2012 Jerez Moto2 | Results

2012 Moto2 Championship

Spanish youngster Pol Espargaró took his maiden Moto2 victory in front of his home crowd at the Gran Premio bwin de España at Jerez Sunday in a thrilling Moto2 race that was cut short by rain.

The Pons 40 HP Tuenti rider led the race early on, yet was soon entangled in the usual Moto2^TM first lap melee. Team CatalunyaCaixa Repsol´s Marc Marquez, Interwetten-Paddock´s Tom Lüthi and Marc VDS´ Scott Redding were not giving each other any room, as they swapped positions throughout the race.

It was a tough fight to the end, which saw Redding´s teammate Mika Kallio run onto the gravel from fifth, and GP Team Switzerland´s Randy Krummenacher and S/Master Speed Up´s Mike Di Meglio both crash out simultaneously while chasing the front pack.

With 11 laps left it started to rain, causing riders to push for front positions in case of a red flag. As the riders pushed harder and harder as conditions worsened, Márquez tried to pull out a lead, yet was overtaken by old 125cc foe Espargaró on lap 16. Márquez once again pushed past Espargaró, yet it was too late, as the red flag came out shortly after.

With regulations stating that the person who led the last full lap (17 in this case) wins, provided that over 2/3rd of the race distance has been covered, it was Espargaró who took the win ahead of Marquez in second and Lüthi in third, in what was once again a breathtaking Moto2^TM encounter.

The top ten were rounded out by Scott Redding, Italtrans Racing Team´s Takaaki Nakagami, team mate Claudio Corti, Mika Kallio, Technomag-CIP´s Dominique Aegerter, Mapfre Aspar Team´s Toni Elias and JiR Moto2´s Johann Zarco.

QMMF Racing Team rider Elena Rosell crashed out of her home race, as she continues to struggle with the Moriwaki bike. Pons 40 HP Tuenti´s Esteve Rabat suffered a fall towards the latter stages and returned to the pits, before heading back out on track and finishing 28.

2012 Jerez Moto2 Results:

Pos.	Points	Num.	Rider	Nation	Team	Bike	Km/h	Time/Gap
1.	25	40	Pol ESPARGARO	SPA	Pons 40 HP Tuenti	Kalex	149.3	30’12.879
2.	20	93	Marc MARQUEZ	SPA	Team CatalunyaCaixa Repsol	Suter	149.3	+0.241
3.	16	12	Thomas LUTHI	SWI	Interwetten-Paddock	Suter	149.3	+0.483
4.	13	45	Scott REDDING	GBR	Marc VDS Racing Team	Kalex	149.0	+4.414
5.	11	30	Takaaki NAKAGAMI	JPN	Italtrans Racing Team	Kalex	148.9	+4.837
6.	10	71	Claudio CORTI	ITA	Italtrans Racing Team	Kalex	148.8	+5.881
7.	9	36	Mika KALLIO	FIN	Marc VDS Racing Team	Kalex	148.8	+6.149
8.	8	77	Dominique AEGERTER	SWI	Technomag-CIP	Suter	148.7	+7.097
9.	7	24	Toni ELIAS	SPA	Mapfre Aspar Team	Suter	148.7	+7.866
10.	6	5	Johann ZARCO	FRA	JIR Moto2	Motobi	148.6	+8.680
11.	5	38	Bradley SMITH	GBR	Tech 3 Racing	Tech 3	148.5	+9.382
12.	4	15	Alex DE ANGELIS	RSM	NGM Mobile Forward Racing	Suter	148.5	+9.768
13.	3	19	Xavier SIMEON	BEL	Tech 3 Racing	Tech 3	148.5	+10.433
14.	2	29	Andrea IANNONE	ITA	Speed Master	Speed Up	146.8	+31.366
15.	1	8	Gino REA	GBR	Federal Oil Gresini Moto2	Moriwaki	146.8	+31.504
16.		95	Anthony WEST	AUS	QMMF Racing Team	Moriwaki	146.6	+34.172
17.		3	Simone CORSI	ITA	Came IodaRacing Project	FTR	146.5	+34.450
18.		49	Axel PONS	SPA	Pons 40 HP Tuenti	Kalex	146.4	+36.410
19.		88	Ricard CARDUS	SPA	Arguiñano Racing Team	AJR	146.3	+36.803
20.		47	Angel RODRIGUEZ	SPA	Desguaces La Torre SAG	FTR	146.3	+37.449
21.		72	Yuki TAKAHASHI	JPN	NGM Mobile Forward Racing	Suter	146.1	+39.465
22.		4	Randy KRUMMENACHER	SWI	GP Team Switzerland	Kalex	145.6	+45.782
23.		60	Julian SIMON	SPA	Blusens Avintia	Suter	145.6	+46.163
24.		7	Alexander LUNDH	SWE	Cresto Guide MZ Racing	MZ-RE Honda	145.6	+46.251
25.		44	Roberto ROLFO	ITA	Technomag-CIP	Suter	144.6	+59.593
26.		14	Ratthapark WILAIROT	THA	Thai Honda Gresini Moto2	Moriwaki	144.5	+59.987
27.		18	Nicolas TEROL	SPA	Mapfre Aspar Team	Suter	144.5	+1’01.010
28.		80	Esteve RABAT	SPA	Pons 40 HP Tuenti	Kalex	140.3	1 Lap
Not Classified
		76	Max NEUKIRCHNER	GER	Kiefer Racing	Kalex	146.9	5 Laps
		63	Mike DI MEGLIO	FRA	S/Master Speed Up	Speed Up	147.7	9 Laps
		10	Marco COLANDREA	SWI	SAG Team	FTR	139.4	11 Laps
		82	Elena ROSELL	SPA	QMMF Racing Team	Moriwaki	138.8	13 Laps