Wet races are always something of a lottery, but a dry race with constant rain is an even trickier challenge for riders. The Moto2 Valencia GP experienced such conditions today. The title had already been clinched by Stefan Bradl, but there was still one last race win for which to fight. Aegerter started out strong, [...]
Only thirteen minutes of the allotted 45 were of any use to the Moto2 riders in qualifying this afternoon as an untimely rain shower effectively brought the session to an early end. After a crash strewn day yesterday few riders were willing to take any risks on the damp track and the fastest three riders [...]
There were Friday falls in MotoGP and 125cc beforehand, and the Moto2 practice sessions were no exception. Their morning runout was undertaken on a wet track that at least dried out before the end of the session, although the afternoon Free Practice was a completely wet affair after a heavy downpour. Stefan Bradl was the [...]
After three flyaway races in Japan, Australia and Malaysia, the Moto2 World Championship returns to Spain for the season finale. Aragón was the last European event before the trips to Asia and Australia, and the title has not been settled since that previous Spanish visit. Marc Márquez has an outside shot of clinching the crown [...]
The Moto2 race at Motorland was perhaps the best of the day in terms of action, with a great contest eventually won by Marc Márquez. The Spaniard needed almost half the race to shake off Scott Redding, and the likes of Redding, Bradl, Iannone, Corsi and Márquez provided an entertaining battle further back. It was [...]
The Moto2 riders were given extra time in this morning’s final free practice following the cancellation of yesterday afternoon’s second session but little happened to suggest anything other than a home winner at Motorland tomorrow. Marc Márquez took a dominant pole position ahead of fellow Spaniard Julián Simón, the only riders to break the 1’54 [...]
An unusual first day at the Grand Prix of Aragon was cut short just after lunch, with an electrical shortage leaving the circuit without timing monitors or any kind of power in the pit-lane. This morning’s opening free practice gives us an idea of what to expect from the Moto2 race this weekend, with local [...]
Spain welcomes the MotoGP World Championship for the third time this season – with another still to come – this weekend as the thirteenth round of the Moto2 season takes place in Aragon. It is the last round in Europe before the series departs for three races overseas, before returning for one last hurrah at [...]
The Misano Moto2 race saw Stefan Bradl shoot off from pole and Marc Márquez chase him down, in moves that were to be expected in the intermediate class. However, there were plenty of surprises as Scott Redding joined in the battle from the second lap. Márquez, Bradl, Iannone and Redding put down some fearsomely fast [...]
It is normal practice for Moto2 riders to demolish lap records this year but the situation was even more extreme than usual at Misano today, with the riders lapping some two seconds quicker than last year. Part of the reason is no doubt the fact that it is still early days for the fledgling series [...]