ROUND 8/JULY 14, 2013
SACHSENRING CIRCUIT/SAXONY, GERMAN
MOTOGP
TORRES?
WHY NOT!
P44
MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
The Moto2 race was
rather processional, though
not completely devoid of
interest, with a surprise winner, and a new lap record.
Tuenti HP40 Kalex's
Pol Espargaro led away,
and for nearly all the race,
pursued closely by first-time
pole qualifier Jordi Torres
and Simone Corsi and for
the first half of the race also Julian
Simon, who set a new record on
lap five, but lost touch after half
distance.
pounced with nine laps to
go at the bottom of the Waterfall hill, and immediately
opened a gap to win his
first race by better than two
seconds.
"It's a fantastic feeling,"
Jordi Torres
he said.
was a happy
Espargaro's troubles
first-time
were not over yet, for now
winner in the
Corsi was leaning on him as
Moto2 race in
well. The Italian waited until
Germany.
the last lap before mounting his attack, and while
This left the three of them, close
Espargaro strove to get him back
together, with Torres – whose previinto the final corner, he failed by
ous best result was sixth – pressthree tenths.
ing his compatriot hard. He finally
All complained later of high
