2014 Motegi Moto2 Results

2014 Motegi Moto2 Results

Spoiler Alert: 2014 Moto2 Championship results from the Grand Prix of Japan at Twin Ring Motegi listed below.

Heading into the 15th round of the Moto2 World Championship, Thomas Luthi (Interwetten Sitag) was in fifth place in the standings. Luthi had a statistical chance at the title, but it was a long shot.

Also, with Maverick Viñales (Paginas Amarillas HP 40), Esteve Rabat (SPA) and Mika Kallio (FIN) (both Marc VDS Racing Team) all charging hard in recent rounds, Luthi may not have been considered a favorite to win at Motegi. But, win he did.

Viñales finished second, 1.209 seconds behind Luthi with points leader, Esteve Rabat completed the podium finishing 3.631 seconds behind Viñales.

Johann Zarco (AirAsia Caterham) finished fourth, 7.797 seconds behind Luthi. Kallio, currently second in the points, finished fifth.

Julian Simon (Italtrans Racing Team) came in sixth, ahead of seventh place Franco Morbidelli (ITA Italtrans Racing Team), Hafizh Syahrin (Petronas Raceline Malaysia) who placed eighth, with Ricard Cardus (Tech 3) and Xavier Simeon (Federal Oil Gresini Moto2) rounding out the top ten.

With these results, Rabat stretched his lead over Kallio (294 to 256) to 38 points, so it appears time may be running out for Kallio to overtake Rabat.

Viñales remains in third place with 224 points. Dominique Aegerter (SWI) (Technomag carXpert) is in fourth place, despite his 18t-place finish at Motegi, with 143 points, and the victor Luthi remained in fifth place overall, but closed to within two points of Aegerter.

The Moto2 series takes no break and heads directly to the Tissot Australian Grand Prix at the Phillip Island Circuit on October 19.

2014 Motegi Moto2 Results:

Pos.	Points	Num.	Rider	Nation	Team	Bike	Km/h	Time/Gap
1	25	12	Thomas LUTHI	SWI	Interwetten Sitag	Suter	154.6	42’50.219
2	20	40	Maverick VIÑALES	SPA	Paginas Amarillas HP 40	Kalex	154.5	+1.209
3	16	53	Esteve RABAT	SPA	Marc VDS Racing Team	Kalex	154.4	+3.631
4	13	5	Johann ZARCO	FRA	AirAsia Caterham	Caterham Suter	154.1	+7.797
5	11	36	Mika KALLIO	FIN	Marc VDS Racing Team	Kalex	154.1	+8.472
6	10	60	Julian SIMON	SPA	Italtrans Racing Team	Kalex	154.1	+8.881
7	9	21	Franco MORBIDELLI	ITA	Italtrans Racing Team	Kalex	153.9	+11.203
8	8	55	Hafizh SYAHRIN	MAL	Petronas Raceline Malaysia	Kalex	153.6	+17.509
9	7	88	Ricard CARDUS	SPA	Tech 3	Tech 3	153.5	+18.424
10	6	19	Xavier SIMEON	BEL	Federal Oil Gresini Moto2	Suter	153.4	+21.192
11	5	81	Jordi TORRES	SPA	Mapfre Aspar Team Moto2	Suter	153.3	+22.646
12	4	94	Jonas FOLGER	GER	AGR Team	Kalex	153.2	+23.303
13	3	30	Takaaki NAKAGAMI	JPN	IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia	Kalex	153.1	+26.077
14	2	8	Gino REA	GBR	AGT REA Racing	Suter	153.0	+26.708
15	1	39	Luis SALOM	SPA	Paginas Amarillas HP 40	Kalex	152.9	+28.921
16		96	Louis ROSSI	FRA	SAG Team	Kalex	152.9	+29.312
17		7	Lorenzo BALDASSARRI	ITA	Gresini Moto2	Suter	152.8	+31.192
18		77	Dominique AEGERTER	SWI	Technomag carXpert	Suter	152.6	+33.956
19		14	Ratthapark WILAIROT	THA	AirAsia Caterham	Caterham Suter	152.2	+41.606
20		20	Florian MARINO	FRA	NGM Forward Racing	Kalex	152.1	+42.031
21		4	Randy KRUMMENACHER	SWI	Octo IodaRacing Team	Suter	152.1	+42.133
22		18	Nicolas TEROL	SPA	Mapfre Aspar Team Moto2	Suter	152.0	+44.568
23		71	Tomoyoshi KOYAMA	JPN	Teluru Team JiR Webike	NTS	151.9	+45.571
24		25	Azlan SHAH	MAL	IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia	Kalex	151.6	+51.944
25		10	Thitipong WAROKORN	THA	APH PTT The Pizza SAG	Kalex	151.5	+52.398
26		72	Yuki TAKAHASHI	JPN	Moriwaki Racing	Moriwaki	151.5	+53.160
27		97	Roman RAMOS	SPA	QMMF Racing Team	Speed Up	151.2	+58.088
28		70	Robin MULHAUSER	SWI	Technomag carXpert	Suter	150.7	+1’06.689
29		23	Marcel SCHROTTER	GER	Tech 3	Tech 3	150.2	+1’15.937
30		65	Chalermpol POLAMAI	THA	Singha Eneos Yamaha Tech 3	Tech 3	149.8	+1’22.685
Not Classified
		49	Axel PONS	SPA	AGR Team	Kalex	153.2	6 Laps
		95	Anthony WEST	AUS	QMMF Racing Team	Speed Up	149.6	10 Laps
		54	Mattia PASINI	ITA	NGM Forward Racing	Kalex	141.8	12 Laps
		11	Sandro CORTESE	GER	Dynavolt Intact GP	Kalex	146.4	16 Laps
		22	Sam LOWES	GBR	Speed Up	Speed Up	149.8	20 Laps
Not Finished 1st Lap
		84	Riccardo RUSSO	ITA	Tasca Racing Moto2	Suter		0 Lap

2014 Moto2 Point Standings:

Pos.	Rider	Bike	Nation	Points
1	Esteve RABAT	Kalex	SPA	294
2	Mika KALLIO	Kalex	FIN	256
3	Maverick VIÑALES	Kalex	SPA	224
4	Dominique AEGERTER	Suter	SWI	143
5	Thomas LUTHI	Suter	SWI	141
6	Johann ZARCO	Caterham Suter	FRA	117
7	Simone CORSI	Kalex	ITA	100
8	Franco MORBIDELLI	Kalex	ITA	72
9	Luis SALOM	Kalex	SPA	67
10	Sandro CORTESE	Kalex	GER	66
11	Anthony WEST	Speed Up	AUS	65
12	Marcel SCHROTTER	Tech 3	GER	57
13	Jonas FOLGER	Kalex	GER	52
14	Sam LOWES	Speed Up	GBR	49
15	Julian SIMON	Kalex	SPA	46
16	Xavier SIMEON	Suter	BEL	45
17	Jordi TORRES	Suter	SPA	45
18	Hafizh SYAHRIN	Kalex	MAL	42
19	Alex DE ANGELIS	Suter	RSM	37
20	Ricard CARDUS	Tech 3	SPA	37
21	Mattia PASINI	Kalex	ITA	32
22	Axel PONS	Kalex	SPA	28
23	Takaaki NAKAGAMI	Kalex	JPN	27
24	Randy KRUMMENACHER	Suter	SWI	24
25	Louis ROSSI	Kalex	FRA	13
26	Lorenzo BALDASSARRI	Suter	ITA	12
27	Gino REA	Suter	GBR	7
28	Nicolas TEROL	Suter	SPA	2