Jerez Moto2: Spanish Grand Prix Results

Moto2

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In Moto2 Andrea Iannone (Speed Master) mastered the rain to take his fourth victory in the category, a first of the season, and joining him on the rostrum were Thomas Luthi (Interwetten Paddock Moto2) and Simone Corsi (Ioda Racing Project).

Lüthi took the early control in the race and was on course for his first win in Moto2, until the Italian rider passed him for the lead and pulled a large advantage. His winning margin was 7.850s.

Building on the second place the Speed Master rider achieved in Losail Moto2, Iannone takes the lead of the 2011 World Championship after scoring 25 points for the win.

The Moto2 race started in damp conditions and more rain fell throughout, leading to a slippery and difficult circuit. Starting from 18th position Corsi was leading the race after a lap and half, but was caught by Iannone and the Swiss rider and took the final spot on the rostrum to take his third podium in the intermediate class.

Bradley Smith (Tech 3) who started from fifth, finished in fourth place in only his second ever Moto2 race. With a few laps to go, he was in fifth place until Stefan Bradl (Viessmann Kiefer Racing) made a costly error when he nearly lost control of his bike and Smith was there to take his fourth position.

Bradl had been aiming to become the first German rider to win back-to-back races in the intermediate class since Ralf Waldmann in 1996 but dropped a handful of places at the start. Lüthi and Bradl now share second place in the standings.

Julián Simón (Mapfre Aspar) was the first Spanish rider to cross the line in sixth place, ahead of Alex de Angelis (JiR Moto2) who salvaged seventh position after a ride through penalty for jumping the start. Scotsman Kev Coghlan (Team Aeroport de Castelló) finished in eighth place after qualifying back in 24th position, scoring his first Grand Prix points. Rookie Michele Pirro (Gresini Racing Moto2) took ninth place and it was a titanic tussle until the final corner between MZ Racing team-mates Anthony West and Max Neukirchner with the German taking tenth and the Australian 11th.

Yuki Takahashi (Gresini Racing) who had been involved in the fight for third, crashed out at high speed at turn 12 losing front grip and missed out on a potential 16 points.

Marc Marquez (Team CatalunyaCaixa Repsol) failed to pick up his first points of his Moto2 debut season after Jules Cluzel (Forward Racing) was unable to stop his bike in time and ran into the back of the current 125cc World Champion after a battle for sixth place. The incident put them both out of the race.

2011 Jerez Moto2 Results

Pos.	Points	Num.	Rider	Nation	Team	Bike	Km/h	Time/Gap
1.	25	29	Andrea IANNONE	ITA	Speed Master	Suter	138.2	49’56.423
2.	20	12	Thomas LUTHI	SWI	Interwetten Paddock Moto2	Suter	137.8	+7.850
3.	16	3	Simone CORSI	ITA	Ioda Racing Project	FTR	137.6	+12.625
4.	13	38	Bradley SMITH	GBR	Tech 3 Racing	Tech 3	137.5	+15.355
5.	11	65	Stefan BRADL	GER	Viessmann Kiefer Racing	Kalex	137.3	+17.850
6.	10	60	Julian SIMON	SPA	Mapfre Aspar Team Moto2	Suter	137.1	+24.247
7.	9	15	Alex DE ANGELIS	RSM	JIR Moto2	Motobi	136.9	+27.991
8.	8	49	Kev COGHLAN	GBR	Aeroport de Castello	FTR	136.5	+36.181
9.	7	51	Michele PIRRO	ITA	Gresini Racing Moto2	Moriwaki	136.5	+36.775
10.	6	76	Max NEUKIRCHNER	GER	MZ Racing Team	MZ-RE Honda	136.3	+41.407
11.	5	13	Anthony WEST	AUS	MZ Racing Team	MZ-RE Honda	136.3	+41.711
12.	4	14	Ratthapark WILAIROT	THA	Thai Honda Singha SAG	FTR	136.3	+41.870
13.	3	75	Mattia PASINI	ITA	Ioda Racing Project	FTR	136.2	+42.313
14.	2	68	Yonny HERNANDEZ	COL	Blusens-STX	FTR	136.1	+45.384
15.	1	34	Esteve RABAT	SPA	Blusens-STX	FTR	136.0	+47.193
16.		54	Kenan SOFUOGLU	TUR	Technomag-CIP	Suter	136.0	+47.204
17.		36	Mika KALLIO	FIN	Marc VDS Racing Team	Suter	136.0	+47.316
18.		21	Javier FORES	SPA	Mapfre Aspar Team Moto2	Suter	135.9	+50.677
19.		19	Xavier SIMEON	BEL	Tech 3 B	Tech 3	135.5	+57.958
20.		44	Pol ESPARGARO	SPA	HP Tuenti Speed Up	FTR	135.5	+58.554
21.		71	Claudio CORTI	ITA	Italtrans Racing Team	Suter	135.1	+1’07.467
22.		88	Ricard CARDUS	SPA	QMMF Racing Team	Moriwaki	135.0	+1’10.925
23.		45	Scott REDDING	GBR	Marc VDS Racing Team	Suter	134.7	+1’16.149
24.		40	Aleix ESPARGARO	SPA	Pons HP 40	Pons Kalex	134.6	+1’19.512
25.		35	Raffaele DE ROSA	ITA	Desguaces La Torre G22	Moriwaki	134.5	+1’22.459
26.		63	Mike DI MEGLIO	FRA	Tech 3 Racing	Tech 3	134.3	+1’26.753
27.		4	Randy KRUMMENACHER	SWI	GP Team Switzerland Kiefer Racing	Kalex	133.8	+1’37.226
28.		77	Dominique AEGERTER	SWI	Technomag-CIP	Suter	133.6	+1’42.838
29.		9	Kenny NOYES	USA	Avintia-STX	FTR	133.1	+1’54.532
30.		53	Valentin DEBISE	FRA	Speed Up	FTR	133.0	+1’57.120
31.		64	Santiago HERNANDEZ	COL	SAG Team	FTR	131.3	1 Lap
32.		97	Steven ODENDAAL	RSA	MS Racing	Suter	131.3	1 Lap
33.		95	Mashel AL NAIMI	QAT	QMMF Racing Team	Moriwaki	120.8	3 Laps
Not Classified
		25	Alex BALDOLINI	ITA	Forward Racing	Suter	124.4	14 Laps
		93	Marc MARQUEZ	SPA	Team CatalunyaCaixa Repsol	Suter	137.0	16 Laps
		16	Jules CLUZEL	FRA	Forward Racing	Suter	137.0	16 Laps
		72	Yuki TAKAHASHI	JPN	Gresini Racing Moto2	Moriwaki	137.3	17 Laps
		39	Robertino PIETRI	VEN	Italtrans Racing Team	Suter	126.2	22 Laps
		99	Lukasz WARGALA	POL	Desguaces La Torre G22	Moriwaki	118.9	25 Laps
Not Starting
		80	Axel PONS	SPA	Pons HP 40	Pons Kalex		0 Lap