ROUND 11/AUGUST 25, 2013
BRNO CIRCUIT/BRNO, CZECH REPUBLIC
MOTOGP
P64
MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
Jorge Lorenzo (99) didn't let
a second-row start stop him
from leading into the first
corner. The Yamaha man
led the first 16 laps before
coming under attack from
both Marquez (93) and Dani
Pedrosa (26).
KALLIO'S SURPRISE
Moto2 was the first race of the
day, and it was a close one with the
top three over the line in less than a
second, and the next two hardly further behind. And a surprise winner
at the end of it.
Pole qualifier Takaaki Nakagami
took off in the lead, but it lasted
only two laps before Mika Kallio
took over, and he would stay there
for seven laps as the pack shuffled
behind him.
Austin winner Nico Terol was
coming through fast from sixth on
lap one, and he pushed into the lead
on lap eight, but by half distance
he was behind Kallio again, with
Thomas Luthi now third after charging through from ninth on lap one.
At this point the front four had
a little gap, but Pol Espargaro had
managed to close up again on title
rival Scott Redding in fifth after the
Englishman had early pushed past
in a charging ride from 12th on lap
one.
This was important for the championship, but the points leader was
about to run into trouble as chatter
that had haunted him through practice returned. One lap later not only
Espargaro but also Johann Zarco
were ahead, and he was losing
ground.
Both Espargaro and Zarco now
closed on the front four, and the
battle became more intense as Luthi
took to the front on lap 16.
Kallio was not to be denied, however, with contract time looming at a
track he enjoys.
With three laps left he took to
the front again and even opened
up a little gap, and while Nakagami
chased his best, he was more than
half-a-second away over the line.
"My last win was five years ago,"
said the ice-cool Finn. "Even if I
don't show it on the outside, on the
