2011 Misano Moto2 Race Result: Race-Long Thriller Keeps Championship Tight | MotoMatters.com

Submitted by David Emmett on Sun, 2011-09-04 11:28

Results and summary of the Moto2 race at Misano:

Marc Marquez has taken victory in a closely-fought and thrilling Moto2 race at Misano, cutting his deficit to Stefan Bradl in the championship to just 23 points with five races to go. Bradl limited the damage by holding on to 2nd, despite enormous pressure throughout the race.

The race turned into a typical Moto2 thriller, with passes happening just about every lap throughout the race. Bradl got the drop off the line, with Marquez and Scott Redding following, and Tech 3's Bradley Smith not far behind. Andrea Iannone took the place of Smith with the leaders, and the front four soon built up a lead. Bradl's lead was short-lived, the Viessmann Kiefer rider having a big moment around turns 12 and 13, almost getting thrown out of the saddle and allowing Marquez and Redding past. A lap later, Redding took the lead from Marquez, then Marquez had a moment similar to Bradl's, allowing Bradl and Iannone past.

From that point on, the gloves were off, Redding leading early but his lead never more than a few tenths. Places swapped behind the Englishman, and then Iannone started to apply the pressure, losing out when Marquez put a forceful and brave move on the pair through Turn 12, the fastest part of the track. With Bradl down in 4th, it was the German's turn to barge his way forward, taking advantage of Iannone and Marquez disputing the lead.

The lead swapped constantly from that point on, the race only settled on lap 21, when Marquez squeezed through on Iannone through the Quercia left hander. Bradl tried to follow, but got tangled up with Iannone for just long enough to give Marquez enough of a gap to bring it home for the victory. Bradl finally got past Iannone on the penultimate lap, diving up the inside of Quercia to secure 2nd. He gave chase to Marquez, but would never catch him, settling for limiting the damage to his championship lead.

Marquez' victory means that Bradl's lead has now been cut to 23 points, and the German will have to finish ahead of the Spaniard in at least one more race this season. Given Marquez' recent form - winning 5 of the last 6 races - that could turn out to be very tough indeed.

Results:

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Time	Diff
1	93	Marc MARQUEZ	SUTER	43'08.197
2	65	Stefan BRADL	KALEX	43'08.816	0.619
3	29	Andrea IANNONE	SUTER	43'08.910	0.713
4	15	Alex DE ANGELIS	MOTOBI	43'09.831	1.634
5	45	Scott REDDING	SUTER	43'11.472	3.275
6	38	Bradley SMITH	TECH 3	43'11.633	3.436
7	72	Yuki TAKAHASHI	MORIWAKI	43'13.452	5.255
8	12	Thomas LUTHI	SUTER	43'16.936	8.739
9	44	Pol ESPARGARO	FTR	43'21.421	13.224
10	3	Simone CORSI	FTR	43'21.748	13.551
11	34	Esteve RABAT	FTR	43'25.730	17.533
12	60	Julian SIMON	SUTER	43'26.360	18.163
13	77	Dominique AEGERTER	SUTER	43'26.451	18.254
14	51	Michele PIRRO	MORIWAKI	43'27.377	19.180
15	36	Mika KALLIO	SUTER	43'32.651	24.454
16	63	Mike DI MEGLIO	TECH 3	43'33.055	24.858
17	75	Mattia PASINI	FTR	43'33.189	24.992
18	71	Claudio CORTI	SUTER	43'43.555	35.358
19	4	Randy KRUMMENACHE	KALEX	43'43.997	35.800
20	7	Tomoyoshi KOYAMA	SUTER	43'45.568	37.371
21	88	Ricard CARDUS	MORIWAKI	43'45.681	37.484
22	35	Raffaele DE ROSA	SUTER	43'56.101	47.904
23	9	Kenny NOYES	FTR	43'57.030	48.833
24	64	Santiago HERNANDEZ	FTR	44'05.055	56.858
25	53	Valentin DEBISE	FTR	44'14.968	1'06.771
26	6	Joan OLIVE	FTR	44'15.250	1'07.053
27	13	Anthony WEST	MZ-RE HONDA	44'21.575	1'13.378
28	32	Jacob GAGNE	FTR	44'29.938	1'21.741
29	22	Alessandro ANDREOZZI	FTR	44'38.841	1'30.644
30	95	Mashel AL NAIMI	MORIWAKI	43'55.412	1 lap
Not Classified
	40	Aleix ESPARGARO	PONS KALEX	21'54.541	13 laps
	76	Max NEUKIRCHNER	MZ-RE HONDA	21'59.783	13 laps
	31	Carmelo MORALES	MORIWAKI	20'29.000	14 laps
	16	Jules CLUZEL	SUTER	10'06.863	20 laps
	25	Alex BALDOLINI	PONS KALEX
	19	Xavier SIMEON	TECH 3
	39	Robertino PIETRI	SUTER
	14	Ratthapark WILAIROT	FTR