Moto2 Catalunya : Stefan Bradl wins in crash fest race

Published on 05 Jun 2011 by Toni M.

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Stefan Bradl took his third win of the season at Catalunya, lengthening his lead in the Moto2 championship by 43 points ahead of Simone Corsi in second.

Bradl spent the first half of the race battling with Julian Simon who on the first lap went to the fourth spot from his 15th on the grid, but the German rider managed to pull away leaving Simon, Kenan Sofuoglu, Aleix Espargaro, Dominique Aegerter, Marc Marquez to fight over the remaining podiums, but on lap 16 Sofuoglu clipped the rear of Simon’s bike, sending the Spaniard and himself flying into the gravel trap. Simon was later diagnosed with a double fracture to his right leg.

The incident let Marc Marquez through and then allowed him to take the second place, while Aleix Espargaro took his first podium in Moto2 in third, ahead of Corsi, Randy Krummenacher, Alex de Angelis, Tito Rabat and Mika Kallio.

Moto2 Catalunya race results:

01- Stefan Bradl – Viessmann Kiefer Racing – KALEX Moto2 – 23 giri in 41’38.888
02- Marc Marquez – Team Catalunya Caixa Repsol – Suter MMXI – + 4.141
03- Aleix Espargaro – Pons HP 40 – KALEX Moto2 – + 8.409
04- Simone Corsi – Ioda Racing Project – FTR Moto M211 – + 10.331
05- Randy Krummenacher – GP Team Switzerland – KALEX Moto2 – + 11.661
06- Alex De Angelis – JiR Moto2 – MotoBI – + 12.383
07- Tito Rabat – Blusens STX – FTR Moto M211 – + 12.602
08- Mika Kallio – Marc VDS Racing Team – Suter MMXI – + 13.467
09- Yonny Hernandez – Blusens STX – FTR Moto M211 – + 16.612
10- Max Neukirchner – MZ Racing Team – FTR Moto M210 – + 16.735
11- Scott Redding – Marc VDS Racing Team – Suter MMXI – + 17.031
12- Michele Pirro – Gresini Racing Moto2 – Moriwaki MD600 – + 18.460
13- Alex Baldolini – NGM Forward Racing – Suter MMXI – + 22.933
14- Xavier Simeon – RTL Sport Team – Tech 3 Mistral 610 – + 23.416
15- Andrea Iannone – Speed Master Team – Suter MMXI – + 23.449
16- Pol Espargaro – HP Tuenti Speed Up – Speed Up S-11 – + 24.070
17- Claudio Corti – Italtrans Racing Team – Suter MMXI – + 24.111
18- Carmelo Morales – Desguaces La Torre G22 – Moriwaki MD600 – + 25.351
19- Bradley Smith – Tech 3 Racing – Tech 3 Mistral 610 – + 29.249
20- Valentin Debise – Speed Up – Speed Up S-11 – + 35.077
21- Santiago Hernandez – SAG Team – FTR Moto M211 – + 41.666
22- Anthony West – MZ Racing Team – FTR Moto M210 – + 52.103
23- Jules Cluzel – NGM Forward Racing – Suter MMXI – + 1’02.492
24- Kev Coghlan – Aeroport de Castello – FTR Moto M211 – + 1’16.294