2014 Sepang Moto2 Results

2014 Sepang Moto2 Results

Spoiler Alert: 2014 Moto2 Championship results from the Malaysian Grand Prix at Sepang International Circuit listed below.

As the Moto2 Championship headed to Sepang International Circuit for the final of three back-to-back rounds, Marc VDS Racing’s Tito Rabat had the chance to secure his first-ever title in the series that he joined in 2011.

Forty-one points separated him from teammate Mike Kallio, so there was a possibility of the title fight going down to the final round in Valencia in two weeks.

But with a third-place finish, Esteve Rabat secured enough points to clinch the 2014 Moto2 title at the penultimate round. Starting from pole, he rode smartly, knowing not to push it. He would take third behind winner Maverick Vinales, who joins the Suzuki MotoGP Team in 2015, and Kallio.

When the 20-lap race began, Rabat capililzed on his pole-position start, leading for the opening 10 laps. But there was too much pressure from Kallio and Paginas Amarillas HP 40’s Vinales.

Both riders eventually passed Rabat, and Vinales went on to win by 2.694 seconds ahead of Kallio. Rabat would finish third, 8.054 seconds off the top time. This was Vinales’ third win in four races of 2014 Moto2, and Kallio’s 10th podium.

Taking fourth was AirAsia Caterham’s Johann Zarco, who won a closely-fought battle with Technolomag carXpert’s Dominique Aegerter and Italtrans Racing Team’s Julian Simon, respectively.

Rounding out the top 10 were Sandro Cortese (Dynavolt Intact GP), Thomas Luthi (Interwetten Sitag), Jonas Folger (AGR Team) and Marcel Schrotter (Tech 3).

Gino Rea (AGT Rea Racing) fell at Turn 2 on the first lap, causing Nico Terol (Mapfre Aspar Team Moto2) to drop his Suter to avoid the fallen rider. Rea was later diagnosed with three broken bones in his right foot, MotoGP reports.

Franco Morbidelli (Italtrans Racing Team) crashed but rejoined in order to continue learning the Malaysian circuit. Randy Krummenacher (Octo IodaRacing Team) and Sam Lowes (SpeedUp) both fell at the last corner of the track midrace, remounting after. Lowes would pit with five laps remaining however, MotoGP reports

Takaaki Nakagami (Idemitsu Honda Team Asia) and Louis Rossi (SAG Team) both fell and were unable to rejoin. Home rider Hafizh Syahrin (Petronas Racline Malaysia) crashed out of tenth after a lightning start to the race. Axel Pons (AGR Team) retired to the pits with a technical issue, MotoGP reports.

The 2014 Moto2 Championship now breaks for two weeks before the season finale at Valencia – the fourth round held in Spain.

2014 Sepang Moto2 Results:

Pos.	Points	Num.	Rider	Nation	Team	Bike	Km/h	Time/Gap
1	25	40	Maverick VIÑALES	SPA	Paginas Amarillas HP 40	Kalex	154.9	40’46.754
2	20	36	Mika KALLIO	FIN	Marc VDS Racing Team	Kalex	154.7	+2.694
3	16	53	Esteve RABAT	SPA	Marc VDS Racing Team	Kalex	154.4	+8.054
4	13	5	Johann ZARCO	FRA	AirAsia Caterham	Caterham Suter	154.2	+10.590
5	11	77	Dominique AEGERTER	SWI	Technomag carXpert	Suter	154.2	+10.663
6	10	60	Julian SIMON	SPA	Italtrans Racing Team	Kalex	154.2	+10.769
7	9	11	Sandro CORTESE	GER	Dynavolt Intact GP	Kalex	153.9	+15.657
8	8	12	Thomas LUTHI	SWI	Interwetten Sitag	Suter	153.7	+18.839
9	7	94	Jonas FOLGER	GER	AGR Team	Kalex	153.7	+19.486
10	6	23	Marcel SCHROTTER	GER	Tech 3	Tech 3	153.3	+24.887
11	5	39	Luis SALOM	SPA	Paginas Amarillas HP 40	Kalex	153.1	+28.234
12	4	88	Ricard CARDUS	SPA	Tech 3	Tech 3	153.0	+30.338
13	3	54	Mattia PASINI	ITA	NGM Forward Racing	Kalex	153.0	+30.533
14	2	44	Roberto ROLFO	ITA	Tasca Racing Moto2	Suter	153.0	+30.548
15	1	81	Jordi TORRES	SPA	Mapfre Aspar Team Moto2	Suter	152.7	+34.769
16		20	Florian MARINO	FRA	NGM Forward Racing	Kalex	152.6	+36.613
17		7	Lorenzo BALDASSARRI	ITA	Gresini Moto2	Suter	152.5	+38.869
18		95	Anthony WEST	AUS	QMMF Racing Team	Speed Up	152.3	+42.201
19		19	Xavier SIMEON	BEL	Federal Oil Gresini Moto2	Suter	151.9	+47.876
20		25	Azlan SHAH	MAL	IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia	Kalex	151.6	+52.950
21		10	Thitipong WAROKORN	THA	APH PTT The Pizza SAG	Kalex	151.6	+53.163
22		97	Roman RAMOS	SPA	QMMF Racing Team	Speed Up	151.2	+59.999
23		71	Tomoyoshi KOYAMA	JPN	Teluru Team JiR Webike	NTS	151.0	+1’03.331
24		18	Nicolas TEROL	SPA	Mapfre Aspar Team Moto2	Suter	150.7	+1’08.275
25		46	Decha KRAISART	THA	Singha Eneos Yamaha Tech 3	Tech 3	150.2	+1’16.996
26		4	Randy KRUMMENACHER	SWI	Octo IodaRacing Team	Suter	142.4	1 Lap
Not Classified
		21	Franco MORBIDELLI	ITA	Italtrans Racing Team	Kalex	129.8	4 Laps
		22	Sam LOWES	GBR	Speed Up	Speed Up	149.2	5 Laps
		49	Axel PONS	SPA	AGR Team	Kalex	151.6	7 Laps
		55	Hafizh SYAHRIN	MAL	Petronas Raceline Malaysia	Kalex	153.5	9 Laps
		96	Louis ROSSI	FRA	SAG Team	Kalex	152.3	11 Laps
		30	Takaaki NAKAGAMI	JPN	IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia	Kalex	151.7	13 Laps
		14	Ratthapark WILAIROT	THA	AirAsia Caterham	Caterham Suter	151.5	13 Laps
Not Finished 1st Lap
		8	Gino REA	GBR	AGT REA Racing	Suter		0 Lap

2014 Moto2 Championship Point Standings (after 17 or 18 rounds):

Pos.	Rider	Bike	Nation	Points
1	Esteve RABAT	Kalex	SPA	326
2	Mika KALLIO	Kalex	FIN	289
3	Maverick VIÑALES	Kalex	SPA	274
4	Thomas LUTHI	Suter	SWI	169
5	Dominique AEGERTER	Suter	SWI	162
6	Johann ZARCO	Caterham Suter	FRA	130
7	Simone CORSI	Kalex	ITA	100
8	Sandro CORTESE	Kalex	GER	85
9	Franco MORBIDELLI	Kalex	ITA	75
10	Luis SALOM	Kalex	SPA	72
11	Marcel SCHROTTER	Tech 3	GER	72
12	Anthony WEST	Speed Up	AUS	65
13	Jonas FOLGER	Kalex	GER	60
14	Sam LOWES	Speed Up	GBR	60
15	Julian SIMON	Kalex	SPA	56
16	Xavier SIMEON	Suter	BEL	52
17	Jordi TORRES	Suter	SPA	52
18	Hafizh SYAHRIN	Kalex	MAL	42
19	Ricard CARDUS	Tech 3	SPA	41
20	Alex DE ANGELIS	Suter	RSM	37
21	Mattia PASINI	Kalex	ITA	35
22	Takaaki NAKAGAMI	Kalex	JPN	32
23	Axel PONS	Kalex	SPA	28
24	Randy KRUMMENACHER	Suter	SWI	24
25	Louis ROSSI	Kalex	FRA	17
26	Lorenzo BALDASSARRI	Suter	ITA	14
27	Gino REA	Suter	GBR	7
28	Nicolas TEROL	Suter	SPA	2
29	Roberto ROLFO	Suter	ITA	2