Andrea Iannone won today’s Moto2 race in masterful way and taking the lead in the standings from Stefan Bradl.
The Italian who was only 11th on the starting grid rode a perfect race on the treacherous Jerez track, that was first damp and then completely wet and caught out more than one rider.
The Speed Master rider neatly carved through the field and halfway through the long race, passed Thomas Luthi on the brakes and from there never looked back to take his fourth win in Moto2 and putting a massive 7.
859 seconds between himself and the Swiss rider, who took his second podium of the season.
Completing the podium was Simone Corsi, who started in 18th and was already third on the opening lap with Gianpiero Sacchi’s Ioda Racing team project bike, he was followed by Moto2 rookie Bradley Smith who spent the race chasing and duelling with Stefano Bradl, but finally overtook him in the second to last lap of the race, when the German rider almost lost his Kalex in a near highside.
Julian Simon was sixth, while Alex de Angelis made an amazing recovery from a jump-start penalty to take seventh.
Eighth went to rookie Kev Coghlan who finished ahead of Gresini’s Michele Pirro with Max Neukirchner completing the top 10, after snatching the spot from his team mate Anthony West on the last lap.
Moto2 Jerez race results:01- Andrea Iannone – Speed Master Team – Suter MMXI – 26 laps in 49’56.
42302- Thomas Luthi – Interwetten Paddock Moto2 – Suter MMXI – + 7.
85003- Simone Corsi – Ioda Racing Project – FTR Moto M211 – + 12.
62504- Bradley Smith – Tech 3 Racing – Tech 3 Mistral 610 – + 15.
35505- Stefan Bradl – Viessmann Kiefer Racing – KALEX Moto2 – + 17.
85006- Julian Simon – Mapfre Aspar Team – Suter MMXI – + 24.
24707- Alex De Angelis – JiR Moto2 – MotoBI – + 27.
99108- Kev Coghlan – Aeroport de Castello – FTR Moto M211 – + 36.
18109- Michele Pirro – Gresini Racing Moto2 – Moriwaki MD600 – + 41.
40710- Max Neukirchner – MZ Racing Team – FTR Moto M210 – + 41.
40711- Anthony West – MZ Racing Team – MZ RE Honda – + 41.
71112- Ratthapark Wilairot – Thai Honda Singha SAG – FTR Moto M211 – + 41.
87013- Mattia Pasini – Ioda Racing Project – FTR Moto M211 – + 42.
31314- Yonny Hernandez – Blusens STX – FTR Moto M211 – + 45.
38415- Tito Rabat – Blusens STX – FTR Moto M211 – + 47.
19316- Kenan Sofuoglu – Technomag CIP – Suter MMXI – + 47.
20417- Mika Kallio – Marc VDS Racing Team – Suter MMXI – + 47.
31618- Javier Fores – Mapfre Aspar Team – Suter MMXI – + 50.
67719- Xavier Simeon – RTL Sport Team – Tech 3 Mistral 610 – + 57.
95820- Pol Espargaro – HP Tuenti Speed Up – FTR Moto M211 – + 58.
55421- Claudio Corti – Italtrans Racing Team – Suter MMXI – + 1’07.
46722- Ricky Caruds – QMMF Racing Team – Moriwaki MD600 – + 1’10.
92523- Scott Redding – Marc VDS Racing Team – Suter MMXI – + 1’16.
14924- Aleix Espargaro – Pons HP 40 – KALEX Moto2 – + 1’19.
51225- Raffaele De Rosa – Desguaces La Torre G22 – Moriwaki MD600 – + 1’22.
45926- Mike Di Meglio – Tech 3 Racing – Tech 3 Mistral 610 – + 1’26.
75327- Randy Krummenacher – GP Team Switzerland – KALEX Moto2 – + 1’37.
22628- Dominique Aegerter – Technomag CIP – Suter MMXI – + 1’42.
83829- Kenny Noyes – Avintia STX – FTR Moto M211 – + 1’54.
53230- Valentin Debise – Speed Up – FTR Moto M211 – + 1’57.
12031- Santiago Hernandez – SAG Team – FTR Moto M211 – 1 lap32- Steven Odendaal – MS Racing – Suter MMXI – 1 lap