If Casey Stoner literally dominates in MotoGP, so is Stefan Bradl in Moto2. The German took his fourth win of the season in a very wet Silverstone and in the commanding fashion that we’ve now grown accustomed to and futher lengthened his lead in the championship standings to 62 points over Simone Corsi who is trailing in second.

Bradl got the holeshot over Scott Redding, Marc Marquez whose team put together his Suter in record time after his massive warm-up crash, Kenan Sofuoglu and Randy Krummenacher, but the popular English rider caught Bradl at the end of the first lap and managed to maintain the lead for the next four unable to shake the German from his tail, but then Bradl pounced and regained the head of the race.

However Bradl’s lead didn’t last long, because cutting a swathe through the field from his 22nd spot came hard charging Mattia Pasini who grabbed the lead, which unfortunately only lasted two laps because the Ioda Racing rider crashed out on lap 8.

Continue reading: Moto2 Silverstone: Perfect Stefan Bradl takes win

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After rumors that Raffaele de Rosa or Gabor Talmacsi could replace injured Julian Simon at Silverstone, insead Jorge ‘Aspar’ Martinez decided on a Spanish rider and will be fielding 23-year-old Jordi Torres as Simon’s temporary subsititute.

Torres is last year’s runner-up in the CEV Moto2 championship and this year is riding with Gigaset Laglisse Suter team, and has also wildcarded in 2010 at the Barcelona GP with PromoHarris MR Griful finishing 19th.

“Last night at 8 o’clock the phone rang, I answered and they asked me to race at Silverstone in the Moto2 World Championship,” said Jordi Torres. “It ’s really a dream, I took the first flight to the UK without even sleeping, because I’m so excited. For me it was a real surprise, because I have no international experience, expect as wild card last year in Barcelona and a World Supersport race in Valencia, and I don’t know Silverstone, but I’ll do anything to get a good result“.

Torres has been confirmed only for Silverstone at the moment, while Simon is expected to back in a month and a half after breaking his tibia in Catalunya. If you’re not the squeamish type, you can check out just how bad Simon’s break is here.

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In an exciting Moto2 race Jules Cluzel (Forward Racing) took his first ever GP victory after a last-lap battle with Thomas Luthi and Julian Simon where the French rider crossed under the chequered flag before Luthi by just 0.057s.

Pole man Claudio Corti took the head of the race for the first three laps and then he and Julian Simon began a two way battle for the lead until Jules Cluzel decided to become a part of the two front runners while Simone Corsi and Stefan Bradl collided and ended up in the kitty litter and were unable to re-join the race.

Hard charging Swiss rider Thomas Luthi who took off from 9th on the grid started on the 10th lap putting in a series of fast laps (2′09″886 on lap 11) and moving through the field to put himself in fourth and begin his battle for the lead and taking it with just three laps to go.

Claudio Corti crashed out at the Vale on the penultimate lap leaving Luthi more room, but the Interwetten Moriwaki rider would make a costly mistake, outbraking himself and running wide letting Jules Cluzel through and the Frenchman would keep all the doors closed till the finish line.

Continue reading: Moto2 Silverstone: Jules Cluzel Wins in Three Way Battle

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Forward Racing had an excellent Moto2 qualifying session at Silverstone with Claudio Corti taking the pole position and team mate Jules Cluzel on second and Stefan Bradl on third and Julian Simon in fourth making it an all Suter chassis row.

Corti took his first pole postion, stopping the clock at 2.09″624 and the only rider to go below the 2.10 mark. The Italian has ridden at Silverstone before the circuit makeover in 2005 and 2006 winning in the 600cc and 1000cc Stock categories.

Yonny Hernandez took 5th while Xavier Simeon has become G22 Holiday Gym regular rider put his Moriwaki in 6th in front of Alex Baldolini and Arne Tode (2008 IDM Supersport Champion) Thomas Luthi qualified in ninth and Fonsi Nieto closed out the top ten.

Continue reading: Moto2 Qualifying: Claudio Corti On Pole for the First Time

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Alex de Angelis needs to make a pilgrimage to our Lady of Lourdes Sanctuary, because the Sammarinese rider after an innocent look crash has picked up a slight fracture to one of his lower verbrae and has been ruled out of tomorrow’s Moto2 race.

This is the second time that De Angelis has missed a race after crashing and the circuit doctors refusing to let him ride and in three races so far, has finished only one.

Ben Spies after this morning’s highside re-hurt his left ankle (ligament damage) that he injured at Le Mans, the Tech3 rider has a fractured malleolus (the rounded protuberance) he is expected to take part in today’s qualifying with no pain killers.

Hector Barbera’s sliding lowside in FP2 left the Spaniard a deep abrasion to his right forearm, but he’ll be riding.

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