Pol Espargaro takes second win of the season at Silverstone

Published on 17 Jun 2012 by Toni M.

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After dominating the entire weekend at (except for the warm-up) Pol Espargaro took his victory of the season with a commanding win in today’s Moto2 race at Silverstone.

Espargaro was tatically perfect, he let Scott Redding and Bradley Smith battle it out for the lead over the first laps and giving the English fans something to cheer about, but then the Tech3 rider to started to fade and Espargaro moved on to Redding’s tail and on the seventh lap made his move and overtook the VDS rider and started to pull away leaving a fading Redding who dropped to fourth after being passed by both Andrea Iannone and Marc Marquez.

The Italian and the Spaniard would keep the race exciting as Espargaro escaped, but it was Redding who suddenly changed pace and began chasing the two in front of him. Iannone began to fade losing pace compared to Marquez whose rhythm also changed and he too slowed down. Redding began posting some very fast laps caught up to the Spaniard with just seven laps left in the race.

Redding and Marquez hotly exchanged positions and in the final lap the two were almost head to head and the fight went to the line with Redding getting the better drive out of the last two turns and taking the second spot on the podium and leaving Marquez the third spot and just0.069s adrift, but the Spaniard now leads in the championship standings by six points over Espargaro-

Andrea Iannone took fourth after battling with his fellow countryman Simone Corsi, while Claudio Corti took sixth. Bradley Smith after leading the race ended up seventh followed by a struggling Thomas Lüthi. Dominique Aegerter and Redding’s teammate Mika Kallio closed out the top ten.

Moto2 Silverstone Race Results:

01- Pol Espargaro – Pons 40 HP Tuenti – KALEX Moto2 – 18 laps in 38’29.792
02- Scott Redding – Marc VDS Racing Team – KALEX Moto2 – + 1.462
03- Marc Marquez – Team CatalunyaCaixa Repsol – Suter MMXII – + 1.521
04- Andrea Iannone – Speed Master Team – Speed Up S12 – + 2.851
05- Simone Corsi – CAME Iodaracing Project – FTR Moto M212 – + 3.803
06- Claudio Corti – Italtrans Racing Team – KALEX Moto2 – + 7.109
07- Bradley Smith – Tech 3 Racing – Tech 3 Mistral 610 – + 7.627
08- Thomas Luthi – Interwetten Paddock – Suter MMXII – + 7.669
09- Dominique Aegerter – Technomag CIP – Suter MMXII – + 15.847
10- Mika Kallio – Marc VDS Racing Team – KALEX Moto2 – + 20.179
11- Alex De Angelis – NGM Mobile Forward Racing – Suter MMXII – + 20.450
12- Toni Elias – MAPFRE Aspar Team – Suter MMXII – + 23.017
13- Tito Rabat – Pons 40 HP Tuenti – KALEX Moto2 – + 23.155
14- Randy Krummenacher – GP Team Switzerland – KALEX Moto2 – + 23.236
15- Ratthapark Wilairot – Thai Honda PTT Gresini Moto2 – Suter MMXII – + 24.507
16- Roberto Rolfo – Technomag CIP – Suter MMXII – + 26.418
17- Max Neukirchner – Kiefer Racing – KALEX Moto2 – + 28.043
18- Mike Di Meglio – Speed Master Team – Speed Up S12 – + 28.365
19- Takaaki Nakagami – Italtrans Racing Team – KALEX Moto2 – + 28.577
20- Nico Terol – MAPFRE Aspar Team – Suter MMXII – + 36.100
21- Xavier Simeon – Tech 3 Racing – Tech 3 Mistral 610 – + 39.473
22- Julian Simon – Blusens Avintia – Suter MMXII – + 39.718
23- Ricky Cardus – Arguiñano Racing Team – AJR Moto2 – + 39.995
24- Gino Rea – Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 – Suter MMXII – + 40.493
25- Yuki Takahashi – NGM Mobile Forward Racing – Suter MMXII – + 41.470
26- Angel Rodriguez – Desguaces La Torre SAG – Bimota HB4 Moto2 – + 1’02.611
27- Anthony West – QMMF Racing Team – Moriwaki MD600 – + 1’05.324
28- Alexander Lundh – Cresto Guide MZ Racing – FTR Moto M211 – + 1’08.938
29- Marco Colandrea – SAG Team – FTR Moto M211 – + 1’34.995
30- Alessandro Andreozzi – Andreozzi Reparto Corse – FTR Moto M210 – + 1’42.775
31- Elena Rosell – QMMF Racing Team – Moriwaki MD600 – + 1’44.102
32- Eric Granado – JiR Moto2 – MotoBI – + 1’58.051

Inizia l’ultimo giro, ultimi km per “Polyccio” Espargarò che va a vincere bissando il successo ottenuto in casa a Jerez de la Frontera. Sul podio anche Redding che vince un bellissimo duello con Marc Marquez. A seguire i nostri Andrea Iannone, Simone Corsi e Claudio Corti.

The battle between Scott Redding and Marc Marquez in the final laps of the race for the second spot on the podium became a thriller with the E