MOTOGP
MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 10/AUGUST 10, 2014
INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY/INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA
P46
MIKA X 2
The first attempt at running the
Moto2 Grand Prix was indicative of the
final result, as pole starter Mika Kallio
sprinted away on his Marc VDS Kalex
by two seconds after two laps, from
carXpert Suter's Dominique Aegerte,
his own teammate Tito Rabat and
Paginas Amarillas Kalex's Maverick
Vinales, with NGM Kalex's Simone
Corsi hasing hard.
It ended early after a four-bike
crash on lap three left Mattia Pasini
briefly unconscious at the trackside,
and brought out the red flags. Randy
Krummenacher was unhurt, but un-
able to make the restart; Anthony West
and Azlan Shah got away with it.
Race distance was cut from 25 laps
to 16, and they all set off again with
that massed vuvuzela shriek just over
half-an-hour later.
Same again. Kallio took off, but this
time found it harder. He'd elected to
stay with the same tires while others
had taken the opportunity of a shorter
race to go for the softer option.
All the same, he was better than a
second clear after one lap, and man-
aged to hang on to that lead for his
third win of the season.
It was a dour race compared with
the other two classes. Rabat was
second, but pressed hard by Vinales
and Aegerter. They both passed him
in one swoop with four laps left, and
finished in that order.
Corsi had been close, but had
dropped to a lone fifth by the end.
A long way back, the rest had been
close throughout, with sixth to 11th
covered by less than 1.5 seconds over
the line.
Sandro Cortese narrowly headed
the gang from Malaysian hotshot
Hafizh Syahrin's; Alex de Angelis
was right behind, with West breath-
ing down his neck while fending off
Johann Zarco and Taka Nakagami.
Torres, Rossi, Schrotter and Car-
dus took the rest of the points.
AMA Superbike Champion Josh
Herrin had a second home-race
nightmare, one of three brought down
Pol Espargaro
rode his Monster
Tech 3 Yamaha
to fifth in the GP,
matching his best
MotoGP finish
of the year at
Mugello.
