KTM's Alex Rins leads Luis Salom and Maverick Vinales
KTM’s Alex Rins leads Luis Salom and Maverick Vinales2013 Germany Grand Prix Moto3 ResultsFollowing a dominating qualifying session, Estrella Galicia 0,0 KTM’s Alex Rins carried the momentum into Sunday’s Moto3 race.
The pole-man battled intensely with many, but took Moto3 Championship leader Luis Salom on corner 12 of 13 on the final lap at Sachsenring. Rins would hold off a charge by Salom to take the win. Maverick Viñales, who also battled for the lead throughout, was third to ensure that the top three riders in the championship filled the podium places.Rins led from pole, but after an entertaining battle with Vinales, elected to yield the lead to the Team Calvo rider. The order would continue to change between the duo, until Lap 24 when Viñales took the advantage after Rins ran wide, only for Red Bull KTM Ajo’s Salom – who had typically waited patiently in third position – to seize the advantage in an impressive double overtaking manoeuvre at Sachsen Kurve.Following Salom’s move, Rins crucially passed Viñales into the final corner, which allowed him three laps to hunt down the lead. The margin was three tenths of a second at the start of the final lap, but Rins bravely dived up the inside of the penultimate corner to seal his second victory after Austin, Texas, as the leading trio crossed the line separated by only two and a half tenths of a second.In fourth position, Mahindra Racing’s Miguel Oliveira overhauled Estrella Galicia 0,0’s Alex Marquez in the closing stages, with the latter having made charge in the second half of the race.Efren Vazquez was sixth on the second Mahindra, while Jack Miller was disappointed to finish seventh for Caretta Technology – RTG, having started fifth on the grid. The top eight was rounded out by equally disappointed home rider Jonas Folger (Mapfre Aspar Team Moto3), who had been fourth on the grid.Ongetta-Rivacold’s Alexis Masbou did not make the start following a problem in the Warm-Up, whereas four riders crashed out of the race. An early mistake by wildcard rider Kevin Hanus (Thomas Sabo GP Team) saw him collect Eric Granado (Mapfre Aspar Team Moto3), whereas wildcard Luca Amato (Mahindra Spiel-Kiste) and Lorenzo Baldassarri (GO&FUN Gresini Moto3) made mistakes of their own.2013 Sachsenring Moto3 Results:
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