2012 Estoril Moto2 | Results

2012 Moto2 Championship

Team CatalunyaCaixa Repsol’s Marc Marquez took victory Sunday at the Grande Prémio de Portugal Circuito Estoril after a phenomenal last-lap battle with compatriot Pol Espargaró.

Márquez took the holeshot and led the opening stages from Interwetten-Paddock’s Tom Lüthi, as Pons 40 HP Tuenti’s Espargaró and JiR Moto2’s Johann Zarco made their way to the front.

It was however Lüthi who took the lead early on, which he held for most of the race. The relentless efforts of Spanish pair Marquez and Espargaró meant that they soon re-caught the Swiss rider, and went past his for the lead. They went on to provided one of the best last-lap battles seen in Moto2, as the pair swapped positions numerous times in the final minute, with Marquez coming out on top after a mistake by Espargaró going into the final chicane.

This makes it two wins from three races for Márquez to extend his championship lead. Lüthi took the final spot on the podium, followed by Zarco, Speed Master’s Andrea Iannone and NGM Mobile Forward Racing’s Alex De Angelis. Rounding out the top ten are Mapfre Aspar Team’s Toni Elías, Blusens Avintia´s Julián Simón, Marc VDS Racing Team’s Mika Kallio and Tech 3 Racing’s Bradley Smith.

There were numerous crashed throughout the race including NGM Mobile Forward Racing’s Yuki Takahashi, Pons 40 HP Tuenti’s Axel Pons, his teammate Esteve Rabat, Came IodaRacing Project’s Simone Corsi and S/Master Speed Up’s Mike Di Meglio. Federal Oil Gresini Moto2’s Gino Rea went into the pits with an electrical problem, and subsequently had to retire.

2012 Estoril Moto2 | Results

Pos.	Points	Num.	Rider	Nation	Team	Bike	Km/h	Time/Gap
1	25	93	Marc MARQUEZ	SPA	Team CatalunyaCaixa Repsol	Suter	148.0	44’04.086
2	20	40	Pol ESPARGARO	SPA	Pons 40 HP Tuenti	Kalex	147.9	+1.987
3	16	12	Thomas LUTHI	SWI	Interwetten-Paddock	Suter	147.9	+2.071
4	13	5	Johann ZARCO	FRA	JIR Moto2	Motobi	147.5	+9.227
5	11	29	Andrea IANNONE	ITA	Speed Master	Speed Up	147.5	+10.481
6	10	15	Alex DE ANGELIS	RSM	NGM Mobile Forward Racing	Suter	146.9	+21.180
7	9	24	Toni ELIAS	SPA	Mapfre Aspar Team	Suter	146.9	+21.394
8	8	60	Julian SIMON	SPA	Blusens Avintia	Suter	146.8	+21.504
9	7	36	Mika KALLIO	FIN	Marc VDS Racing Team	Kalex	146.8	+21.581
10	6	38	Bradley SMITH	GBR	Tech 3 Racing	Tech 3	146.7	+24.100
11	5	45	Scott REDDING	GBR	Marc VDS Racing Team	Kalex	146.5	+27.248
12	4	77	Dominique AEGERTER	SWI	Technomag-CIP	Suter	146.4	+30.087
13	3	19	Xavier SIMEON	BEL	Tech 3 Racing	Tech 3	146.4	+30.132
14	2	71	Claudio CORTI	ITA	Italtrans Racing Team	Kalex	146.4	+30.257
15	1	88	Ricard CARDUS	SPA	Arguiñano Racing Team	AJR	146.3	+30.879
16		18	Nicolas TEROL	SPA	Mapfre Aspar Team	Suter	146.3	+31.097
17		95	Anthony WEST	AUS	QMMF Racing Team	Moriwaki	145.7	+43.099
18		30	Takaaki NAKAGAMI	JPN	Italtrans Racing Team	Kalex	145.4	+47.282
19		4	Randy KRUMMENACHER	SWI	GP Team Switzerland	Kalex	145.4	+47.399
20		76	Max NEUKIRCHNER	GER	Kiefer Racing	Kalex	145.4	+48.143
21		44	Roberto ROLFO	ITA	Technomag-CIP	Suter	145.1	+53.563
22		47	Angel RODRIGUEZ	SPA	Desguaces La Torre SAG	FTR	145.1	+54.530
23		14	Ratthapark WILAIROT	THA	Thai Honda PTT Gresini Moto2	Moriwaki	145.0	+55.666
24		80	Esteve RABAT	SPA	Pons 40 HP Tuenti	Kalex	143.4	+1’24.889
25		7	Alexander LUNDH	SWE	Cresto Guide MZ Racing	MZ-RE Honda	143.0	+1’32.467
26		82	Elena ROSELL	SPA	QMMF Racing Team	Moriwaki	142.6	+1’40.748
27		10	Marco COLANDREA	SWI	SAG Team	FTR	140.2	1 Lap
28		8	Gino REA	GBR	Federal Oil Gresini Moto2	Moriwaki	139.4	1 Lap
Not Classified
		63	Mike DI MEGLIO	FRA	S/Master Speed Up	Speed Up	146.2	6 Laps
		3	Simone CORSI	ITA	Came IodaRacing Project	FTR	146.5	7 Laps
		49	Axel PONS	SPA	Pons 40 HP Tuenti	Kalex	138.4	15 Laps
		72	Yuki TAKAHASHI	JPN	NGM Mobile Forward Racing	Suter	143.8	21 Laps