Thomas Luthi in 2nd!! MotoGP rd.5 AirAsia British Grand Prix Moto2 class
6 MD600s entered the round at Silverstone which claims to be the longest circuit in the series and the race underwent today under the fine weather. Fonsi Nieto started from the 9th in the grid and charged to 3rd place by the end of lap1, and Xavier Simeon followed 2 positions behind Nieto. Xavier who is substituting Yannick Guerra, was the fastest qualifier among all MD600 riders. Nieto led the race on lap2 and with Simeon, both Holiday Gym G22 team riders were in the top group.
When the race moved to lap 6, 3 riders were breaking off from others and formed 3-way top pack, and Xavier Simeon, Fonsi Nieto and Thomas Luthi were chasing the pack in the second pack. Luthi gradually moved his position up and was revising the fastest at lap12, reached to the top3.
Now the leading group became 5-way, leaving others behind with 3seconds lead. Finally Luthi found his way to the top. 3 laps to go.
At the final lap, Luthi was riding on second place and trying to gain the position he just lost. It was less than 6 hundredth of a second to miss another victory by MD600 but the Luthi finished the race in 2nd.
Xavier Simeon finished in 8th, got 8points after leading the rest of MD600s at the QP.
Toni Elias who struggled the QP, finished the race in 10th from 18th grid start. He added another 6 points and managed to keep the top position on the riders standing.
Fonsi Nieto finished 11th, Vladimir Ivanov was 19th and Lukas Pesek was 20th. All MD600s completed the British Grand Prix in one piece.
Thank you for your support to all MD600 riders.
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MD600 race results:
-- 2nd: No.12 Thomas Luthi, Interwetten Moriwaki Moto2
GAP / +0.057
-- 8th: No.19 Xavier Simeon, Holiday Gym G22
GAP / +5.709
--10th: No.24 Toni Elias, Gresini Racing Moto2
GAP / +10.411
--11th: No.10 Fonsi Nieto, Holiday Gym G22
GAP / +10.701
--19th: No.61 Vladimir Ivanov, Gresini Racing Moto2
GAP / +30.218
--20th: No.52 Lukas Pesek, Matteoni CP Racing
GAP / +31.289
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Fastest Lap (New record): No.12 Thomas Luthi (at lap12)
TIME 2'09”886
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World Championship Classification
- CONSTRUCTOR CHAMPIONSHIP: MORIWAKI MD600 2nd
- RIDER POINT RANKING
1st / No.24 Toni Elias / 80point
3rd / No.12 Thomas Luthi / 58point
14th / No.10 Fonsi Nieto / 17point
23rd / No.19 Xavier Simeon / 8point
26th / No.52 Lukas Pesek / 4point
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MotoGP official website: http://www.motogp.com/en/
Result: http://www.motogp.com/ja/Results+Statistics
MORIWAKI MD600 website: http://www.moriwaki.co.jp/racing/07_01.html
