FIM Moto2 World Championship Motorland Aragon, Spain September 19, 2010 Race Results (all using Honda engines and Dunlop tires): 1. Andrea IANNONE, Italy (SPEED UP), 21 laps, 40:33.264 2. Julian SIMON, Spain (SUTER), -6.203 seconds 3. Gabor TALMACSI, Hungary (SPEED UP), -6.276 4. Toni ELIAS, Spain (MORIWAKI), -7.123 5. Simone CORSI, Italy (MOTOBI), -9.160 6. Jules CLUZEL, France (SUTER), -12.881 7. Dominique AEGERTER, Switzerland (SUTER), -12.987 8. Scott REDDING, Great Britain (SUTER), -18.881 9. Stefan BRADL, Germany (SUTER), -20.893 10. Thomas LUTHI, Switzerland (MORIWAKI), -21.171 11. Claudio CORTI, Italy (SUTER), -21.426 12. Yuki TAKAHASHI, Japan (TECH 3), -21.978 13. Mike DI MEGLIO, France (SUTER), -22.171 14. Michele PIRRO, Italy (MORIWAKI), -24.747 15. Ratthapark WILAIROT, Thailand (BIMOTA), -30.452 16. Roman RAMOS, Spain (MIR RACING), -31.716 17. Hector FAUBEL, Spain (SUTER), -33.594 18. Karel ABRAHAM, Czech Republic (FTR), -33.801 19. Roberto ROLFO, Italy (SUTER), -37.621 20. Sergio GADEA, Spain (PONS KALEX), -39.428 21. Anthony WEST, Australia (MZ-RE HONDA), -43.799 22. Alex DEBON, Spain (FTR), -44.855 23. Santiago HERNANDEZ, Colombia (MORIWAKI), -45.164 24. Yannick GUERRA, Spain (MORIWAKI), -59.926 25. Kazuki WATANABE, Japan (SUTER), -71.176 26. Niccolo CANEPA, Italy (BIMOTA), -71.208 27. Valentin DEBISE, France (ADV), -71.364 28. Joan OLIVE, Spain (PROMOHARRIS), -82.224 29. Axel PONS, Spain (PONS KALEX), -8 laps, DNF, crash 30. Mashel AL NAIMI, Qatar (BQR-MOTO2), -9 laps, DNF, crash 31. Kenny NOYES, USA (PROMOHARRIS), -9 laps, DNF, retired 32. Raffaele DE ROSA, Italy (TECH 3), -11 laps, DNF, crash 33. Mattia PASINI, Italy (SUTER), -12 laps, DNF, crash 34. Robertino PIETRI, Venezuela (SUTER), -13 laps, DNF, crash 35. Alex DE ANGELIS, San Marino (MOTOBI), -15 laps, DNF, crash 36. Kev COGHLAN, Great Britain (FTR), -20 laps, DNF, retired 37. Fonsi NIETO, Spain (MORIWAKI), -21 laps, DNF, crash 38. Alex BALDOLINI, Italy (I.C.P.), -21 laps, DNF, crash 39. Ricard CARDUS, Spain (BIMOTA), -21 laps, DNF, crash 40. Yonny HERNANDEZ, Colombia (BQR-MOTO2), -21 laps, DNF, crash World Championship Point Standings (after 12 of 17 races): 1. Elias, 224 points 2. Simon, 148 3. Iannone, 144 4. Luthi, 130 5. Corsi, 108 6. Talmacsi, 95 7. Cluzel, 94 8. Tomizawa, 82 9. Takahashi, 76 10. Gadea, 59 11. Redding, 47 12. Debon, 46 13. Aegerter, 45 14. TIE, Rolfo/Bradl, 43 16. Nieto, 41 17. Abraham, 33 18. Wilairot, 30 19. Yonny Hernandez, 27 20. Di Meglio, 24 21. Noyes, 18 30. Jason DiSalvo, 7 More, from a press release issued by Interwetten Moriwaki Moto2 Team: 10th place for Lüthi in Aragón The inaugural Grand Prix in the desert-like Motorland Aragón in Spain was a less successful event for Tom Lüthi and the Interwetten Moriwaki Moto2 Team. After a bad starting position of a 20th place, Lüthi was able to catch up 10 positions in the race and finished it later on 10th place. But the young Swiss is not happy about this result as it throws him back to fourth position in the championship. The direction of the set up work this weekend was right, so Lüthi, but it didn’t take him to the goal. To catch up ten positions is a good job, but it is not good enough and the 24 year old hopes that in Motegi he will hit the target again. Tom Lüthi, 10 40’21.171: “Of course I am not happy about this result. It was a difficult race for me and I couldn’t really get things started this weekend. I was able to better my position by 10 places from the start, but that is not enough. The set up of the bike was not good. We found a direction, but didn’t reach the target.” Terrell Thien, Team Manager: “Unfortunately this weekend did not go well. We have to work with the set up and we are not happy with the result. Ten places Tom could get in front and that is good, but we are not satisfied with the tenth position.” More, from a press release by Tech 3: Takahashi fights through to deserved 12th Yuki Takahashi produced a heroic ride that late friend and compatriot Shoya Tomizawa would have been proud of this afternoon, the Tech 3 Racing Team rider finishing the Motoland Aragon Moto2 race in a deserved 12th position. Takahashi started way down the grid in 26th place after a problematic weekend had seen him unable to find an optimum race set-up in practice and qualifying. But inspired by an impeccably observed minute’s silence in memory of Tomizawa earlier this morning, Takahashi immediately set about fighting his way into points scoring contention from the start of the 21-lap race. Takahashi made u p eight places with an aggressive opening lap and by lap seven he’d superbly forced his way into 14th position. In gloriously sunny but windy conditions, Takahashi continued to excite a large crowd of 70,124 fans at the start-of-art Motorland Aragon track and by lap 19 he’d moved into 12th position. Despite a rousing late effort to improve his position, Takahasi was just unable to move into the top ten as he was locked in an enthralling dice with Stefan Bradl, Thomas Luthi and Claudio Corti. He finished just over a second behind Bradl in ninth place, a remarkable achievement considering his low grid position. Raffaele de Rosa had another disappointing conclusion to a weekend that had promised to deliver his best ever result in the Moto2 class. The Italian started from tenth place on the grid but was unfortunately handicapped by a minor engine problem that made it diffi cult for him to sustain a top ten challenge. Pushing hard to try and compensate for a lack of acceleration, de Rosa crashed out of 15th position on the 11th lap. Yuki Takahashi 12th 76-points “As I expected it was a quite a tough race because we weren’t able to find a good setting all weekend. I had a good first lap and made up quite a few places but after ten laps there was quite a big drop in grip and it was hard to drive out of the corners. I got into an exciting battle at the end and perhaps with a little bit more traction I could have made an attack to move into the top ten. I have to be satisfied with scoring points though considering I started in 26th place on the grid. The next race is my home race in Japan and I’m really looking forward to it. I’m determined to be closer to the front to put on a fitting tribute to Shoya in front of th e Japanese fans.” Raffaele de Rosa DNF 4-points “I was hoping for a positive result because after the qualifying session I felt I could be fighting for my first top ten in the Moto2 class. But I had a problem with the engine in the race and it wouldn’t accelerate like normal and this made it difficult for me to fight. As the race wore on it got worse and worse and with this problem it was impossible for me to even stay in the slipstream and I couldn’t defend my position on the brakes. We will investigate to see what happened and hopefully that first top ten is not too far away.” Herve Poncharal Team Manager “Today’s result was decent without being anything special or close to what we expect. Yuki had a difficult weekend and it has not been an easy time for him having to deal with the loss of his friend Shoya Tomizawa. We tried a few new things on the bike without finding a good direction because conditions were changing a lot all weekend. He was down the grid but he produced a very strong recovery and he managed to get into the points and by the end he wasn’t so far away from ninth. So with what he has had to deal with he can be proud of his performance and I’m sure Shoya would have appreciated that type of spirited display. Raffaele has unfortunately crashed again when he was looking good for a strong result. It is a shame because it would have been good to have both riders in the points. Now we have a very tough period in the championship with five races in six weeks, starting with Yuki’s home race in Japan. We will be looking to fight much closer to the front and end the season in positive fashion.” More, from a press release issued by Moriwaki Engineering: The Gran Premio A-style de Aragon, MORIWAKI MD600 race result: Toni Elias missed podium by less than a second but another strong result! MotoGP moved to Aragon, the first time at the Spanish circuit. Vladimir Ivanov (Gresini Racing Moto2) is still not recovered from the injury and Michele Pirro is substituting his seat. And Santiago Hernandez is riding for Matteoni CP Racing at Aragon instead of Lukas Pesek. At the Qualifying Practice, Michele Pirro was the fastest among MD600 riders, marking 1’55″752 to get 8th in the grid. Other MD600 riders: Toni Elias 12th, Thomas Luthi 20th, Santiago Hernandez 31st, Fonsi Nieto 32nd and Yannick Guerra 38th. There was less than a second gap from the pole sitter to Luthi. It could be another close competition. It was a great condition for Moto2 race, the air temperature was 21C and ground was 31, completely dry. The race start at 12:17 local time. There was a big crash at the turn1 of opening lap and unfortunately Fonsi Nieto was one of crashed-out ones and he had to finish his race. Michele Pirro on 11th, Toni Elias on 14th and Thomas Luthi on 15th respectively as they completed the lap1. Elias didn’t stay in that position and started recovering his position right away. He was already 5th at lap7, just 2.8sec behind the one front of him. At lap17 he moved to 4th and charging up to podium but he just could not reach that far and finished in 4th. Luthi finished in 10th, and got 6 point for his Championship race. Michele Pirro who raced his first Moto2 World Championship got into 14th to take 2 points. Santiago Hernandez finished in 23rd, followed by Yannick Guerra on 24th. MORIWAKI is still leading the Constructor Championship, so as Elias in the riders Championship standing. MD600 race results: — 4th: No.24 Toni Elias, Gresini Racing Moto2 (QP 12th, 1’55″838) –10th: No.12 Thomas Luthi, Interwetten Moriwaki Moto2 (QP 20th, 1’56″124) –14th: No.51 Michele Pirro, Gresini Racing Moto2 (QP 8th, 1’55″752) –23rd: No.64 Santiago Hernandez, Matteoni CP Racing (QP 31st, 1’57″063) –24th: No. 88 Yannick Guerra, Holiday Gym G22 (QP 38th, 1’57″948) Not classified No.10 Fonsi Nieto, Holiday Gym G22 (QP 32nd, 1’57″159) World Championship Classification – CONSTRUCTOR CHAMPIONSHIP: MORIWAKI MD600 1st/249point – RIDER POINT RANKING 1st / No.24 Toni Elias / 224point 4th / No.12 Thomas Luthi / 130point 16th / No.10 Fonsi Nieto / 41point 28th / No.19　Xavier Simeon / 9point 31st / No.52 Lukas Pesek / 5point 33rd/ No.51 Michele Pirro / 2point 36th / No.61 Vladimir Ivanov / 2point Next round is going to be in Japan. Thank you all for your support. More, from a press release issued by Marc VDS Racing Team: TOP TEN FOR REDDING AT ARAGON Marc VDS rider Scott Redding finished today’s Moto2 Grand Prix at Aragon in a creditable eighth place, after struggling with handling issues throughout the 21-lap race. Hector Faubel was disappointed to finish out of the points in 17th position, after being forced off track twice in one lap. Redding, starting from the front row of the grid for the third race in succession, didn’t get the best of starts and, as a result, got baulked at the first corner. The 17-year-old British rider had fought his way up to fifth place by the end of the opening lap, but front-end problems meant he was unable to match the lap times of the leaders. The Marc VDS rider pushed as hard as he dared, but lacked the necessary feeling from the front of the bike to fend off challenges from Jules Cluzel, Toni Elias and Dominique Aegerter in the later stages of the race. After being on the pace all weekend, Redding was disappointed to fall foul of the conditions in the race, which were far hotter than during practice and qualifying. Faubel got a good start from the fifth row of the grid, quickly worked his way up through the field and was battling for a points scoring position early in the race. The 27-year-old Spaniard looked good to achieve his aim of a top ten finish until a collision with Stefan Bradl and then Raffaele De Rosa saw him forced off track twice on the same lap. Faubel was quick to rejoin the race, but was unable to progress any higher than 17th position by the chequered flag. Scott Redding #45: 8th “We had to make some changes to the front of the bike today, because we were only getting 12 laps from a front tyre during practice and qualifying yesterday. We tried the changes this morning in warm-up and they worked fine, but the conditions in the race were a lot warmer and I started having problems with the front from the start. I didn’t get away from the line too well and then got caught out a bit by the traffic in turn one. I managed to fight my way through onto the back of the leading group on the first lap, but I was having real problems getting the bike stopped and turned on the front; it felt like it was going to close on me all the time. I pushed as hard as I could, but started dropping back as the race went on. We were on the pace all weekend, so I’m a bit disappointed to only finish eighth today.” Hector Faubel #55: 17th “It was a tough race today. I got a good start and was working my way up through the field and towards the top ten. I put in a pass on Bradl, but he closed the door on me and I had no option but to run off track. No sooner was I back on track than De Rosa cut right across me and hit my front tyre with his rear. I was lucky to stay on the bike but, once again, it forced me off track. Two off-track excursions in the same lap were just too much to come back from and I couldn’t progress any further than 17th before the end of the race. I’m hugely disappointed because the bike felt good, I had a good rhythm and a finish inside the top ten was definitely possible for me today.” Michael Bartholemy: Team Manager “Scott has been on the pace all weekend, but just didn’t have the set-up today to run at the front of the race. I know he’s disappointed with the result, but after the tragedy of Misano and all that’s happened since, I’m happy to see him inside the top ten today. He’s shown just how resilient he is by bouncing back in style this weekend and I’m confident he will be pushing for that first Moto2 win next time out in Motegi. Hector was unlucky today. He was riding well, picking off places as the race progressed, but then got hit by two riders and lost all chance of a top ten finish. He needs to put this behind him now and focus on the next race, where I hope he has better luck.” More, from a press release issued by JiR Moto2 Team: The Aragon GP ended with a below-expectation result for Team JiR considering the good performance from both riders during the practice sessions. Simone Corsi made a good start, closing on the leader, but after a hard fight for second place he had to give up positions because of engine trouble, ending the race in 5th position just behind championship leader Toni Elias. The Roman’s MotoBI suffered a lack of performance during today’s race that took away his chance of fighting for the podium. Meanwhile chattering troubles for Alex De Angelis, led to him losing the front-end of his Moto BI on the seventh lap. A similar problem occured to Corsi in Friday afternoon’s session, therefore the team will be working closely with tyre supplier Dunlop to investigate the problem further. Simone Corsi “Honestly I was expecting to do something better than this after our good performance in practice and warm-up. Unfortunately during the race my engine suffered some loss of power, taking away the chance to fight for the podium. In Motegi we will have a new engine so I’m confident for the next GPs.” Alex De Angelis “Already on the second lap I felt the front end moving around thus preventing me to brake hard and it also affected me in the high-speed turns. Sadly, I had to give positions away but I tried to stay close to the pack, until the front-end washed out and I fell. I’ve never felt this chattering problem during the weekend, so we need to find the cause of the problem. I’m sorry for this because I felt in a good shape, as seen during the practice sessions, and I was hoping for a good race, maybe with even a chance of a podium.” JiR Team now goes to Motegi, where on October 3rd there will be the Japanese GP. The two MotoBI machines will have new engines, as per the regulations, and the team will be aiming to make a good performance at the Japanese GP. More, from a press release issued by Jack&Jones by Antonio Banderas: Playing Catch-Up Proves Too Much For Kenny Noyes At Aragon The technical problems which plagued Kenny Noyes from the start of the weekend helped put an early end to proceedings for the Jack&Jones By Antonio Banderas Racing rider at the Aragon Moto2 round, after the softer option rear tire turned out to be the wrong choice for the race. Noyes had not been able to take advantage of the extra session of free practice scheduled at the Motorland Aragon circuit, as a crash and then persistent technical problems saw Noyes lose just about all the free practice available to him. Once the technical gremlins had been tracked down – traced to a faulty wire – the American finally got to work on setting up his Promoharris machine during qualifying. Kenny had already tested a revised suspension setup put together by the Jack&Jones By Antonio Banderas Racing team’s new suspension engineer, Federico de Marco, which had helped make Kenny feel much more comfortable on the bike. Further refinements found during warm up took a quarter of a second off Kenny’s qualifying time, despite the much colder conditions. The one thing that the team hadn’t had time to test were tires, and Kenny and his team gambled on the soft tires. The gamble looked to have paid off at first, as the American pulled off his usual trick of slicing through the field, taking nearly a second off his qualifying time on his way up to 20th place. But the soft tires deteriorated much more quickly than expected, forcing Kenny to pull in on lap 12. Despite the technical problems, Noyes remains upbeat about the weekend. The improved setup saw the American fighting with regular front-runners Alex Debon and Ratthapark Wilairot, and gives Kenny and the team confidence going into the three flyaway rounds coming up in October. Kenny Noyes retired, fast lap 1’56.679 Kenny said: “We were definitely a lot closer here than we have been since Barcelona. With the suspension settings Federico found, I’m definitely a lot more comfortable on the bike.” “We made a big suspension setting change from Saturday to Sunday, which worked real well. We had a lot of movement in the rear in the fast corners, and the change fixed that during warmup. We were faster in the morning than on Saturday, and nearly a second faster during the race.” “I was caught behind Debon and West, and I could see Wilairot checking out ahead. I thought ‘I got to get with him, and we can start catching the rest’. But Debon was real tough to get past, and then my tires went off.” “It’s a shame we didn’t get to test the hard tire, because the soft went off like it was a qualifying tire. After a couple of laps, I had to pull in, it was just too dangerous to keep going.”