Marc Marquez dominates Moto2 race at Indianapolis
Marc Marquez reasserted his authority over the Moto2 field by cruising to his fifth victory of the year at Indianapolis
The championship leader hit the front by lap five of 26 and then calmly pulled away, his Monlau Suter crossing the line 5.9 seconds clear of title rival Pol Espargaro's Pons Kalex to extend his cushion in the standings to 39 points.
Espargaro got past Julian Simon to claim second, but the 2010 runner-up was still able to take his first podium of a very tough 2012 campaign with Avintia.
Marc VDS duo Mika Kallio and Scott Redding sandwiched Thomas Luthi in a close battle for fourth place.
Dominique Aegerter and Andrea Iannone both led for spells early on but could not sustain that pace and fell to seventh and ninth respectively, split by Simone Corsi.
Results - 26 laps:
Pos Rider Team/Bike Time/Gap
1. Marc Marquez Monlau Suter 45m13.763s
2. Pol Espargaro Pons Kalex + 5.855s
3. Julian Simon Avintia Suter + 9.394s
4. Mika Kallio Marc VDS Kalex + 15.549s
5. Thomas Luthi Paddock Suter + 16.138s
6. Scott Redding Marc VDS Kalex + 16.805s
7. Dominique Aegerter Technomag-CIP Suter + 21.359s
8. Simone Corsi Ioda FTR + 21.368s
9. Andrea Iannone Speed Master Speed Up + 25.873s
10. Claudio Corti Italtrans Kalex + 26.471s
11. Esteve Rabat Pons Kalex + 26.916s
12. Johann Zarco JIR Motobi + 27.274s
13. Nicolas Terol Aspar Suter + 31.122s
14. Anthony West QMMF Speed Up + 35.701s
15. Ricard Cardus Arguinano AJR + 35.928s
16. Bradley Smith Tech 3 + 39.240s
17. Takaaki Nakagami Italtrans Kalex + 42.507s
18. Randy Krummenacher Switzerland Kalex + 45.629s
19. Jordi Torres Aspar Suter + 45.753s
20. Gino Rea Gresini Suter + 51.567s
21. Max Neukirchner Kiefer Kalex + 52.106s
22. Axel Pons Pons Kalex + 56.150s
23. Marcel Schrotter SAG Bimota + 1m11.069s
24. Ratthapark Wilairot Gresini Suter + 1m11.765s
25. Mike di Meglio MZ + 1m20.042s
26. Eric Granado JIR Motobi + 1m42.924s
27. Marco Colandrea SAG FTR + 1m43.184s
28. Yuki Takahashi Forward FTR + 3 laps
Retirements:
Roberto Rolfo Technomag-CIP Suter 20 laps
Xavier Simeon Tech 3 17 laps
Alex de Angelis Forward FTR 17 laps
Alessandro Andreozzi Speed Master Speed Up 10 laps
Elena Rosell QMMF Moriwaki 7 laps
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