Today’s Moto2 race at< Assen may become the turning point of the championship as Marc Marquez took the victory after beating Andrea Iannone in a last lap thriller, while his closest rival Pol Espargaro suffered the biggest heartbreak, crashing out on the second lap while he was leading and if that wasn’t enough to give Marquez a now comfortable lead in the standings Thomas Luthi also crashed out after being hit by Ratthapark Wilairot on the first lap.
Dominique Aegerter got the holeshot surprising everyone with Espargarò, Iannone, Bradley Smith trailing, at the final chicane Espargaro took the lead with a precision pass but on the second lap going hot into to the“Ruskenheok, the Spaniard crashed out destroying his Kalex who flipped from the gravel trap to the runoff and into the gravel trap again.
With a desparate Espargaro kneeling on the runoff, the race continued with Andrea Iannone taking the lead followed by and aggressive Redding, Aegerter, Marquez who were all over each other, with Simone Corsi joining the group as his rear fairing flew away.
Iannone began breaking away and in just two laps gained a one second advantage with Redding and Marquez battling it out.
Marquez managed to shake off Redding during the tenth lap and started chasing after Iannone who is 1.
7 seconds ahead only having to fight off Tito Rabat who in the meantime passed the British rider.
Shaking off Rabat Marquez finally began his chase and and lap after lap closed in on the Italian and with just four laps to go was right on Iannone’s tail and the battle began.
Marquez passed Iannone at the Ruskenhoek, but he immediately returned the favour and the 19th lap saw more of the same and in the last lap Marquez got the better drive into turn 1, the Italian responded, but he could do nothing against the faster Spaniard who flew under the chequered flag to take the victory Scott Redding took 3rd, and his second straight podium finish in a sprint over the finish line against Rabat,an impressive Alex de Angelis who switched to an FTR chassis weekend and Tech 3’s Bradley Smith.
After leading the race for a few corners Aegerter finished in 7th well ahead of Johann Zarco, Toni Elias and Mika Kallio who closed out the top ten.
MotoGP Assen Race Results:01- Marc Marquez – Team CatalunyaCaixa Repsol – Suter MMXII – 24 laps 39’43.
170 02- Andrea Iannone – Speed Master Team – Speed Up S12 – + 0.
405 03- Scott Redding – Marc VDS Racing Team – KALEX Moto2 – + 7.
331 04- Tito Rabat – Pons 40 HP Tuenti – KALEX Moto2 – + 7.
630 05- Alex De Angelis – NGM Mobile Forward Racing – FTR Moto M212 – + 7.
852 06- Bradley Smith – Tech 3 Racing – Tech 3 Mistral 610 – + 8.
578 07- Dominique Aegerter – Technomag CIP – Suter MMXII – + 10.
017 08- Johann Zarco – JiR Moto2 – MotoBI – + 14.
481 09- Toni Elias – MAPFRE Aspar Team – Suter MMXII – + 14.
714 10- Mika Kallio – Marc VDS Racing Team – KALEX Moto2 – + 14.
734 11- Randy Krummenacher – GP Team Switzerland – KALEX Moto2 – + 14.
944 12- Takaaki Nakagami – Italtrans Racing Team – KALEX Moto2 – + 22.
106 13- Xavier Simeon – Tech 3 Racing – Tech 3 Mistral 610 – + 23.
068 14- Julian Simon – Blusens Avintia – Suter MMXII – + 23.
532 15- Mike Di Meglio – Speed Master Team – Speed Up S12 – + 23.
733 16- Claudio Corti – Italtrans Racing Team – KALEX Moto2 – + 25.
619 17- Nico Terol – MAPFRE Aspar Team – Suter MMXII – + 25.
913 18- Ricky Cardus – Arguiñano Racing Team – AJR Moto2 – + 25.
974 19- Roberto Rolfo – Technomag CIP – Suter MMXII – + 34.
640 20- Yuki Takahashi – NGM Mobile Forward Racing – FTR Moto M212 – + 44.
057 21- Anthony West – QMMF Racing Team – Moriwaki MD600 – + 44.
739 22- Gino Rea – Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 – Suter MMXII – + 59.
784 23- Marco Colandrea – SAG Team – FTR Moto M211 – + 1’10.
125 24- Eric Granado – JiR Moto2 – MotoBI – + 1’12.
139 25- Elena Rosell – QMMF Racing Team – Moriwaki MD600 – + 1’33.
233