Moto2: Debon takes dominant maiden win

The Spaniard didn't have the bast of starts but by the end of the first lap he was back in the lead and started opening a gap, which grew to as much as 13 seconds.

The race had begun on a damp track that dried as the event progressed, and Debon's choice of slick tyres proved to be the right one.

In the end the Aprilia rider controlled the race and won by almost five seconds over a fine battle for second, involving Italians Marco Simoncelli and Mattia Pasini.

Pasini looked set to take second after overtaking Yuki Takahashi with four laps remaining, but Simoncelli battled with the Japanese two laps later and after passing him he chased his fellow countryman.

The chase was successful, with the Gilera rider overtaking his Aprilia rider on the last corner of the last lap and setting the fastest lap of the race in the meantime.

Honda's Takahashi, who looked capable of getting close to Debon in the first laps of the race, had to be content with fourth, ahead of KTM's Mika Kallio and Gilera's Manuel Poggiali.

Eight seconds behind Poggiali, the KTMs of Hiroshi Aoyama and Julian Simon finished in seventh and eighth respectively, followed 15 seconds later by the Aprilias of Aleix Espargaro and Hector Faubel rounding up the top ten.

Alvaro Bautista, starting from the second slot on the grid, made a bad start and did not figure in the race, ending in a lowly 14th place.

Pos  Rider             Bike     Time
 1.  Alex Debon        Aprilia  47:27.406
 2.  Marco Simoncelli  Gilera   +   4.816
 3.  Mattia Pasini     Aprilia  +   4.998
 4.  Yuki Takahashi    Honda    +   5.770
 5.  Mika Kallio       KTM      +   6.197
 6.  Manuel Poggiali   Gilera   +   6.474
 7.  Hiroshi Aoyama    KTM      +  14.909
 8.  Julian Simon      KTM      +  17.526
 9.  Aleix Espargaro   Aprilia  +  32.925
10.  Hector Faubel     Aprilia  +  36.719
11.  Thomas Luthi      Aprilia  +  48.968
12.  Hector Barbera    Aprilia  +  56.837
13.  R.Locatelli       Gilera   +  57.827
14.  Alvaro Bautista   Aprilia  +1:05.407
15.  R.Wilairot        Honda    +1:24.336
16.  Alex Baldolini    Aprilia  +1:24.577
17.  Federico Sandi    Aprilia  +   1 lap
18.  Imre Toth         Aprilia  +   1 lap
19.  Russell Gomez     Aprilia  +   1 lap

Retirements:

     Rider             Bike     Laps
     Karel Abraham     Aprilia  24
     D.T.Pradita       Yamaha   24
     Lukas Pesek       Aprilia  21
     Fabrizio Lai      Gilera   13
     Eugene Laverty    Aprilia  11