2013 Moto2 at Sachsenring
2013 Moto2 at Sachsenring

2013 Germany Grand Prix Moto2 Results

Spoiler Alert: 2013 Moto2 results from Sachsenring, Germany, listed below

The 2013 Moto2 Championship traveled to Germany this past weekend, the action taking place at the 2.28-mile Sachsenring circuit.

And for the fifth time this season, a different rider was victorious. The rider, Jordi Torres, also took his maiden career Moto2 victory. Joining the Mapfre Aspar Team Moto2 rider on the podium was Simone Corsi and Pol Espargaro, respectively.

As for the championship leader, Marc VDS Racing’s Scott Redding finished seventh, and Xavier Simeon fell to ninth from the pole.

On Saturday, Torres was narrowly beaten to the top grid position as Simeon claimed his career-first pole position for Desguaces La Torre Maptaq.

Torres would start second, while from the front row Espargaro (Tuenti HP 40) aimed to make the most of an eighth-placed start for chief rival Redding (Marc VDS Racing Team).

Espargaro immediately seized the lead off the start line and would hold the advantage until Lap 19, when Torres – who maintained a consistent pace over the full 29-lap distance – dived through at the Sachsen Kurve.

Behind the leading duo, Simone Corsi kept a watching brief and opportunistically overtook Espargaro for second place on the final lap; this capped off his first rostrum for almost two years. Despite dropping back another position, Espargaro finished four positions in front of Redding.

Fourth place went to Italtrans Racing Team’s Julian Simon, while multiple Sachsenring podium finisher Alex de Angelis put on a charge in the second half of the Grand Prix to finish inside the top five for NGM Mobile Forward Racing, overhauling Tom Luthi (Interwetten Paddock Moto2 Racing) and championship leader Redding, who endured his worst result of 2013 thus far.

Pole-man Simeon could not demonstrate such strong race pace and finished 12.8 seconds behind the winner. Reigning Moto3™ World Champion Sandro Cortese picked up the final point for Dynavolt Intact GP, while one standout performance came from QMMF Racing Team’s Anthony West who rose to eighth from 16th on the grid.

Six riders failed to make the finish. Tech 3’s Danny Kent and TargoBank Motorsport wildcard Alex Mariñelarena departed the race early, with the Spaniard sustaining a contusion to the left knee. Blusens Avintia’s Kyle Smith was next to fall, soon joined on the sidelines by Desguaces La Torre SAG’s Marcel Schrotter. Argiñano & Gines Racing’s Roman Ramos (covering for Alberto Moncayo, who was injured in a training accident) retired into the pit lane, while winner Torres’ teammate Jordi Terol crashed out in the closing stages of the race.

Sunday’s result marks the first time in 2013 that three different makes of Moto2 chassis – Suter, Speed Up and Kalex – have shared the podium.

2013 Sachsenring Moto2 Results:

1 25 81 Jordi TORRES SPA Aspar Team Moto2 Suter 154.5 41’19.636
2 20 3 Simone CORSI ITA NGM Mobile Racing Speed Up 154.4 +2.164
3 16 40 Pol ESPARGARO SPA Tuenti HP 40 Kalex 154.4 +2.494
4 13 60 Julian SIMON SPA Italtrans Racing Team Kalex 154.2 +5.409
5 11 15 Alex DE ANGELIS RSM NGM Mobile Forward Racing Speed Up 154.0 +7.546
6 10 12 Thomas LUTHI SWI Interwetten Paddock Moto2 Racing Suter 154.0 +7.827
7 9 45 Scott REDDING GBR Marc VDS Racing Team Kalex 153.8 +11.241
8 8 95 Anthony WEST AUS QMMF Racing Team Speed Up 153.7 +12.768
9 7 19 Xavier SIMEON BEL Desguaces La Torre Maptaq Kalex 153.7 +12.810
10 6 77 Dominique AEGERTER SWI Technomag carXpert Suter 153.7 +13.119
11 5 30 Takaaki NAKAGAMI JPN Italtrans Racing Team Kalex 153.7 +13.285
12 4 5 Johann ZARCO FRA Came Iodaracing Project Suter 153.7 +13.533
13 3 36 Mika KALLIO FIN Marc VDS Racing Team Kalex 153.5 +16.475
14 2 80 Esteve RABAT SPA Tuenti HP 40 Kalex 152.9 +25.551
15 1 11 Sandro CORTESE GER Dynavolt Intact GP Kalex 152.6 +30.891
16 49 Axel PONS SPA Tuenti HP 40 Kalex 152.3 +36.247
17 88 Ricard CARDUS SPA NGM Mobile Forward Racing Speed Up 152.3 +36.392
18 4 Randy KRUMMENACHER SWI Technomag carXpert Suter 152.2 +36.889
19 72 Yuki TAKAHASHI JPN IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia Moriwaki 152.1 +39.862
20 54 Mattia PASINI ITA NGM Mobile Racing Speed Up 152.0 +40.232
21 24 Toni ELIAS SPA Blusens Avintia Kalex 151.6 +47.005
22 96 Louis ROSSI FRA Tech 3 Tech 3 151.4 +50.820
23 14 Ratthapark WILAIROT THA Thai Honda PTT Gresini Moto2 Suter 151.4 +50.962
24 8 Gino REA GBR Gino Rea Race Team FTR 151.4 +51.410
25 63 Mike DI MEGLIO FRA JiR Moto2 Motobi 151.3 +52.160
26 44 Steven ODENDAAL RSA Argiñano & Gines Racing Speed Up 150.6 +1’03.816
27 7 Doni Tata PRADITA INA Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 Suter 149.5 +1’23.211
28 97 Rafid Topan SUCIPTO INA QMMF Racing Team Speed Up 144.6 1 Lap
Not Classified
18 Nicolas TEROL SPA Aspar Team Moto2 Suter 153.0 4 Laps
28 Roman RAMOS SPA Argiñano & Gines Racing Speed Up 149.6 8 Laps
23 Marcel SCHROTTER GER Desguaces La Torre SAG Kalex 153.6 14 Laps
9 Kyle SMITH GBR Blusens Avintia Kalex 150.2 24 Laps
52 Danny KENT GBR Tech 3 Tech 3 147.6 27 Laps
92 Alex MARIÑELARENA SPA TargoBank Motorsport Suter 146.1 27 Laps

2013 Moto2 Championship Point Standings:

Pos. Rider Bike Nation Points
1 Scott REDDING Kalex GBR 143
2 Pol ESPARGARO Kalex SPA 120
3 Esteve RABAT Kalex SPA 88
4 Dominique AEGERTER Suter SWI 83
5 Mika KALLIO Kalex FIN 81
6 Johann ZARCO Suter FRA 67
7 Nicolas TEROL Suter SPA 58
8 Jordi TORRES Suter SPA 58
9 Xavier SIMEON Kalex BEL 51
10 Simone CORSI Speed Up ITA 50
11 Thomas LUTHI Suter SWI 46
12 Takaaki NAKAGAMI Kalex JPN 45
13 Alex DE ANGELIS Speed Up RSM 41
14 Julian SIMON Kalex SPA 37
15 Anthony WEST Speed Up AUS 34
16 Mattia PASINI Speed Up ITA 23
17 Marcel SCHROTTER Kalex GER 21
18 Randy KRUMMENACHER Suter SWI 20
19 Toni ELIAS Kalex SPA 19
20 Mike DI MEGLIO Motobi FRA 18
21 Sandro CORTESE Kalex GER 7
22 Louis ROSSI Tech 3 FRA 4
23 Danny KENT Tech 3 GBR 3
24 Axel PONS Kalex SPA 2
25 Ricard CARDUS Speed Up SPA 1

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