Moto2 is now known for it’s massive grid, it’s wild riding and bashing, it’s pile-ups and Jason DiSalvo probably described it the best after his wild card ride last weekend at Indy when he said: “it’s really like someone pulled the pin on a grenade and threw it in the middle of the pack.”

Most of the forty riders have suffered from some sort of injury during this season and Alex Debon, who will be retiring at the end of the season is probably the best example. Debon will be missing the Misano round after breaking his right collarbone again after being taken out by Vladimir Ivanov during the Moto2 Indy race.

Debon returned to Valencia and underwent a three hour surgery to have a larger titanium plate inserted in his broken collarbone that he fractured during the Assen GP after a contact with Shoya Tomizawa. This is the fourth time that 31 year old Spaniard has broken his collarbone in 10 months.

Vladimir Ivanov will also miss Misano. The Moto2 Team Gresini rider fractured his right tibia and Tatsuya Yamaguchi will sub for the Ukraine rider. The 34 year old Yamaguchi is the official rider for Moriwaki Engineering in the All Japan Superbike, class J-GP2.

Continue reading: Moto2: Alex Debon, Nieto, Tode and Ivanov to miss Misano

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Yesterday’s Moto2 qualifying session at Brno was crash strewn with Karel Abraham getting the gold medal for two crashes in the same session, but it was veteran Spanish rider Alex Debon on his Aeroport de Castelló- Ajo liveried FTR M210 bike who captured the attention of everyone with this sensational elbow, leg and buttock save.

Debon makes Colin Edwards 2008 Jerez qualifying save look almost tame (video after the jump).

Continue reading: Alex Debon's Wild Save at Brno (w/video)

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This is what happened yesterday in Moto2 at the Montmelò circuit when the 41 rider field negotiated turn one on the opening lap when veteran rider Alex Debon made a move up the inside corner with his FTR bike and set off this chain reaction and pile-up.

Debon, who besides riding is also the team manager of Motor Sport 69 which runs under Aeroport de Castello-Ajo sponsors banner, was already injured after breaking his right collarbone in last week’s Assen qualifying session after hitting slow moving Ratthapark Wilairot (who was fined for the incident).

Debon, who recently announced that he would be retiring at the end of this season did not get off lightly, because he was rushed to the nearby hospital for suspected internal injuries.

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Kenny Noyes of the Jack&Jones by Antonio Banderas racing team took his first pole position today in the Moto2 qualifying session at Le Mans. The American rider (who was born in Barcelona and is the son of MotoGP journalist Kenny Noyes) put in a best lap of 1′39.234 on the Bugatti circuit where the former CEV Extreme rider has never raced before.

Following Noyes will be former MotoGP rider Yuki Takahashi on Herve Poncharal’s Tech 3 bike with Alex Debon and Jules Cluzel in third and fourth, and these riders all within one tenth of a second from the pole position.

Fonsi Nieto with his Moriwaki and Sergio Gadea on his Kalex were fifth and sixth respectively. Toni Elias fell in the opening minutes of the session will take off in seventh. Simone Corsi was eighth and Julian Simon was ninth, using the Suter MMX chassis for the first time. Roberto Rolfo closed out the top ten.

Continue reading: Moto2 Qualifying: Kenny Noyes Takes his First Pole Position

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If you were one of those who shed a tear when the 250cc series was put out to pasture, with tonight’s first Moto2 race in Qatar everyone forgot all about the 250’s, that saw wild racing, crazy passes, fairings being bashed and crashes making Moto2 a spectacular show for any racing fan.

Shoya Tomizawa on the Technomag CIP Moto (Suter chassis) took his first ever GP win in the inaugural Moto2 race in Qatar.

Coming in second was Alex Debon and the third spot was taken by Jules Cluzel who battled it out until the final lap. Hotly tipped to win was injured Toni Elias who took fourth after being poleman finishing in front of a hard charging Roberto Rolfo.

Mattia Pasini and Thomas Lüthi were sixth and seventh respectively. Simone Corsi, Gabor Talmacsi and Sergio Gadea completed the top ten.

Riders who failed to finish the race were Alex DeAngelis who lost control of his bike who ended up taking out Stefan Bradl on the first lap. Julian Simon had to retire with clutch problems on the opening lap. Axel Pons, Yonny Hernández, Vladimir Leonov and Anthony West all DNF’d.

Continue reading: Moto2 Qatar: Shoya Tomizawa wins first Moto2 Race

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Spanish rider Alex Debon will be Moto2 Motor Sport 69 Team to contest in the upcoming Moto2 World Championship this season and will race the British FTR M210 machine.

“We’re extremely happy for Alex to be racing our machine in 2010,” said FTR director Steve Bones. “He has proven himself both as a racer and a development rider in recent years and his experience will be invaluable in ensuring the FTR M210 remains at the head of the field in the new Moto2 World Championship.”

Debon will have former KTM GP engineer Xavier Soldevila, who will work as crew chief and development engineer.

Alex Debon: “I am delighted to have reached an agreement with FTR and also to carry out the development of the FTR machine under the supervision of Xavi Soldevila. “We also have a great sponsors in Aeroport de Castello and the engineer’s school of Monlau Competition. Together we intend to fight for the World Championship and develop a winning machine as I did with the RSA in the 250cc class.”

Debon will test the FTR M210 for the first time at Jerez in Spain at the end of January.

Source | motoblog

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