Pol Espargaro (Pons 40 HP Tuenti-Kalex) won a brilliant victory in a magnificent Moto2 race. The Honda-powered class produced an edge-of-the-seat battle for the top positions that saw the top six completing the 21 laps separated by just 2.999s.
The main contenders were Espargaro, Marc Marquez (Team CatalunyaCaixa Repsol-Suter), Scott Redding (Marc VDS Racing Team-Kalex), Andrea Iannone (Speed Master – Speed Up) and pole-man Simone Corsi (Came Ioda Racing Project – FTR). Positions changed throughout, with Espargaro making his successful victory push in the final laps. He took the lead from Iannone with four laps to go and then managed to make the break. His third win of the year moves him slightly closer to Marquez who now leads the championship by 48 points.
Marquez, who started the race from the third row of the grid after a difficult qualifying session, tried to go with Espargaro but instead had his hands full with several rivals, most notably Iannone. The Spaniard and the Italian had a breathtaking duel during the final two laps, Marquez toughing it out to stay second, while Redding took advantage of the confrontation to slip past Iannone as they came down the hill for the final time.
Pol Espargaro
“That was incredible, just like my 125 win here in 2010! I think we are improving a lot. With the weather always changing it’s not been a perfect weekend, but we did our bit and fought, practice after practice, to get the best feeling with the bike. I’m happy with this win and the 25 points for the championship. We are a lot of points behind Marc, but now a little closer, so we have to keep pushing and do our best at the next few races to arrive at Valencia fighting for the championship.”
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Source: http://www.zimbio.com/MotoGP/articles/s3FUkS9xoay/Espargaro+wins+edge+seat+battle+Moto2+championship
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