Mapfre Aspar Team Moto2's Nico Terol has won his first ever Moto2™ race, taking victory in Sunday afternoon's Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas followed by Tuenti HP 40' Esteve Rabat and Marc VDS Racing Team's Mika Kallio.Marc VDS Racing Team's Scott Redding started from a career-first pole, but had lost his lead by Lap 5 when starting to struggle with tyres. Perhaps the biggest drama of the race came on the previous lap, when Tuenti HP 40's Pol Espargaro lost control and retired from the race.From third on the grid, Terol avoided any trouble at Turn 1 to seize second place – then taking advantage of Redding as the Englishman began to drop off the pace. The Aspar rider proceeded to stretch out a healthy lead of 3.5 seconds, only backing off as his comfortable position became more apparent in the second half of the race. Behind, a fierce battle roared as Espargaro's teammate Rabat went head-to-head with Kallio and Technomag carXpert's Dominique Aegerter. The Spaniard would come out on top from the Finn, with the Swiss escaping a lurid last-lap wobble. Redding completed the top five.Came IodaRacing Project's Johann Zarco ended the 20-lap race in sixth position, with QMMF Racing Team's Anthony West enjoying a solid ride at Circuit of the Americas to seventh slot. NGM Mobile Racing's Mattia Pasini, NGM Mobile Forward Racing's Alex de Angelis and Blusens Avintia's Toni Elias completed the top ten. Just minutes after the crash of Espargaro, Takaaki Nakagami pulled his Italtrans Racing Team bike into pit lane with suspected gearbox problems.Moto2™ Race Classification1- Nico Terol SPA Suter 42:02.6892- Tito Rabat SPA Kalex 42:05.8143- Mika Kallio FIN Kalex 42:05.864
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