VOL. 50 ISSUE 35 SEPTEMBER 4, 2013
quez went with him, but Pedrosa
was slow away and with the pack
bunching into the first corner.
He lost places in the melee and
dropped to sixth.
The two leaders were off, Honda shadowing Yamaha, and better
than 1.5 seconds clear of fast-starting Bradl after just one lap. By the
time Pedrosa had picked his way
through to third on lap four the gap
was more than 2.5 seconds.
There followed an impressive
chase down as the oldest of the
three charged them down, setting a new record on lap six, and
with them a couple of laps later.
Unsurprisingly, this had taken it
out of his tires.
"I slowed my pace when I
caught them to try to cool them,
but I was spinning a lot, and it
Redding
Rules!
P45
Briefly...
happened to it, but there are some
really big bumps." Pedrosa was
puzzled also by the surface. "The
temperature was perfect, and the
tires were warm enough, but there
was a lot of spinning, and no grip.
Ducati needs to rediscover its
DNA, according to departing rider
Nicky Hayden, whose five years
on the red bikes come to an end
after this season as Cal Crutchlow
takes over. Referring to the switch
from the carbon-fiber chassis to a
conventional full aluminum chassis during Valentino Rossi's tenure,
he pointed out that the company's
success in all spheres of racing
had been achieved by following
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Nakagami just over a second
behind, and a 10th ahead of
Luthi and Rabat.
Taakaki Nakagami and his
"What won me the race
Italtrans Kalex was on pole
was I was so focused – and
for the Moto2 Grand Prix,
on the slow corners I could
but championship leader
hear the crowd," Redding
Scott Redding and his Marc
said, before dedicating the
VDS Kalex was alongside,
win to Barry Sheene.
and slipped inside into the
Dominique Aegerter was a
first corner. From then on
close fifth; Kallio a lone sixth.
the Englishman more or less
The pursuit was somewhat
Homeboy winner: Scott Redding was
controlled the race, leading every
masterful in winning the Moto2 race. spaced out at the end, with fast
lap except for three – laps 13 to 15
qualifier Johann Zarco better than
– when Nakagami closed up and
a second ahead of a troubled title challenger Pol Esslipped past after Redding missed a gear.
pargaro, who was never happy on the fast Silverstone
Willed on by the fans, Redding slipped through
sweeps.
again, and was never headed, helped somewhat
Simone Corsi and teammate Mattia Pasini combecause Thomas Luthi was skirmishing to and from
pleted the top 10.
with Nakagami. All the while, Esteve Rabat had been
Espargaro's bad day at the office was a major boost
closing, after escaping from an early battle with Mika
to Redding's title chances, after his lead had shrunk
Kallio and Xavier Simeon, who crashed out on the
slightly at the previous round. He now heads Espargafinal lap.
ro by 38 points, 192-154; Rabat has 135, then comes
Victory was clear but narrow nonetheless, with
Kallio on 125 and Aegerter with 108.
