2012 Moto2 Championship

Spoiler Alert: 2012 Moto2 results from Silverstone listed below

In a thrilling Moto2 race, it was Pons 40 HP Tuenti’s Pol Espargaró who took victory at the Hertz British Grand Prix in Silverstone ahead of Scott Redding and Marc Márquez.

The race was declared dry from the start and it was Tech 3 Racing’s Bradley Smith who got the holeshot along with Marc VDS Racing Team’s Scott Redding. They made it a British one-two in the opening two laps as they were tussling for top spot. With 16 laps to go, the following group of Espargaró, Speed Master’s Andrea Iannone and Team CatalunyaCaixa Repsol’s Marc Márquez made their move on Smith, who looked to be struggling, and tucked in behind leader Redding.

Meanwhile it was drama early on for JiR Moto2’s Johann Zarco, who crashed out and finished his race prematurely. With 14 laps left, a group of seven riders were pulling away from the pack also including Came IodaRacing Project’s Simone Corsi and Italtrans Racing Team’s Claudio Corti. Two laps later it appeared as Redding and Espargaró were pulling out a slight advantage at the front, as Iannone and Márquez were involved in an exciting fight for the final podium spot. Yet just one lap later Espargaró pounced on Redding to take the lead, after which Iannone took advantage to slip into second.

Espargaró’s teammate Axel Pons crashed out with 10 laps to go, putting an end to a disappointing weekend for the Spaniard. A lap later Márquez got into Redding’s slipstream to pass the Brit further down into fourth and hunt down the leaders. With Márquez not wanting Espargaró to get away, he overtook Iannone with seven laps left, with Redding also pushing past the Italian. The tussle for second was spicing up between Redding and Márquez as the two swapped positions frequently in the final laps and on the last lap it was an almighty fight to the line with Redding just edging out the Spaniard, much to the delight of the home crowd

Yet in the end it was Espargaró who took the chequered flag for his second win this season, with Redding and Márquez occupying the final podium spots. They were followed by Andrea Iannone, Simone Corsi, Claudio Corti, Bradley Smith, Tom Lüthi, Technomag-CIP’s Dominique Aegerter and Redding’s teammate Mika Kallio.

2012 Silverstone Moto2 Results:

Pos.	Points	Num.	Rider	Nation	Team	Bike	Km/h	Time/Gap
1.	25	40	Pol ESPARGARO	SPA	Pons 40 HP Tuenti	Kalex	165.5	38’29.792
2.	20	45	Scott REDDING	GBR	Marc VDS Racing Team	Kalex	165.4	+1.462
3.	16	93	Marc MARQUEZ	SPA	Team CatalunyaCaixa Repsol	Suter	165.4	+1.521
4.	13	29	Andrea IANNONE	ITA	Speed Master	Speed Up	165.3	+2.851
5.	11	3	Simone CORSI	ITA	Came IodaRacing Project	FTR	165.2	+3.803
6.	10	71	Claudio CORTI	ITA	Italtrans Racing Team	Kalex	165.0	+7.109
7.	9	38	Bradley SMITH	GBR	Tech 3 Racing	Tech 3	165.0	+7.627
8.	8	12	Thomas LUTHI	SWI	Interwetten-Paddock	Suter	165.0	+7.669
9.	7	77	Dominique AEGERTER	SWI	Technomag-CIP	Suter	164.4	+15.847
10.	6	36	Mika KALLIO	FIN	Marc VDS Racing Team	Kalex	164.1	+20.179
11.	5	15	Alex DE ANGELIS	RSM	NGM Mobile Forward Racing	Suter	164.1	+20.450
12.	4	24	Toni ELIAS	SPA	Mapfre Aspar Team	Suter	163.9	+23.017
13.	3	80	Esteve RABAT	SPA	Pons 40 HP Tuenti	Kalex	163.9	+23.155
14.	2	4	Randy KRUMMENACHER	SWI	GP Team Switzerland	Kalex	163.9	+23.236
15.	1	14	Ratthapark WILAIROT	THA	Thai Honda PTT Gresini Moto2	Suter	163.8	+24.507
16.		44	Roberto ROLFO	ITA	Technomag-CIP	Suter	163.6	+26.418
17.		76	Max NEUKIRCHNER	GER	Kiefer Racing	Kalex	163.5	+28.043
18.		63	Mike DI MEGLIO	FRA	S/Master Speed Up	Speed Up	163.5	+28.365
19.		30	Takaaki NAKAGAMI	JPN	Italtrans Racing Team	Kalex	163.5	+28.577
20.		18	Nicolas TEROL	SPA	Mapfre Aspar Team	Suter	163.0	+36.100
21.		19	Xavier SIMEON	BEL	Tech 3 Racing	Tech 3	162.7	+39.473
22.		60	Julian SIMON	SPA	Blusens Avintia	Suter	162.7	+39.718
23.		88	Ricard CARDUS	SPA	Arguiñano Racing Team	AJR	162.7	+39.995
24.		8	Gino REA	GBR	Federal Oil Gresini Moto2	Suter	162.7	+40.493
25.		72	Yuki TAKAHASHI	JPN	NGM Mobile Forward Racing	Suter	162.6	+41.470
26.		47	Angel RODRIGUEZ	SPA	Desguaces La Torre SAG	Bimota	161.2	+1’02.611
27.		95	Anthony WEST	AUS	QMMF Racing Team	Moriwaki	161.0	+1’05.324
28.		7	Alexander LUNDH	SWE	Cresto Guide MZ Racing	MZ-RE Honda	160.7	+1’08.938
29.		10	Marco COLANDREA	SWI	SAG Team	FTR	159.0	+1’34.995
30.		22	Alessandro ANDREOZZI	ITA	Andreozzi Reparto Corse	FTR	158.5	+1’42.775
31.		82	Elena ROSELL	SPA	QMMF Racing Team	Moriwaki	158.4	+1’44.102
32.		57	Eric GRANADO	BRA	JIR Moto2	Motobi	157.5	+1’58.051
Not Classified
		49	Axel PONS	SPA	Pons 40 HP Tuenti	Kalex	162.8	11 Laps
		5	Johann ZARCO	FRA	JIR Moto2	Motobi	110.4	17 Laps

2012 Silverstone Moto2 Championship Point Standings:

Pos.	Rider	Bike	Nation	Points
1.	Marc MARQUEZ	Suter	SPA	102
2.	Pol ESPARGARO	Kalex	SPA	96
3.	Thomas LUTHI	Suter	SWI	96
4.	Andrea IANNONE	Speed Up	ITA	84
5.	Scott REDDING	Kalex	GBR	70
6.	Mika KALLIO	Kalex	FIN	46
7.	Claudio CORTI	Kalex	ITA	45
8.	Bradley SMITH	Tech 3	GBR	37
9.	Esteve RABAT	Kalex	SPA	34
10.	Simone CORSI	FTR	ITA	30
11.	Dominique AEGERTER	Suter	SWI	29
12.	Johann ZARCO	Motobi	FRA	28
13.	Toni ELIAS	Suter	SPA	27
14.	Takaaki NAKAGAMI	Kalex	JPN	23
15.	Alex DE ANGELIS	Suter	RSM	21
16.	Randy KRUMMENACHER	Kalex	SWI	15
17.	Julian SIMON	Suter	SPA	12
18.	Anthony WEST	Moriwaki	AUS	9
19.	Mike DI MEGLIO	Speed Up	FRA	9
20.	Max NEUKIRCHNER	Kalex	GER	8
21.	Ratthapark WILAIROT	Suter	THA	8
22.	Xavier SIMEON	Tech 3	BEL	6
23.	Nicolas TEROL	Suter	SPA	3
24.	Ricard CARDUS	AJR	SPA	1
25.	Gino REA	Moriwaki	GBR	1