SPOILER: Moto2 Rd2 Jerez - Results, and race report!

Now i got to watch this one....crazy stuff in the first part of the race...then a very popular winner, who went nuts after the race in Spaniard, Tony Elias!

Elías victorious in magnificent Moto2 race | The Official MotoGP Website


Jerez de la Frontera, Sunday, May 02, 2010

Pos. Points Num. Rider Nation Team Bike Km/h Time/Gap
1 25 24 Toni ELIAS SPA Gresini Racing Moto2 Moriwaki 150.5 29'58.726
2 20 48 Shoya TOMIZAWA JPN Technomag-CIP Suter 150.5 +0.190
3 16 12 Thomas LUTHI SWI Interwetten Moriwaki Moto2 Moriwaki 150.5 +0.261
4 13 72 Yuki TAKAHASHI JPN Tech 3 Racing Tech 3 150.4 +0.558
5 11 3 Simone CORSI ITA JIR Moto2 Motobi 150.4 +1.449
6 10 40 Sergio GADEA SPA Tenerife 40 Pons Pons Kalex 150.4 +1.496
7 9 9 Kenny NOYES USA Jack & Jones by A.Banderas Promoharris 150.3 +2.215
8 8 60 Julian SIMON SPA Mapfre Aspar Team RSV 150.3 +2.576
9 7 2 Gabor TALMACSI HUN Fimmco Speed Up Speed Up 150.2 +3.825
10 6 68 Yonny HERNANDEZ COL Blusens-STX BQR-Moto2 149.9 +6.691
11 5 16 Jules CLUZEL FRA Forward Racing Suter 149.8 +8.123
12 4 44 Roberto ROLFO ITA Italtrans S.T.R. Suter 149.5 +11.965
13 3 77 Dominique AEGERTER SWI Technomag-CIP Suter 149.5 +12.190
14 2 65 Stefan BRADL GER Viessmann Kiefer Racing Suter 149.5 +12.295
15 1 8 Anthony WEST AUS MZ Racing Team MZ-RE Honda 149.4 +12.545
16 45 Scott REDDING GBR Marc VDS Racing Team Suter 149.4 +12.678
17 14 Ratthapark WILAIROT THA Thai Honda PTT Singha SAG Bimota 149.4 +13.548
18 71 Claudio CORTI ITA Forward Racing Suter 149.2 +15.642
19 80 Axel PONS SPA Tenerife 40 Pons Pons Kalex 149.1 +16.740
20 35 Raffaele DE ROSA ITA Tech 3 Racing Tech 3 148.9 +19.368
21 10 Fonsi NIETO SPA Holiday Gym G22 Moriwaki 148.8 +20.956
22 63 Mike DI MEGLIO FRA Mapfre Aspar Team RSV 148.7 +21.129
23 61 Vladimir IVANOV UKR Gresini Racing Moto2 Moriwaki 147.9 +31.224
24 39 Robertino PIETRI VEN Italtrans S.T.R. Suter 147.9 +31.275
25 6 Alex DEBON SPA Aeroport de Castello - Ajo FTR 147.8 +33.283
26 52 Lukas PESEK CZE Matteoni CP Racing Moriwaki 147.7 +34.090
27 76 Bernat MARTINEZ SPA Maquinza-SAG Team Bimota 147.3 +38.705
28 17 Karel ABRAHAM CZE Cardion AB Motoracing RSV 147.3 +39.384
29 41 Arne TODE GER Racing Team Germany Suter 146.9 +43.839
30 92 Amadeo LLADOS SPA Llados Racing Team AJR 146.7 +46.896
31 53 Valentin DEBISE FRA WTR San Marino Team ADV 146.7 +47.080
32 25 Alex BALDOLINI ITA Caretta Technology Race Dept I.C.P. 146.6 +47.216
33 88 Yannick GUERRA SPA Holiday Gym G22 Moriwaki 146.6 +47.777
34 95 Mashel AL NAIMI QAT Blusens-STX BQR-Moto2 145.9 +56.595
Not Classified
91 Ivan MORENO SPA Andalucia Cajasol Moriwaki 146.6 9 Laps
59 Niccolo CANEPA ITA RSM Team Scot Force GP210 140.5 9 Laps
75 Mattia PASINI ITA JIR Moto2 Motobi 145.9 11 Laps
55 Hector FAUBEL SPA Marc VDS Racing Team Suter 142.5 15 Laps
Not Starting
29 Andrea IANNONE ITA Fimmco Speed Up Speed Up 0 Lap
5 Joan OLIVE SPA Jack & Jones by A.Banderas Promoharris 0 Lap


Am really enjoying watching these bikes race...

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Moto2 was great. Kenny Noyes put on a show, shame he 'faded' to 7th only 2.2sec off the win.

Still not pleased though that its a proto class yet relies on production motors & all from the evil red empire.

What a race. Bring on Rd 3. That was an epic fight & resembled a bar room brawl in places. Elias pulled a rabbit out of his hat in the end but I don't think he will have it all his way this year.
Fantastic racing. If only MotoGP was that exciting. Bring on the 1000s :thumbup:

Disco said:

Moto2 was great. Kenny Noyes put on a show, shame he 'faded' to 7th only 2.2sec off the win.

Still not pleased though that its a proto class yet relies on production motors & all from the evil red empire.

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You gotta admit though, the control engine format, is providing us with some pretty damn close racing!

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Both Moto2 races so far have been great. I admit to expecting the worst from this new category, but my mind is quickly changing even if I hate the single motor supplier rule.

TBH this is the rule I dislike more than the fact they are production motors.

Disco said:

Both Moto2 races so far have been great. I admit to expecting the worst from this new category, but my mind is quickly changing even if I hate the single motor supplier rule.

TBH this is the rule I dislike more than the fact they are production motors.

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I reckon that the initial success of the Moto2 class will encourage dorna to do something similar With the 125cc bikes???

Agree.

Wonder what capacity they could use?

If they are continuing down their path of production based motors, maybe using dirtbike based 450 or 250 singles??? Pretty much every bike manufacturer makes them. And I cannot see the manufacturers agreeing to a 'Moto3' category and spend the money developing a proto 250/350/400 or whatever capacity motor they think of.

Disco said:

Agree.

Wonder what capacity they could use?

If they are continuing down their path of production based motors, maybe using dirtbike based 450 or 250 singles??? Pretty much every bike manufacturer makes them. And I cannot see the manufacturers agreeing to a 'Moto3' category and spend the money developing a proto 250/350/400 or whatever capacity motor they think of.

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I reckon that 250cc single, or twin, 4 stroke motors would be the route they choose! But am guessing they might be be spec'd up to produce at least some sort of meaningful horsepower...imagine if they used a ninja 250 motor!!! We would die of boredom, waiting for them to get around for a lap!

Hmm, bikes racing with motors from a Ninja badged & rebodied GPX Would put me to sleep too.

But 4 stroke 250 singles or twins is a top idea. But remember its Dorna we are talking about.

Who knows, they may even think the Mr Fusion fitted to Doc's Delorean is the way of the future!

Disco said:

Hmm, bikes racing with motors from a Ninja badged & rebodied GPX Would put me to sleep too.

But 4 stroke 250 singles or twins is a top idea. But remember its Dorna we are talking about.

Who knows, they may even think the Mr Fusion fitted to Doc's Delorean is the way of the future!

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Yeah, the Ninja motor dates back to about 1984 i reckon...although i reckon they had more grunt back then....or maybe that was just me! Not that i ever owned one...

I reckon though if they went 250 4 strokes, the technolgy would not only be relevant for road bikes, but also off road bikes...seeing as even though they may use prodfuction engines, they may actually inadvertedly push forward technolgy for 250cc 4 strokes, but only if they dont make it a single make, control engine...

But the control engine is the key component in keeping costs down according to Dorna.

So it's unlikely we will get lucky there, same as we have been denied the chance for 600cc 4 stroke technology to be fast tracked, with a single engine rule....

Teams in any class, will find ways to spend more money than the next team, as they bend rules, and direct their money to whatever they can alter...

Maybe the big benefit to road bike development with the Moto2 class, will be via chassis, and suspension innovation, and refinement...

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Wolfman said:

I reckon that 250cc single, or twin, 4 stroke motors would be the route they choose! But am guessing they might be be spec'd up to produce at least some sort of meaningful horsepower...imagine if they used a ninja 250 motor!!! We would die of boredom, waiting for them to get around for a lap!

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250 4 cyl may not be the fastest class of racing but wow it would be brutal :rockon:
Moto 2 resembled a brawl in places. Close racing, closer passing & bumping of fairings.
The lack of power in a "Moto 3" class would only bring the field closer together & make one hell of a spectacle. Passing would be close & revenge would be had at the next corner :thumbup:
Like the old 125 racing
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LV0damZ40Q8]YouTube - GP Australia 1990 125 cc: El puñetazo de Spaan a Gresini[/ame]

Dunno said:

250 4 cyl may not be the fastest class of racing but wow it would be brutal :rockon:
Moto 2 resembled a brawl in places. Close racing, closer passing & bumping of fairings.
The lack of power in a "Moto 3" class would only bring the field closer together & make one hell of a spectacle. Passing would be close & revenge would be had at the next corner :thumbup:
Like the old 125 racing
YouTube - GP Australia 1990 125 cc: El puñetazo de Spaan a Gresini

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Poor ol Hans Spaan, he got ganged up on real bad that day, by a whole Posse of Italians, trying to protect Capirossi, who just needed to finish in front of Hans to win his first 125cc World Championship...

Memory's...

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This is what caused the pill-up...



Someone tell'em to use frame sliders from now on plz