Today’s Moto2 race at Indianapolis was no different than the 125cc race as Marc Marquez flew to victory in a superb and dominating fashion.
The rookie Moto2 rider took eight laps to take the lead after loosing out his pole position first to Bradley Smith who got the hole shot, and then Simone Corsi who slipstreamed the Tech3 rider on the straight at the end of the first lap, but Marquez used his head and the fact that he was one of the few riders that didn’t have any tire problems to take a six second lead before slowing down and finish the 26 lap race with a 1.
889 second margin.
The battle for second was much more exciting over the race distance as Corsi, Smith, Andrea Iannone, Esteve Rabat and Scott Redding tried to outwit each other while trying to conserve their tires, but Redding and mostly Corsi and Iannone started to rapidly fade leaving Pol Espargaro who came from 23rd on the grid and Tito Rabat to fight over the second position.
Pol Espargaro managed keep Rabat behind him to take second with Rabat third, making it an all Spanish rostrum and both riders taking their first ever Moto2 podium.
Two Brits Bradley Smith and Scott Redding finished the race in 4th and 5th respectively, while championship leader Stefan Bradl who had one of his worst Moto2 weekend’s ever, kept his cool and came from 22nd to grab the 6th spot after several riders faded with tire problems.
Julian Simon was seventh while Mattia Pasini took the eighth spot followed by Mika Kallio and Pol Espargaro’s older brother Aleix took the tenth spot.
Iannone managed only 11th while Corsi who lead the opening stages of the race faded to 14th.
Marquez with his fifth win of the season has now cut Bradl’s title lead to just 28 points.
Moto2 Indianapolis race results:01- Marc Marquez – Team CatalunyaCaixa Repsol – Suter MMXI – 26 laps in 45’50.
60102- Pol Espargaro – HP Tuenti Speed Up – Speed Up – S-11 – + 1.
88903- Tito Rabat – Blusens STX – FTR Moto M211 – + 2.
31004- Bradley Smith – Tech 3 Racing – Tech 3 Mistral 610 – + 3.
38905- Scott Redding – Marc VDS Racing Team – Suter MMXI – + 5.
67406- Stefan Bradl – Viessmann Kiefer Racing – KALEX Moto2 – + 9.
13407- Julian Simon – Mapfre Aspar Team – Suter MMXI – + 9.
34708- Mattia Pasini – Ioda Racing Project – FTR Moto M211 – + 15.
10009- Mika Kallio – Marc VDS Racing Team – Suter MMXI – + 15.
03110- Aleix Espargaro – Pons HP 40 – Pons KALEX – + 15.
33911- Andrea Iannone – Speed Master Team – Suter MMXI – + 17.
44712- Dominique Aegerter – Technomag CIP – Suter MMXI – + 21.
72713- Xavier Simeon – RTL Sport Team – Tech 3 Mistral 610 – + 24.
27914- Simone Corsi – Ioda Racing Project – FTR Moto M211 – + 25.
71415- Alex De Angelis – JiR Moto2 – MotoBI – + 26.
89416- Jules Cluzel – NGM Forward Racing – Suter MMXI – + 27.
37517- Thomas Luthi – Interwetten Paddock Moto2 – Suter MMXI – + 27.
54618- Jordi Torres – Mapfre Aspar Team – Suter MMXI – + 27.
76419- Ricard Cardus – QMMF Racing Team – Moriwaki MD600 – + 27.
94620- Michele Pirro – Gresini Racing Moto2 – Moriwaki MD600 – + 29.
36221- Randy Krummenacher – GP Team Switzerland – KALEX Moto2 – + 31.
70122- Claudio Corti – Italtrans Racing Team – Suter MMXI – + 32.
03023- Raffaele De Rosa – NGM Forward Racing – Suter MMXI – + 32.
10024- Max Neukirchner – MZ Racing Team – FTR Moto M211 – + 35.
38725- Yuki Takahashi – Gresini Racing Moto2 – Moriwaki MD600 – + 37.
80126- Anthony West – MZ Racing Team – FTR Moto M210 – + 42.
14627- Mike Di Meglio – Tech 3 Racing – Tech 3 Mistral 610 – + 53.
49128- Martin Cardenas – Blusens STX – FTR Moto M211 – + 58.
94729- JD Beach – Aeroport de Castello – FTR Moto M211 – + 1’04.
33430- Valentin Debise – Speed Up – Speed Up S-11 – + 1’12.
23031- Jake Gagne – GP Tech – FTR Moto M210 – + 1’12.
50332- Robertino Pietri – Italtrans Racing Team – Suter MMXI – + 1’15.
17733- Santiago Hernandez – SAG Team – FTR Moto M211 – + 1’15.
89934- Alex Baldolini – Pons HP 40 – Pons KALEX – + 1’37.
10235- Mashel Al Naimi – QMMF Racing Team – Moriwaki MD600 – 1 lap