If Casey Stoner literally dominates in MotoGP, so is Stefan Bradl in Moto2.
The German took his fourth win of the season in a very wet Silverstone and in the commanding fashion that we’ve now grown accustomed to and futher lengthened his lead in the championship standings to 62 points over Simone Corsi who is trailing in second.
Bradl got the holeshot over Scott Redding, Marc Marquez whose team put together his Suter in record time after his massive warm-up crash, Kenan Sofuoglu and Randy Krummenacher, but the popular English rider caught Bradl at the end of the first lap and managed to maintain the lead for the next four unable to shake the German from his tail, but then Bradl pounced and regained the head of the race.
However Bradl’s lead didn’t last long, because cutting a swathe through the field from his 22nd spot came hard charging Mattia Pasini who grabbed the lead, which unfortunately only lasted two laps because the Ioda Racing rider crashed out on lap 8.
While Bradl continued his superb domination in the treacherous conditions, another rider was cutting through the field at an amazing pace and that was Bradley Smith.
The English rider started 28th on the grid after yesterday’s problems and a € 1000 fine from the Race Direction for riding in the pitlane the wrong way, was already 12th at the end of the first lap and 6th by lap four and grabbed the third spot on lap seven from Redding and when Ken Sufouglu crashed out of second place, Smith inherited his spot and rode to his first podium finish this season.
Sufuoglu’s crash also pushed Gresini rider Michele Pirro into third and his first podium in Moto2.
Jules Cluzel took fourth and Scott Redding fifth, Esteve Rabat and Yuki Takahashi were sixth and seventh respectively, while Sufuoglu managed to rejoin the race and finish in eighth.
Ninth went to Yonny Hernandez who crashed on the sighting lap but was able to race and tenth was Simone Corsi.
Moto2 Silverstone race results:01- Stefan Bradl – Viessmann Kiefer Racing – KALEX Moto2 – 18 laps in 44’10.
23602- Bradley Smith – Tech 3 Racing – Tech 3 Mistral 610 – + 7.
60103- Michele Pirro – Gresini Racing Moto2 – Moriwaki MD600 – + 12.
24104- Jules Cluzel – NGM Forward Racing – Suter MMXI – + 17.
27105- Scott Redding – Marc VDS Racing Team – Suter MMXI – + 23.
53106- Tito Rabat – Blusens STX – FTR Moto M211 – + 28.
66107- Yuki Takahashi – Gresini Racing Moto2 – Moriwaki MD600 – + 32.
39108- Kenan Sofuoglu – Technomag CIP – Suter MMXI – + 34.
66209- Yonny Hernandez – Blusens STX – FTR Moto M211 – + 37.
18110- Simone Corsi – Ioda Racing Project – FTR Moto M211 – + 38.
98111- Randy Krummenacher – GP Team Switzerland – KALEX Moto2 – + 39.
65712- Max Neukirchner – MZ Racing Team – FTR Moto M210 – + 51.
62213- Kev Coghlan – Aeroport de Castello – FTR Moto M211 – + 54.
81014- Alex Baldolini – NGM Forward Racing – Suter MMXI – + 56.
24215- Thomas Luthi – Interwetten Paddock Moto2 – Suter MMXI – + 1’00.
76916- Andrea Iannone – Speed Master Team – Suter MMXI – + 1’06.
19817- Mike Di Meglio – Tech 3 Racing – Tech 3 Mistral 610 – + 1’19.
53018- Aleix Espargaro – Pons HP 40 – KALEX Moto2 – + 1’27.
09219- Javier Fores – Mapfre Aspar Team – Suter MMXI – + 1’29.
84920- Dominique Aegerter – Technomag CIP – Suter MMXI – + 1’30.
33821- Raffaele De Rosa – SAG Team – FTR Moto M211 – + 1’57.
79222- Valentin Debise – Speed Up – Speed Up S-11 – + 2’11.
10423- Robertino Pietri – Italtrans Racing Team – Suter MMXI – + 2’29.
16824- Mashel Al Naimi – QMMF Racing Team – Moriwaki MD600 – 1 lap25- Nasser Al Malki – QMMF Racing Team – Moriwaki MD600 – 1 lap