2013 Le Mans Moto2 | Results

2013 French Grand Prix Moto2 Results

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In a rain-soaked Moto2 race at the iconic Le Mans Bugatti Circuit, Britain’s Scott Redding brought home a victory for his country.

This was the first time a British rider won at Le Mans since Alan Carter won the 250cc race there 30 years ago.

The Marc VDS Racing Team rider was joined on the podium by his teammate Mika Kallio, and Desguaces La Torre Maptaq’s Xavier Simeon.

Redding’s success was no easy feat. At the start, the 20-year-old had plummeted to ninth position off the wetter, right-hand side of the track following heavy rain overnight.

Takaaki Nakagami led in the early stages ahead Pol Espargaro, with both Espargaro and championship-leading Tuenti HP 40 teammate Esteve Rabat falling in harmony at Musee corner, dropping down the order on Lap 3.

Nakagami was left with a three-second advantage, but the Italtrans Racing Team man lost control at the same corner just four laps later as sprinkles of rain made for a greasy track surface.

The intermediary conditions contributed to retirements for no less than ten riders, including Mapfre Aspar Tech Moto2 pairing Jordi Torres and Nico Terol, Interwetten Paddock Moto2 Racing’s Tom Luthi and the independently-funded Gino Rea, who had remarkably reached a high of 12th position from 31st on the grid.

A strong recovery ride from Redding saw him rise to the front on Lap 8, passing Johann Zarco who had delighted the French crowd by leading. Redding’s teammate Kallio looked to threaten as he typically grew stronger and pushed on in the second half of the race.

Heavier rain towards the end threw a spanner into the works for Redding, but red flags flew on the 24th of 26 laps. As the result was declared at the end of Lap 22 (the last which all riders had completed), Kallio inherited second position despite being overtaken by Simeon before the stoppage. Nevertheless, the Belgian Desguaces La Torre Maptaq rider still achieved a first ever podium finish.

Technomag carXpert’s Dominique Aegerter and Came Iodaracing Project’s aforementioned Zarco were fourth and fifth from NGM Mobile Racing’s Mattia Pasini, JiR Moto2’s Mike di Meglio and Italtrans’ Julian Simon. Anthony West and Alex de Angelis completed the top ten for QMMF Racing Team and NGM Mobile Forward Racing, respectively, as reigning Moto3 champion Sandro Cortese scored his first Moto2 points, in 13th place for Dynavolt Intact GP.

In 15th, the final point was collected by Tech 3 Racing’s Frenchman Louis Rossi, who had won the Moto3 race at Le Mans 12 months ago.

2013 Le Mans Moto2 Results:

Pos.	Points	Num.	Rider	Nation	Team	Bike	Km/h	Time/Gap
1	25	45	Scott REDDING	GBR	Marc VDS Racing Team	Kalex	150.4	36’43.583
2	20	36	Mika KALLIO	FIN	Marc VDS Racing Team	Kalex	150.3	+1.090
3	16	19	Xavier SIMEON	BEL	Desguaces La Torre Maptaq	Kalex	150.3	+1.234
4	13	77	Dominique AEGERTER	SWI	Technomag carXpert	Suter	150.2	+1.701
5	11	5	Johann ZARCO	FRA	Came Iodaracing Project	Suter	150.2	+1.859
6	10	54	Mattia PASINI	ITA	NGM Mobile Racing	Speed Up	149.5	+12.272
7	9	63	Mike DI MEGLIO	FRA	JiR Moto2	Motobi	149.5	+12.378
8	8	60	Julian SIMON	SPA	Italtrans Racing Team	Kalex	148.4	+29.712
9	7	95	Anthony WEST	AUS	QMMF Racing Team	Speed Up	148.3	+30.479
10	6	15	Alex DE ANGELIS	RSM	NGM Mobile Forward Racing	Speed Up	148.3	+31.235
11	5	4	Randy KRUMMENACHER	SWI	Technomag carXpert	Suter	148.2	+31.535
12	4	3	Simone CORSI	ITA	NGM Mobile Racing	Speed Up	148.2	+31.675
13	3	11	Sandro CORTESE	GER	Dynavolt Intact GP	Kalex	148.2	+31.917
14	2	23	Marcel SCHROTTER	GER	Desguaces La Torre SAG	Kalex	148.0	+35.778
15	1	96	Louis ROSSI	FRA	Tech 3	Tech 3	147.4	+45.045
16		52	Danny KENT	GBR	Tech 3	Tech 3	147.3	+45.151
17		17	Alberto MONCAYO	SPA	Argiñano & Gines Racing	Speed Up	146.7	+55.456
18		72	Yuki TAKAHASHI	JPN	IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia	Moriwaki	146.4	+59.886
19		7	Doni Tata PRADITA	INA	Federal Oil Gresini Moto2	Suter	146.2	+1’02.095
20		40	Pol ESPARGARO	SPA	Tuenti HP 40	Kalex	146.0	+1’06.414
21		44	Steven ODENDAAL	RSA	Argiñano & Gines Racing	Speed Up	143.3	+1’48.007
22		55	Hafizh SYAHRIN	MAL	Petronas Raceline Malaysia	Kalex	141.5	1 Lap
23		80	Esteve RABAT	SPA	Tuenti HP 40	Kalex	130.4	2 Laps
24		97	Rafid Topan SUCIPTO	INA	QMMF Racing Team	Speed Up	127.9	3 Laps
		88	Ricard CARDUS	SPA	NGM Mobile Forward Racing	Speed Up	144.5	+1’29.658
		8	Gino REA	GBR	Gino Rea Race Team	FTR	78.6	10 Laps
Not Classified
		24	Toni ELIAS	SPA	Blusens Avintia	Kalex	132.8	3 Laps
		18	Nicolas TEROL	SPA	Mapfre Aspar Team Moto2	Suter	149.3	5 Laps
		30	Takaaki NAKAGAMI	JPN	Italtrans Racing Team	Kalex	148.8	16 Laps
		12	Thomas LUTHI	SWI	Interwetten Paddock Moto2 Racing	Suter	113.7	18 Laps
		81	Jordi TORRES	SPA	Mapfre Aspar Team Moto2	Suter	139.6	20 Laps
		9	Kyle SMITH	GBR	Blusens Avintia	Kalex		0 Lap
		49	Axel PONS	SPA	Tuenti HP 40	Kalex		0 Lap
		14	Ratthapark WILAIROT	THA	Thai Honda PTT Gresini Moto2	Suter		0 Lap

2013 Moto2 Championship Point Standings:

Pos.	Rider	Bike	Nation	Points
1	Scott REDDING	Kalex	GBR	76
2	Esteve RABAT	Kalex	SPA	52
3	Mika KALLIO	Kalex	FIN	47
4	Dominique AEGERTER	Suter	SWI	47
5	Pol ESPARGARO	Kalex	SPA	41
6	Nicolas TEROL	Suter	SPA	38
7	Xavier SIMEON	Kalex	BEL	35
8	Takaaki NAKAGAMI	Kalex	JPN	29
9	Johann ZARCO	Suter	FRA	28
10	Alex DE ANGELIS	Speed Up	RSM	22
11	Anthony WEST	Speed Up	AUS	20
12	Mattia PASINI	Speed Up	ITA	18
13	Julian SIMON	Kalex	SPA	18
14	Jordi TORRES	Suter	SPA	16
15	Simone CORSI	Speed Up	ITA	15
16	Marcel SCHROTTER	Kalex	GER	15
17	Mike DI MEGLIO	Motobi	FRA	14
18	Toni ELIAS	Kalex	SPA	14
19	Randy KRUMMENACHER	Suter	SWI	5
20	Thomas LUTHI	Suter	SWI	5
21	Sandro CORTESE	Kalex	GER	3
22	Louis ROSSI	Tech 3	FRA	1
23	Ricard CARDUS	Speed Up	SPA	1