2012 Assen Moto2 | Results

2012 Moto2 Championship

Spoiler Alert: 2012 Assen Moto2 results listed below

In a Moto2 race that provided drama from the start at the Iveco TT Assen, it was Team CatalunyaCaixa Repsol’s Marc Márquez who took a hard-fought victory ahead of Andrea Iannone and Scott Redding.

It was Technomag-CIP’s Dominique Aegerter and Speed Master’s Andrea Iannone who got away best, yet in the pursuing mêlée it was Thai Honda PTT Gresini Moto2’s Ratthapark Wilairot and Tom Lüthi who collided on the first lap, putting an end to Lüthi’s race.

There was however more to come, as the weekend’s pace-setter, Pons 40 HP Tuenti’s Pol Espargaró, crashed out of the lead as he lost the back end of his bike. Both Lüthi and Espargaró were uninjured in the incidents, while Wilairot re-joined. A few laps later it was more misery for the Pons team, as its other rider Axel Pons crashed as well.

With 14 laps remaining Iannone had pulled out a three second gap at the front as Márquez and Marc VDS Racing Team’s Redding provided the entertaining battle for second behind. At this point Espargaró’s teammate Esteve Rabat had joined the pursuing group in fifth ahead of Came IodaRacing Project’s Simone Corsi, who had lost the tail section of his machine early on.

With 10 laps left however, Corsi crashed out of the race, putting an end to what was a very good race for the Italian, whilst Desguaces La Torre SAG’s Damian Cudlin retired with a mechanical issue. A further four laps in, Márquez had closed the gap significantly to Iannone and looked to be catching the Italian quickly.

With three laps left the scrap at the front began, with Márquez making his first pass, yet Iannone fighting back immediately. A lap later the Spaniard repeated his move, with Iannone responding in the same way again. The two were fairing to fairing as they headed into the last lap, with Márquez taking the lead on the outside of turn 1. Iannone fought back, but couldn’t make it stick as he ran wide after the two almost touched.

It was ultimately Márquez who took his third win of the season, with Iannone in second and Redding completing the podium. Márquez now leads the championship with Iannone in second; whilst Redding’s podium was the first time the Brit has ever recorded back-to-back podiums in his Grand Prix career. The top three were followed by Rabat, NGM Mobile Forward Racing’s Alex de Angelis, Tech 3 Racing’s Bradley Smith, Aegerter, JiR Moto2’s Johann Zarco, Mapfre Aspar Team’s Toni Elías and Redding’s teammate Mika Kallio.

2012 Assen Moto2 Results:

Pos.	Points	Num.	Rider	Nation	Team	Bike	Km/h	Time/Gap
1.	25	93	Marc MARQUEZ	SPA	Team CatalunyaCaixa Repsol	Suter	164.7	39’43.170
2.	20	29	Andrea IANNONE	ITA	Speed Master	Speed Up	164.6	+0.405
3.	16	45	Scott REDDING	GBR	Marc VDS Racing Team	Kalex	164.2	+7.331
4.	13	80	Esteve RABAT	SPA	Pons 40 HP Tuenti	Kalex	164.1	+7.630
5.	11	15	Alex DE ANGELIS	RSM	NGM Mobile Forward Racing	FTR	164.1	+7.852
6.	10	38	Bradley SMITH	GBR	Tech 3 Racing	Tech 3	164.1	+8.578
7.	9	77	Dominique AEGERTER	SWI	Technomag-CIP	Suter	164.0	+10.017
8.	8	5	Johann ZARCO	FRA	JIR Moto2	Motobi	163.7	+14.481
9.	7	24	Toni ELIAS	SPA	Mapfre Aspar Team	Suter	163.7	+14.714
10.	6	36	Mika KALLIO	FIN	Marc VDS Racing Team	Kalex	163.7	+14.734
11.	5	4	Randy KRUMMENACHER	SWI	GP Team Switzerland	Kalex	163.6	+14.944
12.	4	30	Takaaki NAKAGAMI	JPN	Italtrans Racing Team	Kalex	163.2	+22.106
13.	3	19	Xavier SIMEON	BEL	Tech 3 Racing	Tech 3	163.1	+23.068
14.	2	60	Julian SIMON	SPA	Blusens Avintia	Suter	163.1	+23.532
15.	1	63	Mike DI MEGLIO	FRA	S/Master Speed Up	Speed Up	163.0	+23.733
16.		71	Claudio CORTI	ITA	Italtrans Racing Team	Kalex	162.9	+25.619
17.		18	Nicolas TEROL	SPA	Mapfre Aspar Team	Suter	162.9	+25.913
18.		88	Ricard CARDUS	SPA	Arguiñano Racing Team	AJR	162.9	+25.974
19.		44	Roberto ROLFO	ITA	Technomag-CIP	Suter	162.3	+34.640
20.		72	Yuki TAKAHASHI	JPN	NGM Mobile Forward Racing	FTR	161.7	+44.057
21.		95	Anthony WEST	AUS	QMMF Racing Team	Moriwaki	161.6	+44.739
22.		8	Gino REA	GBR	Federal Oil Gresini Moto2	Suter	160.6	+59.784
23.		10	Marco COLANDREA	SWI	SAG Team	FTR	160.0	+1’10.125
24.		57	Eric GRANADO	BRA	JIR Moto2	Motobi	159.8	+1’12.139
25.		82	Elena ROSELL	SPA	QMMF Racing Team	Moriwaki	158.5	+1’33.233
Not Classified
		76	Max NEUKIRCHNER	GER	Kiefer Racing	Kalex	163.1	1 Lap
		7	Alexander LUNDH	SWE	Cresto Guide MZ Racing	MZ-RE Honda	161.5	2 Laps
		3	Simone CORSI	ITA	Came IodaRacing Project	FTR	163.9	10 Laps
		50	Damian CUDLIN	AUS	Desguaces La Torre SAG	Bimota	157.5	10 Laps
		49	Axel PONS	SPA	Pons 40 HP Tuenti	Kalex	153.6	16 Laps
		14	Ratthapark WILAIROT	THA	Thai Honda PTT Gresini Moto2	Suter	152.9	19 Laps
		40	Pol ESPARGARO	SPA	Pons 40 HP Tuenti	Kalex	154.3	23 Laps
		12	Thomas LUTHI	SWI	Interwetten-Paddock	Suter		0 Lap

2012 Moto2 Championship Point Standings:

Pos.	Rider	Bike	Nation	Points
1.	Marc MARQUEZ	Suter	SPA	127
2.	Andrea IANNONE	Speed Up	ITA	104
3.	Pol ESPARGARO	Kalex	SPA	96
4.	Thomas LUTHI	Suter	SWI	96
5.	Scott REDDING	Kalex	GBR	86
6.	Mika KALLIO	Kalex	FIN	52
7.	Esteve RABAT	Kalex	SPA	47
8.	Bradley SMITH	Tech 3	GBR	47
9.	Claudio CORTI	Kalex	ITA	45
10.	Dominique AEGERTER	Suter	SWI	38
11.	Johann ZARCO	Motobi	FRA	36
12.	Toni ELIAS	Suter	SPA	34
13.	Alex DE ANGELIS	FTR	RSM	32
14.	Simone CORSI	FTR	ITA	30
15.	Takaaki NAKAGAMI	Kalex	JPN	27
16.	Randy KRUMMENACHER	Kalex	SWI	20
17.	Julian SIMON	Suter	SPA	14
18.	Mike DI MEGLIO	Speed Up	FRA	10
19.	Anthony WEST	Moriwaki	AUS	9
20.	Xavier SIMEON	Tech 3	BEL	9
21.	Max NEUKIRCHNER	Kalex	GER	8
22.	Ratthapark WILAIROT	Suter	THA	8
23.	Nicolas TEROL	Suter	SPA	3
24.	Ricard CARDUS	AJR	SPA	1
25.	Gino REA	Moriwaki	GBR	1