exciting affair.Sunday Moto2 Race Guide • Toni Elias, who takes the first ever pole in the Moto2 class, is the first winner of a premier-class Grand Prix to appear in one of the smaller classes since Loris Capirossi moved down to compete in the 250cc class in 1997 after winning the final 500cc race of 1996 at Phillip Island.• In the first ever Moto2 qualifying session the top 30 riders on the grid have qualified within two seconds of pole position.• Second on the grid, Julian Simon will be aiming to maintain his winning streak, having won the last three 125cc GP races of 2009.• In third place on the grid is Stefan Bradl, at the circuit where he finished third in the 125cc race in 2008 – his first podium in Grand Prix racing.• Completing the front row is Alex de Angelis, who finished second in the 250cc race in Qatar in 2007.• If all 41 qualifiers line up for the race on Sunday it will be the largest grid for an intermediate class Grand Prix since the 250cc West German GP in 1988 at the Nurburgring circuit when 48 riders lined up on the grid.
Injured Toni Elias Wins Moto2 Pole
exciting affair.Sunday Moto2 Race Guide • Toni Elias, who takes the first ever pole in the Moto2 class, is the first winner of a premier-class Grand Prix to appear in one of the smaller classes since Loris Capirossi moved down to compete in the 250cc class in 1997 after winning the final 500cc race of 1996 at Phillip Island.• In the first ever Moto2 qualifying session the top 30 riders on the grid have qualified within two seconds of pole position.• Second on the grid, Julian Simon will be aiming to maintain his winning streak, having won the last three 125cc GP races of 2009.• In third place on the grid is Stefan Bradl, at the circuit where he finished third in the 125cc race in 2008 – his first podium in Grand Prix racing.• Completing the front row is Alex de Angelis, who finished second in the 250cc race in Qatar in 2007.• If all 41 qualifiers line up for the race on Sunday it will be the largest grid for an intermediate class Grand Prix since the 250cc West German GP in 1988 at the Nurburgring circuit when 48 riders lined up on the grid.