MOTOGP
MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 9/JULY 13, 2014
SACHSENRING CIRCUIT/SACHSENRING, GERMANY
P76
AEGERTER'S
FIRST
There was a pattern to Moto2 quali-
fying – Marc VDS Kalex rider Mika
Kallio dominating, then carXpert Suter-
mounted Dominique Aegerter blazing
through at the end for a maiden pole
position.
The same pattern repeated in the
race, for the Swiss rider's maiden race
win.
Aegerter led lap one, Kallio took
over and Jordi Torres briefly took
over second next time round, but by
lap four Simone Corsi was ahead of
the Spaniard, and the first two were
already pulling clear.
They went on like this for the rest of
the race; Aegerter poised on Kallio's
back wheel, seldom more than half-a-
second adrift.
The showdown started with three
laps to go, when the Suter rider finally
pounced to lead over the line for the
first time. Kallio counter-attacked at
once… too soon, he later admitted.
His attempted escape on the penulti-
mate lap came to naught as Aegerter
closed again, and he pounced for
a second and final time into turn 12
after getting a flying drive onto the
Waterfall.
There was just .091 of a second in
it over the line.
Corsi had led a four-bike battle
for second, then Rabat took over
again with 10 laps to go. It looked
as though he might escape, but the
Italian pegged him back to retake
the last rostrum place on the final
lap. Close behind, Moto3 champion
Maverick Vinales finally prevailed over
impressively persistent rookie Franco
Morbidelli.
Alex de Angelis crashed out after
losing ground in the next pack. By the
end Randy Krummenacher snatched
Andrea Ianonne was the
top Ducati in fifth.
