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Moto2: Bradl scores another Moto2 victory

Stefan Bradl took a straightforward third Moto2 race win of the year at Catalunya, pulling away from the competition even before the lead pack was spread out by a dramatic crash

Bradl had spent the first half of the race dicing with fast-starter Julian Simon and Aleix Espargaro, before edging away and establising a few seconds' lead.

As Bradl got away, a big battle for second developed between Simon, Kenan Sofuoglu, Espargaro, Dominique Aegerter, Marc Marquez and Simone Corsi - the latter having flown from 15th on the grid to fourth on lap one.

On lap 16, Sofuoglu clipped the rear of Simon's bike, tipping the Spaniard into a massive accident and ending both their races. Simon was able to stand up in the gravel trap following the crash.

This incident spread the pack out, with Marquez coming through to follow up his Le Mans win with a second place at home despite having been as low as 10th early on.

Espargaro took his first podium at world championship level in third, just ahead of Corsi, Randy Krummenacher, Alex de Angelis, Esteve Rabat and Mika Kallio. Aegerter also crashed out of the podium battle, falling at Turn 5 just before the Sofuoglu/Simon clash.

Bradley Smith had a highly eventful race - dropping from a top 10 place to 18th when nearly taken out as Thomas Luthi crashed at Turn 3 and took Yuki Takahashi down with him. Smith fought back through to challenge Rabat for seventh on the last lap, only to run off the road and slip right back to 19th again.

Results - 23 laps:

Pos  Rider               Team/Bike               Time/Gap
 1.  Stefan Bradl        Kiefer Kalex          41m38.888s
 2.  Marc Marquez        Repsol Suter            + 4.141s
 3.  Aleix Espargaro     Pons Kalex              + 8.409s
 4.  Simone Corsi        Ioda FTR               + 10.331s
 5.  Randy Krummenacher  Kiefer Kalex           + 11.661s
 6.  Alex de Angelis     JIR Motobi             + 12.383s
 7.  Esteve Rabat        Blusens-STX FTR        + 12.602s
 8.  Mika Kallio         Marc VDS Suter         + 13.467s
 9.  Yonny Hernandez     Blusens-STX FTR        + 16.612s
10.  Max Neukirchner     MZ                     + 16.735s
11.  Scott Redding       Marc VDS Suter         + 17.031s
12.  Michele Pirro       Gresini Moriwaki       + 18.460s
13.  Alex Baldolini      Forward Suter          + 22.933s
14.  Xavier Simeon       Tech 3                 + 23.416s
15.  Andrea Iannone      Speed Master Suter     + 23.449s
16.  Pol Espargaro       Speed Up FTR           + 24.070s
17.  Claudio Corti       Italtrans Suter        + 24.111s
18.  Carmelo Morales     G22 Moriwaki           + 25.351s
19.  Bradley Smith       Tech 3                 + 29.249s
20.  Valentin Debise     Speed Up FTR           + 35.077s
21.  Santiago Hernandez  SAG FTR                + 41.666s
22.  Anthony West        MZ                     + 52.103s
23.  Jules Cluzel        Forward Suter        + 1m02.492s
24.  Kev Coghlan         Castello FTR         + 1m16.294s

Retirements:

     Axel Pons           Pons Kalex               18 laps
     Julian Simon        Aspar Suter              15 laps
     Kenan Sofuoglu      Technomag-CIP Suter      15 laps
     Dominique Aegerter  Technomag-CIP Suter      15 laps
     Javier Fores        Aspar Suter              11 laps
     Mattia Pasini       Ioda FTR                  7 laps
     Thomas Luthi        Interwetten Suter         5 laps
     Yuki Takahashi      Gresini Moriwaki          5 laps
     Mike Di Meglio      Tech 3                    5 laps
     Robertino Pietri    Italtrans Suter           3 laps
     Mashel Al Naimi     QMMF Moriwaki             2 laps
     Kenny Noyes         Avintia-STX FTR           0 laps

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