Tito Rabat wins the Moto2 race at Jerez on Mother's Day

The Moto2 World Championship got back on track after the Moto3 race with great intensity. Tito Rabat was the winner of this third round of the season at the Jerez Circuit, followed by Scott Redding, with Pol Espargaró completing the podium at the Andalusian track, so there was maximum interest.

The start was very good for Tito Rabat and Scott Redding, while Pol Espargaró lost some positions but recovered them quickly without trouble. Meanwhile, Takaaki Nakagami, Scott Redding, Pol Espargaró, Nico Terol and Jordi Torres fought to stay close to them and push forward, but today the rider ESTEVE RABAT made the difference, setting lap after lap at the front, building a good gap over his rivals and setting the circuit record.

From that moment on Rabat rode like a whirlwind, giving his rivals no options and leaving all the excitement in the group behind. The top three positions were fairly settled, although third place was fought over between Nakagami and Espargaró, with Scott Redding holding second without being able to get close to the race leader. Behind them, Polyccio gave everything for every lap to reach the podium, and just when it seemed everything was decided, Sucipto arrived as a lapped rider and got himself into a serious mess with Polyccio, forcing the Catalan to fight again to catch the Japanese rider.

The excitement centred on the battle for third place, while Rabat remained 1st, Redding 2nd and Nakagami-Espargaró 3rd. The number 40 fought to recover the distance lost in the lapping incident, but it is not easy to get past the Japanese rider. Finally Nakagami had a tremendous scare and Polyccio managed to overtake the number 30 and move into third place to climb onto the intermediate category podium.

Meanwhile, at the front, Rabat claimed his first victory on a very important day, Mother’s Day. Esteve will surely have his own mother very much in mind; she passed away a year ago but is always very present, and today he will celebrate with her.

The top 10 was completed with Redding 2nd, Espargaró 3rd, Nakagami 4th, Terol 5th, Simeon 6th, Torres 7th, Aegerter 8th, Elías 9th and Schrotter 10th. The rest of the Spanish riders finished Simón 17th, Cardús 22nd and Moncayo 24th. Regarding crashes, on the first lap Axel Pons and Álex Mariñelarena went down. The number 92 was attended to on track, and we are still awaiting information about his condition. There were also crashes by Wilairot, Kallio, Kent, Smith and Rivas.

Congratulations Tito.

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