ROUND 7/JUNE 29, 2013
CIRCUIT VAN DRENTHE/ASSEN, HOLLAND
MOTOGP
P54
MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
TWO STRAIGHT
FOR POL
he was in front – though
never very convincingly –
until they started the last
Close racing notwithstandone. Pol slipped inside
ing, Moto2 has the widest
under braking, and stayed
gap in championship points
ahead by a tenth of a secat the top, and title games are
ond over the line.
already shading the results.
Aegerter had fallen back
Chief protagonists Scott Redinto a group finally formding and Pol Espargaro domiing up after the mid-point,
nated the race. For Espargaro
including Esteve Rabat,
it was a second win in sucJohann Zarco and Mika Kalcession as he claws at RedPol Espargaro held off Scott Redding to lio, with Xavier Simeon slipping off
win his second Moto2 GP in a row.
ding's yawning points advantage.
the back of it.
For the English rider, second was
Rabat led onto the last lap, but
sweet enough, with tracks coming
in the final scramble Aegerter was
up that will suit him better. He led a chunk of the race
back in third, from Kallio, Rabat and Zarco, all over
and had a stab at escaping; importantly he left Assen
the line within half-a-second.
still 30 points clear, and even more important still, as
Simeon was alone in seventh; then Luthi followed
far as he was concerned, he'd kept the pressure on
by Jordi Torres, who had come storming through the
throughout, and "had a really enjoyable race."
next group. Here Anthony West held 10th from Julian
Pol was on pole again; the pair started changing
Simon, Krummenacher, Rossi and Schrotter, with
places on the first lap. For the first half they had comMoto3 Champion Simeon Cortese taking the final
pany from Dominique Aegerter, and the Swiss rider
point.
took the odd turn at leading. By half distance he was
Redding left with 134 points to Espargaro's 104; Radropping off, and it was just the two of them.
bat losing ground on 86, and under threat from Kallio
Redding waited until lap 20 before taking over, and
(78) and Aegerter (77).
