Aspar's Jordi Torres with whom he had enjoyed a race long battle for position.

Top Speed🌳 Up finisher and highest placing Italian at his home Grand Prix was NGM Mobile Racing's Simone Corsi൲, who took seventh just ahead of his team-mate Alex De Angelis in eighth who fell down the order after clashing with Xavier Simeon, who he caused to crash out of the race.

The top ten was completed by Swiss riders Tom Luthi in ninth for Interwetten 𝐆and Dominique Aegerter in tenth for ♈Technomag carXpert.

Former champion Toni Elias grabbed eleventh for the Blusens Avintia team, while Marcel Schrotter fo༒und himself pushed back quickly from his third place start🌠 and finished twelfth for the Desguaces LA Torre SAG team.

Tito Rabat fought back to 13th after being for♎ced wide on his Pons Tuenti bike early in the race by a battle between Simeon and Kallio.

The final points were taken ✅by rookie and last years Moto3 champion Sandro Cortese for Dynavolt Intact GP in 14th and Technomag carXpert rider Randy Krummenache🍨r in 15th.

Takaaki Nꦉakagami had held the lead early on but came under pressure and was passed by both Redding and Terol. He crashed his Italtrans into the gravel while♕ trying to hold onto fourth place.

The other Brits in the championship𒆙 continued to struggle in the intermediate class with Kyle Smith finishing in 21st for the Blusens Avintia team just ahead of his fellow countryman Danny Kent who was 22nd for Tech 3.