Brno Moto2: Iannone secures second victory of season

Andrea Iannone (Speed Master) secured his second victory of the season in a fiercely fought race at Brno, where the Italian rider held off challenges from Marc Marquez (Team CatalunyaCaixa Repsol), Stefan Bradl (Viessman Kiefer Racing) and Alex DeAngelis (JIR Moto2).

With eight laps remaining Iannone passed Bradl to take the lead on the first corner, before trading places once again when Bradl reclaimed the lead before running wide. Marquez battled to hold off De Angelis’ challenged to maintain third before closing on Bradl and evenutally fighting past to take second.

Bradl was forced into fourth before moving back into second place, whilst De Angelis took third from Marquez. With five laps remaining Bradl reclaimed the lead, yet two laps later was relegated to third by Iannone and Marquez, leaving the German rider to trade positions with De Angelis. Despite catching Iannone and Marquez, Bradl was unable to improve on third, but still leads the championship by 43 points.

Bradley Smith (Tech 3 Racing) made a strong start to the race, moving up to eighth, but crashed out early on in the second lap. 

1 25 29 Andrea IANNONE ITA Speed Master SUTER 41’13.255 157.289
2 20 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Team CatalunyaCaixa Repsol SUTER 41’13.416 157.278 0.161
3 16 65 Stefan BRADL GER Viessmann Kiefer Racing KALEX 41’13.662 157.263 0.407
4 13 15 Alex DE ANGELIS RSM JIR Moto2 MOTOBI 41’14.125 157.233 0.870
5 11 12 Thomas LUTHI SWI Interwetten Paddock Moto2 SUTER 41’17.480 157.020 4.225
6 10 40 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Pons HP 40 PONS KALEX 41’26.891 156.426 13.636
7 9 34 Esteve RABAT SPA Blusens-STX FTR 41’26.902 156.425 13.647
8 8 77 Dominique AEGERTER SWI Technomag-CIP SUTER 41’27.620 156.380 14.365
9 7 3 Simone CORSI ITA Ioda Racing Project FTR 41’27.872 156.364 14.617
10 6 54 Kenan SOFUOGLU TUR Technomag-CIP SUTER 41’34.638 155.940 21.383
11 5 75 Mattia PASINI ITA Ioda Racing Project FTR 41’39.490 155.638 26.235
12 4 72 Yuki TAKAHASHI JPN Gresini Racing Moto2 MORIWAKI 41’42.981 155.421 29.726
13 3 36 Mika KALLIO FIN Marc VDS Racing Team SUTER 41’43.301 155.401 30.046
14 2 71 Claudio CORTI ITA Italtrans Racing Team SUTER 41’43.635 155.380 30.380
15 1 63 Mike DI MEGLIO FRA Tech 3 Racing TECH 3 41’43.714 155.375 30.459
16 44 Pol ESPARGARO SPA HP Tuenti Speed Up FTR 41’44.946 155.299 31.691
17 14 Ratthapark WILAIROT THA Thai Honda Singha SAG FTR 41’45.007 155.295 31.752
18 51 Michele PIRRO ITA Gresini Racing Moto2 MORIWAKI 41’48.803 155.060 35.548
19 18 Jordi TORRES SPA Mapfre Aspar Team Moto2 SUTER 41’53.525 154.769 40.270
20 9 Kenny NOYES USA Avintia-STX FTR 41’53.977 154.741 40.722
21 53 Valentin DEBISE FRA Speed Up FTR 41’54.058 154.736 40.803
22 88 Ricard CARDUS SPA QMMF Racing Team MORIWAKI 41’55.502 154.647 42.247
23 19 Xavier SIMEON BEL Tech 3 B TECH 3 41’55.540 154.645 42.285
24 80 Axel PONS SPA Pons HP 40 PONS KALEX 41’55.603 154.641 42.348
25 39 Robertino PIETRI VEN Italtrans Racing Team SUTER 42’06.291 153.987 53.036
26 45 Scott REDDING GBR Marc VDS Racing Team SUTER 42’06.299 153.986 53.044
27 64 Santiago HERNANDEZ COL SAG Team FTR 42’19.929 153.160 1’06.674
28 97 Steven ODENDAAL RSA MS Racing SUTER 42’21.190 153.084 1’07.935
29 13 Anthony WEST AUS MZ Racing Team MZ-RE HONDA 42’43.615 151.745 1’30.360
30 95 Mashel AL NAIMI QAT QMMF Racing Team MORIWAKI 42’43.754 151.736 1’30.499

Not Classified
24 Tommaso LORENZETTI ITA Aeroport de Castello FTR 40’37.888 151.592 1 lap
25 Alex BALDOLINI ITA NGM Forward Racing SUTER 23’18.886 152.949 9 laps
16 Jules CLUZEL FRA NGM Forward Racing SUTER 24’06.400 147.925 9 laps
76 Max NEUKIRCHNER GER MZ Racing Team MZ-RE HONDA 15’30.569 146.314 13 laps
31 Carmelo MORALES SPA Desguaces La Torre G22 SUTER 6’26.237 151.079 17 laps
38 Bradley SMITH GBR Tech 3 Racing TECH 3 2’10.962 148.522 19 laps
68 Yonny HERNANDEZ COL Blusens-STX FTR 2’14.342 144.785 19 laps
4 Randy KRUMMENACHE SWI GP Team Switzerland Kiefer Ra KALEX