Tito Rabat shines and dominates the Moto2 race at Catalunya, Viñales 2nd

The Moto2 World Championship was the next to take to the track at Catalunya for this seventh round of the 2014 season, with a very interesting start between Tito Rabat, the pole-sitter, with Kallio and Viñales glued to his rear wheel.

Rabat led at first, but nobody wanted to let the leader get away alone at the front, so both Kallio and Viñales passed him and gave him a hard time, especially Mack, who pulled a little further ahead with him, while Kallio stayed not far behind the duo.

Meanwhile, we had a very serious scare after two laps, when Salom went down with a very nasty highside, but the worst part is that the Mallorcan ended up in the middle of the track, and we saw Jonas Folger have to dive into the gravel to avoid taking out the 39. A gesture and reflexes that were incredible from the German; he lost the race, but he saved Luis from a very serious accident.

With 18 laps to go we saw Rabat and Viñales break away from the group, Kallio lost pace relative to them, while the group spread out, leaving the excitement in several battles behind and in whether Mack could catch Tito in the final laps.

Step by step the positions stagnated. Rabat gained a few metres on Viñales, while behind, Torres switched into hunting mode to catch Kallio, Aegerter and Luthi. He first passed the 36 and then went after Aegerter and Luthi, so there was maximum tension in that group, while up front Rabat and Viñales kept their gap.

With 6 laps to go we had some bad news, Torres was giving everything to reach Luthi and the podium, but he pushed too hard and went down, touching Aegerter with his bike. Aegerter had to run wide onto the gravel to avoid falling and was able to return to the action, although he went down again later.

Maximum tension at the end, with victory for Rabat, followed by Viñales and Zarco. The third position was one of the most hotly contested right up to the end between the Frenchman, Luthi and Kallio, but in the end Johann was the smartest in the class. The top 10 was completed by Zarco 3rd, Kallio 4th, Luthi 5th, Pasini 6th, Cardús 7th, Pons 8th, Schrotter 9th and West 10th. Among the rest of our riders, Simón finished 12th, Ramos 17th and Terol 20th.

With this result Rabat is the leader, with 149 points; followed by Mika Kallio 34 points behind and Viñales 3rd.

Tito’s superb race.

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