Portugal Moto2: Estoril Results

Portuguese Moto2

Stefan Bradl’s first podium result in the Moto2 class was a hard fought victory on Sunday as the Viessmann Kiefer Racing rider won from the third row of the starting grid, in a thoroughly engrossing bwin Grande Premio de Portugal at Estoril.

Bradl, whose last World Championship race win came at Motegi in the 125cc class in 2008, powered through to take victory ahead of Alex Baldolini by a margin of just 0.068s after the duo had battled closely in the final stages of the race.

It was a contest that was ridden on a track that dried rapidly throughout the course of the race as the Moto2 field opted to set off on slick tyres, having ridden predominantly on wets in the practice sessions.

For Caretta Technology Race Dept rider Baldolini second place signified the first World Championship podium of his career in his 143rd Grand Prix start, after he had led the race for a period.

The Italian had also started from the third row alongside Bradl after the Moto2 grid had been decided on the combined practice session times following the cancellation of qualifying due to Saturday’s poor weather.

At just over 2.7s further back another fantastic battle played out behind the duo and it was Alex de Angelis who took third place. For the JiR Moto2 rider it was his third successive top-three result and came after a hard fight with a host of others for the coveted final podium step.

The closeness of that fight was represented by the fact that Scott Redding (Marc VDS Racing) finished just 0.012s behind De Angelis, having rocketed up from 24th on the starting grid.

Special mention must also go to Turkish Moto2 rider Kenan Sofuoglu (Technomag-CIP) who on his GP debut led the race by a margin of over six seconds at one stage, before being reeled back in by Bradl and eventually finishing fifth as he rode on his Suter in dry conditions for the very first time.

Completing the top ten in Moto2 at Estoril were Raffaele De Rosa (Tech 3 Racing), Anthony West (MZ Racing) – both with a season’s best results – pole man Gabor Talmacsi (Fimmco Speed Up), Dominique Aegerter (Technomag-CIP) and Karel Abraham (Cardion AB Motoracing).

The battle for second spot in the Championship will go down to the final race in Valencia after Julián Simón (Mapfre Aspar) finished 12th and Andrea Iannone (Fimmco Speed Up) 21st to leave the Spaniard with a six-point advantage over his Italian rival, who crashed when in fourth position having risen from 34th on the grid.

Carmelo Morales (Racing Team Germany) crashed when riding in fifth and eventually placed 20th, whilst already-crowned Moto2 World Champion Toni Elías (Gresini Racing) failed to finish a race for the first time this season after crashing with 11 laps to go when running in eighth position. Yonny Hernández (Blusens-STX) placed 18th having been involved at the front early on when a crash set him back.

2010 Estoril Moto2: Portugal Results:

Pos.	Points	Num.	Rider	Nation	Team	Bike	Km/h	Time/Gap
1.	25	65	Stefan BRADL	GER	Viessmann Kiefer Racing	Suter	138.8	46’59.723
2.	20	25	Alex BALDOLINI	ITA	Caretta Technology Race Dept	I.C.P.	138.8	+0.068
3.	16	15	Alex DE ANGELIS	RSM	JIR Moto2	Motobi	138.7	+2.830
4.	13	45	Scott REDDING	GBR	Marc VDS Racing Team	Suter	138.7	+2.842
5.	11	54	Kenan SOFUOGLU	TUR	Technomag-CIP	Suter	138.7	+2.947
6.	10	35	Raffaele DE ROSA	ITA	Tech 3 Racing	Tech 3	138.7	+3.311
7.	9	8	Anthony WEST	AUS	MZ Racing Team	MZ-RE Honda	138.7	+3.385
8.	8	2	Gabor TALMACSI	HUN	Fimmco Speed Up	Speed Up	138.6	+3.952
9.	7	77	Dominique AEGERTER	SWI	Technomag-CIP	Suter	138.6	+4.284
10.	6	17	Karel ABRAHAM	CZE	Cardion AB Motoracing	FTR	138.6	+4.311
11.	5	55	Hector FAUBEL	SPA	Marc VDS Racing Team	Suter	138.6	+4.492
12.	4	60	Julian SIMON	SPA	Mapfre Aspar Team	Suter	138.2	+13.006
13.	3	80	Axel PONS	SPA	Tenerife 40 Pons	Pons Kalex	137.5	+26.529
14.	2	3	Simone CORSI	ITA	JIR Moto2	Motobi	137.5	+27.760
15.	1	39	Robertino PIETRI	VEN	Italtrans S.T.R.	Suter	137.4	+28.259
16.		12	Thomas LUTHI	SWI	Interwetten Moriwaki Moto2	Moriwaki	137.4	+28.311
17.		16	Jules CLUZEL	FRA	Forward Racing	Suter	137.4	+28.333
18.		68	Yonny HERNANDEZ	COL	Blusens-STX	BQR-Moto2	137.0	+37.873
19.		71	Claudio CORTI	ITA	Forward Racing	Suter	137.0	+38.092
20.		31	Carmelo MORALES	SPA	Racing Team Germany	Suter	137.0	+38.227
21.		29	Andrea IANNONE	ITA	Fimmco Speed Up	Speed Up	136.5	+46.976
22.		40	Sergio GADEA	SPA	Tenerife 40 Pons	Pons Kalex	135.8	+1’01.779
23.		19	Xavier SIMEON	BEL	Holiday Gym G22	Moriwaki	134.7	+1’25.872
24.		10	Fonsi NIETO	SPA	Holiday Gym G22	Moriwaki	134.7	+1’26.029
25.		61	Vladimir IVANOV	UKR	Gresini Racing Moto2	Moriwaki	133.5	+1’51.690
26.		72	Yuki TAKAHASHI	JPN	Tech 3 Racing	Tech 3	132.7	1 Lap
27.		70	Ferruccio LAMBORGHINI	ITA	Matteoni Racing	Moriwaki	132.6	1 Lap
28.		88	Yannick GUERRA	SPA	Holiday Gym G22	Moriwaki	130.0	1 Lap
29.		95	Mashel AL NAIMI	QAT	Blusens-STX	BQR-Moto2	130.0	1 Lap
Not Classified
		4	Ricard CARDUS	SPA	Maquinza-SAG Team	Bimota	136.2	3 Laps
		44	Roberto ROLFO	ITA	Italtrans S.T.R.	Suter	134.6	4 Laps
		7	Dani RIVAS	SPA	Blusens-STX	BQR-Moto2	135.8	7 Laps
		24	Toni ELIAS	SPA	Gresini Racing Moto2	Moriwaki	127.0	9 Laps
		14	Ratthapark WILAIROT	THA	Thai Honda PTT Singha SAG	Bimota	130.5	12 Laps
		53	Valentin DEBISE	FRA	WTR San Marino Team	ADV	132.5	13 Laps
		9	Kenny NOYES	USA	Jack & Jones by A.Banderas	Promoharris	128.5	13 Laps
		56	Michael RANSEDER	AUT	Vector Kiefer Racing	Suter	119.8	21 Laps