FIM Moto2 World Championship Le Mans, France May 23, 2010 Race Results (all using Honda engines and Dunlop tires): 1. Toni ELIAS, Spain (MORIWAKI), 26 laps, 43:29.277 2. Julian SIMON, Spain (SUTER), -1.336 seconds 3. Simone CORSI, Italy (MOTOBI), -2.831 4. Andrea IANNONE, Italy (SPEED UP), -4.880 5. Gabor TALMACSI, Hungary (SPEED UP), -13.293 6. Sergio GADEA, Spain (PONS KALEX), -13.415 7. Ratthapark WILAIROT, Thailand (BIMOTA), -14.294 8. Fonsi NIETO, Spain (MORIWAKI), -14.554 9. Stefan BRADL, Germany (SUTER), -23.503 10. Roberto ROLFO, Italy (SUTER), -23.687 11. Scott REDDING, Grat Britain (SUTER), -23.959 12. Yonny HERNANDEZ, Colombia (BQR-MOTO2), -24.955 13. Lukas PESEK, Czecj Republic (MORIWAKI), -25.068 14. Alex BALDOLINI, Italy (I.C.P.), -26.023 15. Claudio CORTI, Italy (SUTER), -28.765 16. Alex DEBON, Spain (FTR), -32.240, jump start/ride-through penalty 17. Niccolo CANEPA, Italy (FORCE GP210), -33.607 18. Arne TODE, Germany (SUTER), -34.789 19. Thomas LUTHI, Switzerland (MORIWAKI), -43.180, crash 20. Mike DI MEGLIO, France (SUTER), -43.522 21. Vladimir IVANOV, Ukraine (MORIWAKI), -47.761 22. Valentin DEBISE, France (ADV), -51.571 23. Robertino PIETRI, Venevuela (SUTER), -59.692 24. Joan OLIVE, Spain (PROMOHARRIS), -59.939 25. Yannick GUERRA, Spain (MORIWAKI), -67.377 26. Anthony WEST, Australia (MZ-RE HONDA), -76.171 27. Vladimir LEONOV, Russia (SUTER), -76.528 28. Mashel AL NAIMI, Qatar (BQR-MOTO2), -80.977 29. Bernat MARTINEZ, Spain (BIMOTA), -82.982 30. Dominique AEGERTER, Switzerland (SUTER), -2 laps, crash 31. Hector FAUBEL, Spain (SUTER), -10 laps, DNF, crash 32. Mattia PASINI, Italy (MOTOBI), -19 laps, DNF, crash 33. Shoya TOMIZAWA, Japan (SUTER), -19 laps, DNF, crash 34. Jules CLUZEL, France (SUTER), -20 laps, DNF, crash 35. Xavier SIMEON, Belgium (MORIWAKI), -20 laps, DNF, crash 36. Alex DE ANGELIS, San Marino (FORCE GP210), -20 laps, DNF, crash 37. Raffaele DE ROSA, Italy (TECH 3), -21 laps, DNF, crash 38. Axel PONS, Spain (PONS KALEX), -21 laps, DNF, crash 39. Kenny NOYES, USA (PROMOHARRIS), -22 laps, DNF, crash 40. Yuki TAKAHASHI, Japan (TECH 3), -22 laps, DNF, crash 41. Karel ABRAHAM, Czech Republic (FTR), -25 laps, DNF, crash Moto2 World Championship Point Standings: 1. Elias, 63 points 2. Tomizawa, 45 3. Coris, 35 4. Simon, 28 5. Gadea, 26 6. TIE, Luthi,Talmacsi, 25 8. TIE, Cluzel/Rolfo, 21 10. Debon, 20 11. TIE, Iannone/Takahashi, 13 13. Nieto, 11 14. TIE, Pasini/Hernandez, 10 16. TIE, Wilairot/Noyes/Bradl, 9 points 19. Aegerter, 8 points 20. Baldolini, 6 More, from a press release issued by JiR Moto2 Team: Grand Prix of France Podium for Simone Corsi A bitter-sweet weekend for the JiR Moto2 Team in France It was sweet for Simone Corsi who managed to capitalize on the second-row start position he got in qualifying to secure an excellent result, gaining the third and final place on the podium. After a steady start due to the need to preserve his tyres the JiR Team rider suddenly came up to the leading pack thanks to lap times identical to the leaders. He resisted Andrea Iannone’s attacks managing to conserve his tyres for the end of the race to achieve the first podium of the year for him and the team. The podium rewards Corsi’s hard work during testing and practice, as he increased his feeling with the bike, will small but effective fine-tuning to the overall set-up and constant progress. Simone Corsi: “I’m extremely happy with this result. We’re doing a very good job, I have a good relationship with the team and I’m finding the right feeling with the bike while pushing hard and being fast. Each time I jump on the bike I learn that little bit more that lets me get faster and faster. The Championship is still a long way away: we need to collect points after points and this podium gives us a strong base for the future.” Today’s third place in the race means he also takes the third place in the World Championship, which again rewards the continuous improvements made by Simone. A more bitter result was the weekend endured by Mattia Pasini, who had to withdraw on the 7th lap following one of the many crashes that characterized the beginning of the race, in his case with the former championship leader Shoya Tomizawa. Until that moment Mattia was making a good recovery from 31st on the grid. Mattia Pasini: “The crash was a real pity. I was coping well with the difficulties I had in practice and I wanted to reach the objectives we had for the GP, which was to get more time on the bike and improve my feeling with it to help with set-up in the future. Already in practice, however, we made some good steps forward. However, with such a crowded grid these incidents are to be expected. This is good for the show and the fans, but pretty hard for us.” More, from a press release issued by FTR MOTO: FTR MOTO2 PROMISE CONTINUES IN FRANCE FTR MOTO was once again in contention for honours in round three of the World Moto2 Championship at Le Mans, France on Sunday as the Speed Up Team pairing of Andrea Iannone and Gabor Talmasci finished fourth and fifth respectively on their FTR M210-based machines. But cruel luck once again struck Alex Debon as he was penalised for a jump start, having qualified the Aeroport de Castello-Ajo Team machine in third place on the front row of the grid. Following his ride through penalty Debon fought back in gallant fashion but eventually finished the 26-lap race in 16th, just 3.5s away from scoring World Championship points and only 32.2s behind winner Toni Elias. And a luckless Karel Abraham, making his FTR debut on the Cardion AB Motoracing Team machine, was struck by another rider at the very first corner of the race and forced to retire. “With 41 riders on the grid it’s always going to be an incident-packed Moto2 race,” explained FTR’s Steve Bones. “Both the Speed Up Team machines performed well, their best of the year so far and they’re typical of a lot of teams and riders in the new Moto2 class. “At the end of last year Andrea Iannone really struggled to make the transition from two-stroke to four-stroke and it’s evident that that is the same for many of the riders out there. But Speed Up have prepared the machines well and they looked very good in today’s race. “The misfortune for Alex Debon in Jerez in the last round seemed to spill over to Le Mans. After his second place in Qatar he has been very fast in both Jerez and Le Mans, in Jerez he was caught up in the mass pile-up then today he was just very unfortunate to cross the startline a fraction early. “Karel Abraham was always going to face a tough weekend with a brand new machine but he performed really well in practice and qualifying and was just in the wrong place at the wrong time in the chicane on the opening lap.” Bones concluded: “The results and potential of the FTR riders are overall really encouraging. We’ve been busy with development since the first round but we’re also thankful to be working with such a wide range of experienced technical staff and fast riders. I’d like to think it won’t be too long before we’re hitting the top step of the podium.” The fourth round is at Mugello, Italy on June 6 then it’s FTR’s home round at Silverstone on June 20.