2013 Motegi Moto2 | Results

2013 Japanese Grand Prix Moto2 Results

Spoiler Alert: 2013 MotoGP results from Twin Ring Motegi listed below

The final race in three back-to-back Moto2 rounds got underway this weekend at at Twin Ring Motegi in Japan.

Due to rains from Typhoon Francisco, all Friday and Saturday practices were canceled, and the riders only had a qualifying session. Taking the pole was  Marc VDS Racing’s Mike Kallio.

But when Sunday came, all eyes were on the two rivals – the Moto2 points leader Pol Espargaro and Marc VDS Racing’s Scott Redding, who was deemed fit to ride on Friday with the wrist he fractured in Malaysia. But unfortunately Redding, along with another title hunter, Tuenti HP 40’s Tito Rabat, both DNFd due to a first-lap crash with Blusens Avintia’s Alex Marinelarena, who suffered a broken left wrist.

With these two out, Espargaro didn’t need much to garner the 2013 Moto2 title. And this is just what he did following his win at Motegi Moto2. Espargaro would clinch the title one round early, and become the fourth different Moto2 Champion in the series’ four-year history.

Joining Espargaro on the podium were Mark VDS Racing’s Mika Kallio and Interwetten Paddock’s Tom Luthi.

Under clear skies and with ambient temperatures of 20 degrees Celsius, it was a clean start to proceedings until a crash occurred on the exit of the second corner; Redding, Rabat and Alex Mariñelarena were involved, and none of the trio would restart.

At Turn 3, Dominique Aegerter suffered a separate incident but the Technomag carXpert rider was able to re-join the grid following a red flag stoppage.

On the first of 15 laps for the restarted race, Espargaro took the lead from Kallio and would not be headed for the rest of the afternoon. This left the Finn second from a pole position start, with Tom Luthi on the podium for the third race in a row and the sixth time this season.

Xavier Simeon (Maptaq SAG Zelos Team) and Julian Simon (Italtrans Racing Team) completed the top five from Aspar Team Moto2’s Nico Terol, NGM Mobile Forward Racing’s Alex de Angelis and Italtrans Racing Team’s Takaaki Nakagami – the leading Japanese rider in his home event. It was a race of high attrition, with no less than nine riders failing to make the finish, although the aforementioned Aegerter impressively fought back to eighth position after running last at the restart.

With the title wrapped up in favor of Espargaro, a single race remains on the 2013 Moto2 calendar. The Gran Premio Generali de la Comunitat Valenciana will take place at Valencia’s Ricardo Tormo circuit on November 10.

2013 Motegi Moto2 Results:

Pos.	Points	Num.	Rider	Nation	Team	Bike	Km/h	Time/Gap
1	25	40	Pol ESPARGARO	SPA	Tuenti HP 40	Kalex	152.9	28’15.162
2	20	36	Mika KALLIO	FIN	Marc VDS Racing Team	Kalex	152.8	+1.344
3	16	12	Thomas LUTHI	SWI	Interwetten Paddock Moto2	Suter	152.6	+3.379
4	13	19	Xavier SIMEON	BEL	Maptaq SAG Zelos Team	Kalex	152.1	+8.420
5	11	60	Julian SIMON	SPA	Italtrans Racing Team	Kalex	152.0	+10.315
6	10	18	Nicolas TEROL	SPA	Aspar Team Moto2	Suter	151.9	+11.364
7	9	15	Alex DE ANGELIS	RSM	NGM Mobile Forward Racing	Speed Up	151.7	+12.718
8	8	77	Dominique AEGERTER	SWI	Technomag carXpert	Suter	151.5	+15.609
9	7	30	Takaaki NAKAGAMI	JPN	Italtrans Racing Team	Kalex	151.2	+18.414
10	6	54	Mattia PASINI	ITA	NGM Mobile Racing	Speed Up	151.0	+20.679
11	5	95	Anthony WEST	AUS	QMMF Racing Team	Speed Up	150.2	+30.759
12	4	23	Marcel SCHROTTER	GER	Maptaq SAG Zelos Team	Kalex	150.1	+31.134
13	3	49	Axel PONS	SPA	Tuenti HP 40	Kalex	150.1	+31.335
14	2	8	Gino REA	GBR	Argiñano & Gines Racing	Speed Up	150.1	+31.505
15	1	11	Sandro CORTESE	GER	Dynavolt Intact GP	Kalex	150.1	+31.801
16		31	Kohta NOZANE	JPN	Webike Team Norick NTS	TSR	149.2	+41.840
17		88	Ricard CARDUS	SPA	NGM Mobile Forward Racing	Speed Up	148.8	+46.192
18		94	Franco MORBIDELLI	ITA	Federal Oil Gresini Moto2	Suter	148.4	+51.771
19		44	Steven ODENDAAL	RSA	Argiñano & Gines Racing	Speed Up	148.1	+54.433
20		35	Tetsuta NAGASHIMA	JPN	JiR Moto2	Motobi	148.1	+55.138
21		46	Decha KRAISART	THA	Singha Eneos Yamaha Tech3	Tech3	148.1	+55.181
22		34	Ezequiel ITURRIOZ	ARG	Blusens Avintia	Kalex	147.4	+1’03.592
23		25	Azlan SHAH	MAL	IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia	Moriwaki	145.0	+1’32.681
Not Classified
		97	Rafid Topan SUCIPTO	INA	QMMF Racing Team	Speed Up	148.3	4 Laps
		5	Johann ZARCO	FRA	Came Iodaracing Project	Suter	151.2	6 Laps
		81	Jordi TORRES	SPA	Aspar Team Moto2	Suter	150.5	7 Laps
		96	Louis ROSSI	FRA	Tech 3	Tech 3	143.5	7 Laps
		7	Doni Tata PRADITA	INA	Federal Oil Gresini Moto2	Suter	142.5	13 Laps
		3	Simone CORSI	ITA	NGM Mobile Racing	Speed Up	142.6	14 Laps
Not Starting
		80	Esteve RABAT	SPA	Tuenti HP 40	Kalex		0 Lap
		92	Alex MARIÑELARENA	SPA	Blusens Avintia	Kalex		0 Lap
		45	Scott REDDING	GBR	Marc VDS Racing Team	Kalex		0 Lap

2013 Moto2 Championship Point Standings:

Pos.	Rider	Bike	Nation	Points
1	Pol ESPARGARO	Kalex	SPA	265
2	Scott REDDING	Kalex	GBR	224
3	Esteve RABAT	Kalex	SPA	204
4	Mika KALLIO	Kalex	FIN	185
5	Dominique AEGERTER	Suter	SWI	151
6	Thomas LUTHI	Suter	SWI	146
7	Takaaki NAKAGAMI	Kalex	JPN	145
8	Nicolas TEROL	Suter	SPA	125
9	Johann ZARCO	Suter	FRA	123
10	Jordi TORRES	Suter	SPA	106
11	Simone CORSI	Speed Up	ITA	92
12	Xavier SIMEON	Kalex	BEL	84
13	Julian SIMON	Kalex	SPA	74
14	Alex DE ANGELIS	Speed Up	RSM	66
15	Anthony WEST	Speed Up	AUS	53
16	Mattia PASINI	Speed Up	ITA	48
17	Marcel SCHROTTER	Kalex	GER	33
18	Toni ELIAS	Kalex	SPA	21
19	Randy KRUMMENACHER	Suter	SWI	20
20	Sandro CORTESE	Kalex	GER	19
21	Mike DI MEGLIO	Motobi	FRA	18
22	Danny KENT	Tech 3	GBR	15
23	Ricard CARDUS	Speed Up	SPA	7
24	Axel PONS	Kalex	SPA	5
25	Louis ROSSI	Tech 3	FRA	4
26	Gino REA	Speed Up	GBR	4
27	Alex MARIÑELARENA	Kalex	SPA	2
28	Doni Tata PRADITA	Suter	INA	1