2014 Indy Moto2 Results

2014 Indy Moto2 Results

Going into this weekend’s Red Bull Moto2 series event at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Esteve Rabat (SP) (Marc VDS Racing Team) had a 19-point lead over second place holder Mika Kallio (FIN) (Marc VDS Racing Team) and a 50 point lead over third place Maverick Vinales (SP) (Paginas Amarillas HP 40).

Rabat’s lead over both riders was sliced by the outcome of a crash-marred contest that had to be red-flagged, re-started and shortened to 16 laps.

Kallio had a lead of over two seconds after the initial start when a crash at turn 10 on lap four involving Azlan Shah (IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia), Anthony West (QMMF Racing Team), Mattia Pasini (NGM Forward Racing) and Randy Krummenacher (IodaRacing Project) caused the red flag to come out.

Pasini reportedly had initially lost consciousness, but recovered and was able to walk away from the crash scene and was taken to the hospital for further evaluation. Krummenacher’s machine was too heavily damaged for him to be able to rejoin the race on the restart.

With the riders reset in their original starting grid positions, Kallio again grabbed the lead, and another crash occurred in turn one on the first lap of the restarted race.

The incident involved Thomas Luthi (Interwetten Paddock Moto2), the sole American in Moto2, Josh Herrin (AirAsia Caterham Moto Racing), and Julian Simon (Italtrans Racing Team).

They were all uninjured, but the crash ultimately also included Jonas Folger (AGR Team), Xavier Simeon (Federal Oil Gresini Moto2) and Luis Salom (Paginas Amarillas HP 40).

Simeon crashed again four laps further on, this time ending his race and on lap six, Salom and Franco Morbidelli (Italtrans Racing Team) were involved in yet another crash, finishing Morbidelli’s day, but Salom was able to rejoin the race and finished 26th. Thitipong Warokorn (APH PTT The Pizza SAG) crashed in the final stages but remounted to finish 27th.

Rabat was running in second place with only two laps to go, but made a mistake trying to fight off third place Viñales and dropped back to fourth.

Simone Corsi (NGM Forward Racing) and Sandro Cortese (Dynavolt Intact GP) both finished in the top six. Meanwhile, Hafizh Syahrin (Petronas Raceline Malaysia), Alex De Angelis (Tasca Racing Moto2), West and Johann Zarco (AirAsia Caterham Moto Racing) completed the top 10.

Kallio finished atop the podium with a 1.38 sec. lead over Viñales with Technomag carXpert rider Dominique Aegerter third.

The victory brings Kallio to within seven points of Rabat in the Moto2 World Championship series.

The series now heads directly to Brno for the Czech Republic, round 11 of 2014 Moto2.

2014 Indy Moto2 Results:

Pos.	Points	Num.	Rider	Nation	Team	Bike	Km/h	Time/Gap
1	25	36	Mika KALLIO	FIN	Marc VDS Racing Team	Kalex	153.2	26’07.410
2	20	40	Maverick VIÑALES	SPA	Paginas Amarillas HP 40	Kalex	153.1	+1.380
3	16	77	Dominique AEGERTER	SWI	Technomag carXpert	Suter	153.0	+1.696
4	13	53	Esteve RABAT	SPA	Marc VDS Racing Team	Kalex	152.9	+2.559
5	11	3	Simone CORSI	ITA	NGM Forward Racing	Kalex	152.5	+6.648
6	10	11	Sandro CORTESE	GER	Dynavolt Intact GP	Kalex	151.4	+18.639
7	9	55	Hafizh SYAHRIN	MAL	Petronas Raceline Malaysia	Kalex	151.4	+18.674
8	8	15	Alex DE ANGELIS	RSM	Tasca Racing Moto2	Suter	151.4	+18.992
9	7	95	Anthony WEST	AUS	QMMF Racing Team	Speed Up	151.3	+19.487
10	6	5	Johann ZARCO	FRA	AirAsia Caterham	Caterham Suter	151.3	+19.922
11	5	30	Takaaki NAKAGAMI	JPN	IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia	Kalex	151.3	+20.013
12	4	81	Jordi TORRES	SPA	Mapfre Aspar Team Moto2	Suter	151.2	+20.963
13	3	96	Louis ROSSI	FRA	SAG Team	Kalex	151.0	+22.672
14	2	23	Marcel SCHROTTER	GER	Tech 3	Tech 3	150.9	+23.836
15	1	88	Ricard CARDUS	SPA	Tech 3	Tech 3	150.8	+25.325
16		49	Axel PONS	SPA	AGR Team	Kalex	150.7	+25.514
17		7	Lorenzo BALDASSARRI	ITA	Gresini Moto2	Suter	150.4	+28.980
18		94	Jonas FOLGER	GER	AGR Team	Kalex	150.0	+32.962
19		97	Roman RAMOS	SPA	QMMF Racing Team	Speed Up	149.7	+36.564
20		25	Azlan SHAH	MAL	IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia	Kalex	149.7	+36.907
21		18	Nicolas TEROL	SPA	Mapfre Aspar Team Moto2	Suter	149.5	+38.624
22		70	Robin MULHAUSER	SWI	Technomag carXpert	Suter	149.4	+39.669
23		45	Tetsuta NAGASHIMA	JPN	Teluru Team JiR Webike	TSR	149.4	+39.723
24		22	Sam LOWES	GBR	Speed Up	Speed Up	149.0	+44.499
25		8	Gino REA	GBR	AGT REA Racing	Suter	146.8	+1’07.790
26		39	Luis SALOM	SPA	Paginas Amarillas HP 40	Kalex	145.0	+1’29.010
27		10	Thitipong WAROKORN	THA	APH PTT The Pizza SAG	Kalex	144.5	+1’34.244
28		2	Josh HERRIN	USA	AirAsia Caterham	Caterham Suter	119.6	3 Laps
Not Classified
		21	Franco MORBIDELLI	ITA	Italtrans Racing Team	Kalex	149.5	12 Laps
		19	Xavier SIMEON	BEL	Federal Oil Gresini Moto2	Suter	148.5	13 Laps
Not Finished 1st Lap
		12	Thomas LUTHI	SWI	Interwetten Paddock Moto2	Suter		0 Lap
		60	Julian SIMON	SPA	Italtrans Racing Team	Kalex		0 Lap
Not Starting
		54	Mattia PASINI	ITA	NGM Forward Racing	Kalex		0 Lap
		4	Randy KRUMMENACHER	SWI	Octo IodaRacing Team	Suter		0 Lap

2014 Moto2 Championship Point Standings:

Pos.	Rider	Bike	Nation	Points
1	Esteve RABAT	Kalex	SPA	183
2	Mika KALLIO	Kalex	FIN	176
3	Maverick VIÑALES	Kalex	SPA	140
4	Dominique AEGERTER	Suter	SWI	112
5	Simone CORSI	Kalex	ITA	96
6	Thomas LUTHI	Suter	SWI	68
7	Anthony WEST	Speed Up	AUS	65
8	Luis SALOM	Kalex	SPA	62
9	Johann ZARCO	Caterham Suter	FRA	52
10	Jonas FOLGER	Kalex	GER	47
11	Sandro CORTESE	Kalex	GER	42
12	Marcel SCHROTTER	Tech 3	GER	38
13	Xavier SIMEON	Suter	BEL	37
14	Alex DE ANGELIS	Suter	RSM	37
15	Sam LOWES	Speed Up	GBR	33
16	Ricard CARDUS	Tech 3	SPA	28
17	Jordi TORRES	Suter	SPA	27
18	Franco MORBIDELLI	Kalex	ITA	25
19	Mattia PASINI	Kalex	ITA	22
20	Randy KRUMMENACHER	Suter	SWI	19
21	Hafizh SYAHRIN	Kalex	MAL	18
22	Takaaki NAKAGAMI	Kalex	JPN	16
23	Julian SIMON	Kalex	SPA	15
24	Louis ROSSI	Kalex	FRA	13
25	Lorenzo BALDASSARRI	Suter	ITA	12
26	Axel PONS	Kalex	SPA	10
27	Gino REA	Suter	GBR	5
28	Nicolas TEROL	Suter	SPA	2