Moto2 Mugello: Recap & Results

Moto2 Results

Andrea Iannone (Fimmco Speed Up, Speed Up) won an extraordinary victory in the Moto2 race, escaping from the pack at the start to run away out front while the rest of the field jostled for position some way behind.

By three-quarters distance the 20-year-old Italian had amassed a lead of seven seconds – a massive advantage in this ultra-close, Honda-powered World Championship.

Yesterday Iannone took pole position by an impressive margin, yet few people expected him to be able to repeat his performance in race conditions, especially at a track like Mugello where chasing riders can take advantage of the leader’s slipstream. But today no one even got close enough to Iannone to get into his draft.

Sergio Gadea (Tenerife 40 Pons, Pons Kalex) won a frantic five-man battle for second place, making up two positions on the final lap to take his first Moto2 podium.

He just edged out Simone Corsi (Jir Moto2, Motobi), taking a second consecutive third place, Thomas Luthi (Interwetten Moriwaki Moto2, Moriwaki), Toni Elias (Gresini Racing Moto2, Moriwaki) and Shoya Tomizawa (Technomag-CIP, Suter).

The five riders crossed the finish line covered by just 1.1 seconds, having swapped positions throughout the 21-lap race.

Gabor Talmacsi (Fimmco Speed Up, Speed Up) had also been in the contest for second place until he lost touch with the group to finish a lonely seventh, some way ahead of a six-man skirmish for eighth won by Yuki Takahashi (Tech 3 Racing, Tech 3).

The Japanese rider was followed past the chequered flag in quick succession by Julian Simon (Mapfre Aspar Team, Suter), Alex Debon (Aeroport de Castello-Ajo, FTR), Alex De Angelis (RSM Team Scot, Force GP210), Hector Faubel (Marc VDS Racing Team, Suter) and Alex Baldolini (Caretta Technology Race Dept, I.C.P.)

The MotoGP World Championship now heads north and across the English Channel for the British GP at Silverstone on June 20. The British event is followed by two more races on consecutive weekends: the Dutch TT on June 26 and the Catalan GP on July 4.

MOTO2 RIDER QUOTES

Andrea Iannone (Fimmco Speed Up, Speed Up: 1st) says: “A fantastic day, a perfect day. To do this in front of all the Italian fans, it couldn’t be better. I got out front and pushed very hard to make the break from the other guys. If you have an advantage in this class you have to take it. I’m very happy, I’d like to thank everyone, especially the people in the team who worked so hard over the winter to get this all set up. At Le Mans we were already beginning to understand things, to find a good direction on set-up, but I still didn’t think this could happen here at Mugello. I wasn’t easy to get the bike set up at the first races, but this is the result, the prize!”

Sergio Gadea (Tenerife 40 Pons, Pons Kalex: 2nd) says: “This is my first podium in Moto2 so of course I am very excited. The race was great – Elias and Luthi were leaving nothing to spare, and I was looking over shoulder a lot. It was an incredible race to be involved in. We are improving a lot at the moment; we have gone from less to more. My Kalex chassis is working very well, it’s very consistent, which is what we want.”

Simone Corsi (Jir Moto2, Motobi: 3rd) says: “Today I scored my second podium in a row, so you can see that I am really enjoying Moto2 at the moment. We had some tyre problems in qualifying yesterday but we were able to get things sorted for the race. It was an amazing race, I started so far back and really enjoyed working my way through the pack. I hope the fans enjoyed that too.”

Pole position : 1m55.598s (163.341Km/h) Andrea Iannone, Fimmco Speed Up
Fastest lap : Lap 2 – 1m55.598s (163.341Km/h) Andrea Iannone, Fimmco Speed Up
Circuit record lap : 1m55.647s (163.272Km/h) Andrea Iannone, Fimmco Speed Up
Circuit Best Lap : 1m55.598s (163.341Km/h) Andrea Iannone, Fimmco Speed Up