Toni Elias stretched his Moto2 Championship lead in today’s race by taking his fourth race win of the season at Brno.
The Spaniard emerged the winner after several riders battled it out for the lead at the beginning of the race until the field began to thin out with Andrea Iannone grabbing the lead on lap 6 and began to pull away, but Elias wasn’t having any and began to hunt down the Italian with Roberto Rolfo hot on his tail.
After several passing attempts Elias took the the lead on lap 14 from Iannone with Rolfo also passing Iannone.
The battle wasn’t over, Rolfo then grabbed the lead from but went wide letting the Gresini rider through.
One lap later Rolfo’s Suter MMX suffered an engine failure and had to pull out of the race leaving Iannone in second.
While Elias started lengthening his lead, Iannone got caught up with hard charging Yuki Takahashi who after passing Jules Cluzel started his attack on the Italian and on the final lap with a Iannone making a small braking mistake the Japanese rider went through to take the second spot on the podium and his second podium of the season.
Cluzel took fourth followed by Julian Simon, Gabor Talmacsi, Alex Debon, Simone Corsi and Stefan Bradl.
Tomizawa who was the poleman faded back to close out the top ten.
Karel Abraham, who will move to MotoGP next year on a sixth Ducati, was not able to start the race after his two crashes in yesterday’s qualifying session.
Moto2 Brno Race Results:01- Toni Elias – Gresini Racing Moto2 – Moriwaki MD600 – 20 giri in 41′51.
71502- Yuki Takahashi – Tech 3 Racing – Tech 3 Mistral 610 – + 2.
31203- Andrea Iannone – Fimmco Speed Up – Speed Up S-10 – + 2.
95904- Jules Cluzel – Forward Racing – Suter MMX – + 6.
90505- Julian Simon – Mapfre Aspar Team – Suter MMX – + 6.
97406- Gabor Talmacsi – Fimmco Speed Up – Speed Up S-10 – + 7.
02407- Alex Debon – Aeroport de Castello Ajo – FTR Moto M210 – + 7.
80808- Simone Corsi – JiR Moto2 – MotoBi – + 11.
69109- Stefan Bradl – Viessmann Kiefer Racing – Suter MMX – + 15.
95810- Shoya Tomizawa – Technomag CIP – Suter MMX – + 15.
97411- Thomas Luthi – Interwetten Moriwaki Moto2 – Moriwaki MD600 – + 16.
47612- Hector Faubel – Marc VDS Racing Team – Suter MMX – + 16.
49013- Fonsi Nieto – Holiday Gym G22 – Moriwaki MD600 – + 16.
49014- Sergio Gadea – Tenerife 40 Pons – Kalex Moto2 – + 20.
13015- Raffaele De Rosa – Tech 3 Racing – Tech 3 Mistral 610 – + 20.
22716- Dominique Aegerter – Technomag CIP – Suter MMX – + 20.
23317- Alex Baldolini – Caretta Technology Race Dept.
– I.
C.
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Caretta – + 25.
73818- Anthony West – MZ Racing Team – MZ RE Honda – + 27.
52619- Xavier Simeon – Holiday Gym Racing – Moriwaki MD600 – + 27.
71120- Mike Di Meglio – Mapfre Aspar Team – Suter MMX – + 28.
89521- Ratthapark Wilairot – Thai Honda PTT Singha SAG – Bimota HB4 – + 36.
26322- Scott Redding – Marc VDS Racing Team – Suter MMX – + 44.
28123- Yonny Hernandez – Blusens STX – BQR Moto2 – + 46.
44624- Ricard Cardus – Maquinza SAG Team – Bimota HB4 – + 47.
62025- Axel Pons – Tenerife 40 Pons – Kalex Moto2 – + 47.
79826- Claudio Corti – Forward Racing – Suter MMX – + 47.
96627- Vladimir Ivanov – Gresini Racing Moto2 – Moriwaki MD600 – + 48.
49928- Niccolò Canepa – RSM Team Scot – Suter MMX – + 51.
99329- Robertino Pietri – Italtrans S.
T.
R.
– Suter MMX – + 52.
24330- Mashel Al Naimi – Blusens STX – BQR Moto2 – + 53.
15131- Joan Olive – Jack & Jones by Antonio Banderas – PromoHarris Moto2 – + 53.
47832- Valentin Debise – WTR San Marino Team – ADV AT02 – + 1′00.
08033- Yannick Guerra – Holiday Gym G22 – Moriwaki MD600 – + 1′08.
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