Moto2 Brno: Andrea Iannone wins last lap battle

If someone had bet on either Marc Marquez or Stefan Bradl would win the Moto2 race at Brno, they would have lost their bet because outsider Andrea Iannone came out of the blue to take the victory and ending his long drought.
Iannone who’s last victory was at Jerez, triumphed after a five way drag out fight, that included Marc Marquez, Stefan Bradl, Alex de Angelis and Thomas Luthi, that almost went almost to the line in a thrilling race which saw a rash of crashes in the first two laps and dozens of overtakes for the lead.

The Italian was almost perfect as he seized the lead from Marquez on the last lap after the Spaniard found himself trying to fending off last attempt attacks by Stefan Bradl who in turn was trying to fend off Alex de Angelis.
Marquez managed to slightly shake off the German rider when Bradl ran wide, but the Spaniard just couldn’t find enough power and the right place to pass Iannone and finished the race just 0.
161s from the Speed Master rider, with Bradl taking the podium in third.

Alex de Angelis ran a hard race and also made contact with Marquez a couple of times, but he took the fourth spot ahead of Thomas Luthi who faded in the final part of the race.
Aleix Espargaro pipped fellow countryman Tito Rabat for sixth by a mere 0.
011s.
Technomag CIP’s Dominique Aegerter and Kenan Sofuoglu finished 8th and 10th with Simone Corsi separating the two.
Moto2 Brno race results:01- Andrea Iannone – Speed Master Team – Suter MMXI – 20 laps in 41’13.
25502- Marc Marquez – Team CatalunyaCaixa Repsol – Suter MMXI – + 0.
16103- Stefan Bradl – Viessmann Kiefer Racing – KALEX Moto2 – + 0.
40704- Alex De Angelis – JiR Moto2 – MotoBi – + 0.
87005- Thomas Luthi – Interwetten Paddock Moto2 – Suter MMXI – + 4.
22506- Aleix Espargaro – Pons HP 40 – Pons KALEX – + 13.
63607- Tito Rabat – Blusens STX – FTR Moto M211 – + 13.
64708- Dominique Aegerter – Technomag CIP – Suter MMXI – + 14.
36509- Simone Corsi – Ioda Racing Project – FTR Moto M211 – + 14.
61710- Kenan Sofuoglu – Technomag CIP – Suter MMXI – + 21.
38311- Mattia Pasini – Ioda Racing Project – FTR Moto M211 – + 26.
23512- Yuki Takahashi – Gresini Racing Moto2 – Moriwaki MD600 – + 29.
72613- Mika Kallio – Marc VDS Racing Team – Suter MMXI – + 30.
04614- Claudio Corti – Italtrans Racing Team – Suter MMXI – + 30.
38015- Mike Di Meglio – Tech 3 Racing – Tech 3 Mistral 610 – + 30.
45916- Pol Espargaro – HP Tuenti Speed Up – Speed Up S-11 – + 31.
69117- Ratthapark Wilairot – Thai Honda Singha SAG – FTR Moto M211 – + 31.
75218- Michele Pirro – Gresini Racing Moto2 – Moriwaki MD600 – + 35.
54819- Jordi Torres – Mapfre Aspar Team – Suter MMXI – + 40.
27020- Kenny Noyes – Avintia STX – FTR Moto M211 – + 40.
72221- Valentin Debise – Speed Up – Speed Up S-11 – + 40.
80322- Ricard Cardus – QMMF Racing Team – Moriwaki MD600 – + 42.
24723- Xavier Simeon – RTL Sport Team – Tech 3 Mistral 610 – + 42.
28524- Axel Pons – Pons HP 40 – Pons KALEX – + 42.
34825- Robertino Pietri – Italtrans Racing Team – Suter MMXI – + 53.
03626- Scott Redding – Marc VDS Racing Team – Suter MMXI – + 53.
04427- Santiago Hernandez – SAG Team – FTR Moto M211 – + 1’06.
67428- Steven Odendaal – MS Racing – Suter MMX – + 1’07.
93529- Anthony West – MZ Racing Team – FTR Moto M210 – + 1’30.
36030- Mashel Al Naimi – QMMF Racing Team – Moriwaki MD600 – + 1’30.
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