Today’s Moto2 race at Indianapolis was no different than the 125cc race as Marc Marquez flew to victory in a superb and dominating fashion. The rookie Moto2 rider took eight laps to take the lead after loosing out his pole position first to Bradley Smith who got the hole shot, and then Simone Corsi who slipstreamed the Tech3 rider on the straight at the end of the first lap, but Marquez used his head and the fact that he was one of the few riders that didn’t have any tire problems to take a six second lead before slowing down and finish the 26 lap race with a 1.889 second margin.

The battle for second was much more exciting over the race distance as Corsi, Smith, Andrea Iannone, Esteve Rabat and Scott Redding tried to outwit each other while trying to conserve their tires, but Redding and mostly Corsi and Iannone started to rapidly fade leaving Pol Espargaro who came from 23rd on the grid and Tito Rabat to fight over the second position.

Pol Espargaro managed keep Rabat behind him to take second with Rabat third, making it an all Spanish rostrum and both riders taking their first ever Moto2 podium.

Two Brits Bradley Smith and Scott Redding finished the race in 4th and 5th respectively, while championship leader Stefan Bradl who had one of his worst Moto2 weekend’s ever, kept his cool and came from 22nd to grab the 6th spot after several riders faded with tire problems.

Julian Simon was seventh while Mattia Pasini took the eighth spot followed by Mika Kallio and Pol Espargaro’s older brother Aleix took the tenth spot. Iannone managed only 11th while Corsi who lead the opening stages of the race faded to 14th.

Marquez with his fifth win of the season has now cut Bradl’s title lead to just 28 points.

Moto2 Indianapolis race results:

01- Marc Marquez – Team CatalunyaCaixa Repsol – Suter MMXI – 26 laps in 45’50.601
02- Pol Espargaro – HP Tuenti Speed Up – Speed Up – S-11 – + 1.889
03- Tito Rabat – Blusens STX – FTR Moto M211 – + 2.310
04- Bradley Smith – Tech 3 Racing – Tech 3 Mistral 610 – + 3.389
05- Scott Redding – Marc VDS Racing Team – Suter MMXI – + 5.674
06- Stefan Bradl – Viessmann Kiefer Racing – KALEX Moto2 – + 9.134
07- Julian Simon – Mapfre Aspar Team – Suter MMXI – + 9.347
08- Mattia Pasini – Ioda Racing Project – FTR Moto M211 – + 15.100
09- Mika Kallio – Marc VDS Racing Team – Suter MMXI – + 15.031
10- Aleix Espargaro – Pons HP 40 – Pons KALEX – + 15.339
11- Andrea Iannone – Speed Master Team – Suter MMXI – + 17.447
12- Dominique Aegerter – Technomag CIP – Suter MMXI – + 21.727
13- Xavier Simeon – RTL Sport Team – Tech 3 Mistral 610 – + 24.279
14- Simone Corsi – Ioda Racing Project – FTR Moto M211 – + 25.714
15- Alex De Angelis – JiR Moto2 – MotoBI – + 26.894
16- Jules Cluzel – NGM Forward Racing – Suter MMXI – + 27.375
17- Thomas Luthi – Interwetten Paddock Moto2 – Suter MMXI – + 27.546
18- Jordi Torres – Mapfre Aspar Team – Suter MMXI – + 27.764
19- Ricard Cardus – QMMF Racing Team – Moriwaki MD600 – + 27.946
20- Michele Pirro – Gresini Racing Moto2 – Moriwaki MD600 – + 29.362
21- Randy Krummenacher – GP Team Switzerland – KALEX Moto2 – + 31.701
22- Claudio Corti – Italtrans Racing Team – Suter MMXI – + 32.030
23- Raffaele De Rosa – NGM Forward Racing – Suter MMXI – + 32.100
24- Max Neukirchner – MZ Racing Team – FTR Moto M211 – + 35.387
25- Yuki Takahashi – Gresini Racing Moto2 – Moriwaki MD600 – + 37.801
26- Anthony West – MZ Racing Team – FTR Moto M210 – + 42.146
27- Mike Di Meglio – Tech 3 Racing – Tech 3 Mistral 610 – + 53.491
28- Martin Cardenas – Blusens STX – FTR Moto M211 – + 58.947
29- JD Beach – Aeroport de Castello – FTR Moto M211 – + 1’04.334
30- Valentin Debise – Speed Up – Speed Up S-11 – + 1’12.230
31- Jake Gagne – GP Tech – FTR Moto M210 – + 1’12.503
32- Robertino Pietri – Italtrans Racing Team – Suter MMXI – + 1’15.177
33- Santiago Hernandez – SAG Team – FTR Moto M211 – + 1’15.899
34- Alex Baldolini – Pons HP 40 – Pons KALEX – + 1’37.102
35- Mashel Al Naimi – QMMF Racing Team – Moriwaki MD600 – 1 lap

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