FIM Moto2 World Championship Jerez, Spain May 2, 2010 Race Results (all on Dunlop tires): 1. Toni ELIAS, Spain, (MORIWAKI), 17 laps, 29:58.726 2. Shoya TOMIZAWA, Japan, (SUTER), -0.190 second 3. Thomas LUTHI, Switzerland, (MORIWAKI), -0.261 4. Yuki TAKAHASHI, Japan, (TECH 3), -0.558 5. Simone CORSI, Italy, (MOTOBI), -1.449 seconds 6. Sergio GADEA, Spain, (PONS KALEX), -1.496 7. Kenny NOYES, USA, (PROMOHARRIS), -2.215 8. Julian SIMON, Spain, (RSV), -2.576 9. Gabor TALMACSI, Hungary, (SPEED UP), -3.825 10. Yonny HERNANDEZ, Colombia, (BQR-MOTO2), -6.691 11. Jules CLUZEL, France, (SUTER), -8.123 12. Roberto ROLFO, Italy, (SUTER), -11.965 13. Dominique AEGERTER, Switzerland, (SUTER), -12.190 14. Stefan BRADL, Germany, (SUTER), -12.295 15. Anthony WEST, Australia, (MZ-RE HONDA), -12.545 16. Scott REDDING, Great Britain, (SUTER), -12.678 17. Ratthapark WILAIROT, Thailand, (BIMOTA), -13.548 18. Claudio CORTI, Italy, (SUTER), -15.642 19. Axel PONS, Spain, (PONS KALEX), -16.740 20. Raffaele DE ROSA, Italy, (TECH 3), -19.368 21. Fonsi NIETO, Spain, (MORIWAKI), -20.956 22. Mike DI MEGLIO, France, (RSV), -21.129 23. Vladimir IVANOV, Ukraine, (MORIWAKI), -31.224, crash 24. Robertino PIETRI, Venezula, (SUTER), -31.275 25. Alex DEBON, Spain, (FTR), -33.283, crash 26. Lukas PESEK, Czech Republic, (MORIWAKI), -34.090 27. Bernat MARTINEZ, Spain, (BIMOTA), -38.705 28. Karel ABRAHAM, Czech Republic, (RSV), -39.384, crash 29. Arne TODE, Germany, (SUTER), -43.839 30. Amadeo LLADOS, Spain, (AJR), -46.896 31. Valentin DEBISE, France, (ADV), -47.080, pitted 32. Alex BALDOLINI, Italy, (I.C.P.), -47.216, crash 33. Yannick GUERRA, Spain, (MORIWAKI), -47.777 34. Mashel AL NAIMI, Qatar, (BQR-MOTO2), -56.595 35. Ivan MORENO, Spain, (MORIWAKI), -9 laps, DNF, crash 36. Niccolo CANEPA, Italy, (FORCE GP210), -9 laps, DNF, crash 37. Mattia PASINI, Italy, (MOTOBI), -11 laps, DNF, retired 38. Hector FAUBEL, Spain, (SUTER), -15 laps, DNF, crash 39. Andrea IANNONE, Italy, (SPEED UP), -17 laps, DNF, crash 40. Joan OLIVE, Spain, (PROMOHARRIS), -17 laps, DNF, crash World Championship Point Standings: 1. Tomizawa, 45 points 2. Elias, 38 3. Luthi, 25 4. Cluzel, 21 5. Debon, 20 6. Corsi, 19 7. Gadea, 16 8. Rolfo, 15 9. Talmacsi, 14 10. Takahashi, 13 11. Pasini, 10 12. Noyes, 9 13. TIE, Simon/Aegerter, 8 15. Hernandez, 6 16. Baldolini, 4 17. Nieto, 3 18. TIE, Bradl/Abraham, 2 20. TIE, West/Pesek, 1 More, from a press release issued by Tech 3 Racing: Tech 3 Racing close to podium in Jerez Moto2 classic Yuki Takahashi was less than three-tenths away from claiming a brilliant podium finish for the Tech 3 Racing Team in a classic Moto2 race at the Jerez circuit in Spain this afternoon. The Japanese rider was locked in an intense fight for the top three throughout a nail-biting 17-lap race that was shortened from the scheduled 26-laps after being red flagged following an early multi-rider pile-up at the Curva Dry Sack. Starting from the front row of the grid for the first time, Takahashi was never outside of the top five in a pulsating race as he engaged in a fierce battle with compatriot Shoya Tomizawa, Thomas Luthi, Kenny Noyes and eventual winner Toni Elias. But as the race reached a thrilling climax, small front tyre grip issues prevented Takahashi from mounting a decisive late attack for the rostrum and he finished fourth, just 0.558s from the victory. Takahashi’s result moves him into the top ten in the world championship rankings and boosted his confidence of a victory challenge in the all-important home race for Tech 3 Racing at Le Mans later this month. Raffaele de Rosa rode a determined race, the Italian gaining valuable set-up information on his way to 20th place. Yuki Takahashi 4th 13 points “That was a pretty exciting race and it was good to be involved in such an incredible fight at the front. After the disappointment of Qatar I’m really happy to have scored some good points, but I’m also a little bit frustrated because I real ly wanted to give the Tech 3 Racing Team its first podium finish in Moto2. There was lots of overtaking going on but when I really wanted to push and at least get into the top three, the front tyre just didn’t feel as good as in the warm-up this morning. Track conditions and temperature obviously have a lot to do with that, so we’ll look at the data and see how to improve. We lost a bit of turning performance too so I couldn’t really attack with the confidence I wanted. But we have proved it is possible to fight for the podium and I’ve got to be happy with the result after Qatar. The next race is in France and will be a massive weekend for Tech 3 Racing, so I will be giving my maximum as always to try and achieve that first podium.” Raffaele de Rosa 20th 0 points “It was important to finish the race and get some good information for the team and it was important for m e to gain some experience in terms of the behaviour of the bike over a race distance. But it certainly wasn’t the result I was hoping for. I expected a lot more but I had a problem with braking stability in the race. I was finding it difficult to keep the rear tyre on the ground when I was braking and that was costing me a lot of time. We have some ideas on how we can improve in this area and hopefully it will be better for Le Mans. The French Grand Prix is the home race for Tech 3 Racing so I will be giving all my effort to improve my position at Le Mans.” Herve Poncharal Team Manager “It was a very exciting race and a fantastic advert for Moto2 racing. This is definitely a class that is going to keep everybody entertained with some incredibly close racing. It was a really strong race from Yuki because he was always in the top group and looking comfortable. It was a shame that was he so close to the podium and didn’t quite make it, but after the disappointment of Qatar he did a great job and proved he can fight for the victory at every race. With Raffaele we need to understand what his problems are and try and help him close the gap to Yuki. We know he is a fast rider and we would like to see him further up the field. The next race is our home round in Le Mans where the team is really motivated to try and capture that first podium.” More, from a press release issued by Jack & Jones by Antonio Banderas: Noyes on the Pace at Jerez Kenny Noyes finished seventh and scored his first World Championship points in the Moto2 class of the Spanish Grand Prix at Jerez de la Frontera, but his charge to the front and long battle in the midst of a swarm of established Grand prix stars was promise of more to come from the American from Barcelona. Riding his red and white Jack & Jones by Antonio Banderas Harris, he came from ninth off the grid and fought his way into the lead on lap six of the 17 lap race. Although he led across the line five times, the lead was constantly being swapped around the 2.7 mile Spanish circuit with Kenny bringing roars from the crowd as he dove under or round around established Grand Prix stars like Toni Elias, Shoya Tomizawa and former World Champion Thomas Luthi, sometimes passing two riders at a time. Kenny, who was one of the fallen in a nine-rider crash on lap two that brought out red flags and led to a full restart, found himself at a slight disadvantage on top speed and had to abuse the brakes to make up for lost yards.. This resulted in severe wear on the front tire and meant that, at the end, he was dropped back to seventh in the shuffle of the final laps. Former MotoGP rider (the last privateer to beat Valentino Rossi) Toni Elías eventually took the victory over championship leader and Qatar winner Shoya Tomizawa. His result was the best finish by an American rider in the intermediate class (250/Moto2) since Kenny Roberts Jr. took fifth in the European Grand Prix at the Circuit of Catalunya in October of 1995. More, from a press release issued by FTR MOTO: FTR MOTO2 TRIO SUFFER MIXED FORTUNES IN SPAIN FTR MOTO followed its runner-up place in the opening round of the Moto2 World Championship with a day of different fortunes for its three riders in Sunday’s incident-packed second round at Jerez in Spain. Gabor Talmasci, on the Fimmco Speed Up Team machine, repeated his opening round finish of ninth place while his team-mate Andrea Iannone was forced off the track by another rider on the opening lap of the 17-lap race. The original 26-lap race was stopped on the second lap after a multi-rider crash at the slow, right-hand hairpin corner at the end of the longest straight of the 2.748-mile Jerez circuit. Alex Debon, on the Aeroport de Castello-Ajo Team FTR machine was one of the fallers. Debon bounced back and was making good progress in the reduced 17-lap encounter, moving through from 13th place on the grid to hold eighth place when he crashed at the final, left-hand corner. He remounted to finish 25th and is now fifth in the World Championship points table. Talmasci holds ninth place in the Championship standings while FTR is fourth in the Constructors Championship. FTR’s Steve Bones said: “We’re really pleased to be in the top 10 again and also to have two riders in the top 10 of the World Championship. What happened with Alex was disappointing and I know he’s very angry with himself. “But his problems started with qualifying really. He looked really good for pole position or at least the front row and a small wire broke on the machine which prevented him from putting in a fast qualifying lap. Then he dominated warm-up this morning so still looked good to challenge for victory.” Bones added: “Gabor performed very well again and Andrea was just unlucky. We had a dream start with the podium finish in Qatar and we have to get back to work now and improve next time out. That’s just how it is with racing and we now have to look forward to Le Mans in three weeks.”