2013 Assen Moto3 Race Result: Fierce Five-Way Tussle

Submitted by Jacob Leech on Sat, 2013-06-29 11:02

Summary and results of Moto3 race:

Championship leader Luis Salom has taken a fantastically brave and canny last lap victory during a relentless five-way battle in the Moto3 race at Assen. The Spaniard pulled out all the stops to dive ahead of countryman Maverick Vinales on the second to last corner, managing to block the run into the final chicane perfectly and win the dash to the line. Fellow championship contender Alex Rins finished in third place after failing to capitalise on being able to pull a two second lead at the middle point of the frenetic race.

Miguel Oliveira was always amongst the front group and was unlucky to miss out on the podium, coming home fourth ahead of Alex Marquez, who was a mere four tenths behind leader Salom across the line. Marquez grabbed the hole shot into turn one as an initial lead group of nine riders formed. Jonas Folger was among the pack, but he was dropped ten laps from the end, perhaps succumbing to his wrist injury. Jack Miller beat Arthur Sissis to seventh place in a lonely but hard fought all Australian battle as Alexis Masbou and Niklas Ajo rounded out the top ten. They headed a massively entertaining group of riders that spanned back to Scotsman John McPhee in 21st position.

There were crashes for Juanfran Guevara, Danny Webb and hometown heroes Thomas Van Leeuwen and Jasper Iwema.

Results:

Pos	Num	Rider	Bike	Time/Gap
1	39	Luis SALOM	KTM	38'20.086
2	25	Maverick VIÑALES	KTM	0.122
3	42	Alex RINS	KTM	0.282
4	44	Miguel OLIVEIRA	Mahindra	0.378
5	12	Alex MARQUEZ	KTM	0.416
6	94	Jonas FOLGER	Kalex KTM	19.646
7	8	Jack MILLER	FTR Honda	27.688
8	61	Arthur SISSIS	KTM	27.811
9	10	Alexis MASBOU	FTR Honda	34.797
10	31	Niklas AJO	KTM	34.823
11	32	Isaac VIÑALES	FTR Honda	35.130
12	7	Efren VAZQUEZ	Mahindra	35.361
13	23	Niccolò ANTONELLI	FTR Honda	35.523
14	5	Romano FENATI	FTR Honda	35.628
15	41	Brad BINDER	Suter Honda	35.886
16	84	Jakub KORNFEIL	Kalex KTM	35.948
17	63	Zulfahmi KHAIRUDDIN	KTM	36.169
18	89	Alan TECHER	TSR Honda	36.486
19	51	Bryan SCHOUTEN	FTR Honda	36.632
20	77	Lorenzo BALDASSARRI	FTR Honda	36.747
21	17	John McPHEE	FTR Honda	38.583
22	65	Philipp OETTL	Kalex KTM	50.764
23	11	Livio LOI	Kalex KTM	50.843
24	9	Toni FINSTERBUSCH	Kalex KTM	50.963
25	19	Alessandro TONUCCI	FTR Honda	51.168
26	4	Francesco BAGNAIA	FTR Honda	51.285
27	3	Matteo FERRARI	FTR Honda	51.748
28	57	Eric GRANADO	Kalex KTM	58.945
29	22	Ana CARRASCO	KTM	+1'10.891
30	66	Florian ALT	Kalex KTM	+1'37.593
31	29	Hyuga WATANABE	FTR Honda	+1'37.767
Not Classified
	53	Jasper IWEMA	Kalex KTM	4 Laps
	71	Thomas VAN LEEUWEN	Bakker Honda	5 Laps
	99	Danny WEBB	Suter Honda	13 Laps
	58	Juanfran GUEVARA	TSR Honda	0 Lap