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  • David Phillips
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Elias beats Redding to Moto2 pole

September 4th, 2010

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Moto2 championship leader Toni Elias took pole for the first time since the season opener by winning a tight battle with young British rider Scott Redding at Misano.


Although Elias has five wins – including three in a row in the last three rounds – and a 67-point advantage under his belt, the former MotoGP rider had only taken one pole so far this year, for the series’ maiden race at Losail.


He led the way for most of the session in his Gresini team’s home nation today, but Redding nipped ahead by 0.06 seconds in the final minutes.


Elias responded with a 1m38.991s to beat Marc VDS Suter rider Redding by just 0.044s, and with both men then hitting traffic on their next attempts, pole was settled in Elias’ favour.


Julian Simon (Aspar Suter) and Jules Cluzel (Forward Suter) will join them on the front row.


Elias’ nearest title rival Andrea Iannone had to park his Speed Up in the pits with mechanical issues before the end of the session, but hung on to fifth ahead of JiR’s Simone Corsi.


Series returnees Alex de Angelis and Mattia Pasini took seventh and ninth, split by Technomag-CIP Suter rider Shoya Tomizawa.


De Angelis had lost his Scot ride when the team ran short of funds, and had temporarily returned to MotoGP in place of the injured Hiroshi Aoyama at Interwetten Honda. The Italian has now returned to Moto2 with the JiR team – which recently split with Pasini, who is back as a wildcard only for his home round.


Another rider change this weekend is the return of Xavier Simeon to deputise for the injured Fonsi Nieto at the Holiday Gym squad. Nieto suffered a nasty heel injury in his crash in Indianapolis qualifying, and then had a severe reaction to his treatment plus complications in surgery. He still hopes to race again before the end of the season.

Pos  Rider                  Bike         Time       Gap

 1.  Toni Elias             Moriwaki     1m38.991s

 2.  Scott Redding          Suter        1m39.035s  + 0.044s

 3.  Julian Simon           Suter        1m39.280s  + 0.289s

 4.  Jules Cluzel           Suter        1m39.413s  + 0.422s

 5.  Andrea Iannone         Speed Up     1m39.426s  + 0.435s

 6.  Simone Corsi           Motobi       1m39.664s  + 0.673s

 7.  Alex de Angelis        Motobi       1m39.686s  + 0.695s

 8.  Shoya Tomizawa         Suter        1m39.778s  + 0.787s

 9.  Mattia Pasini          Suter        1m39.856s  + 0.865s

10.  Gabor Talmacsi         Speed Up     1m39.857s  + 0.866s

11.  Hector Faubel          Suter        1m40.045s  + 1.054s

12.  Dominique Aegerter     Suter        1m40.047s  + 1.056s

13.  Yuki Takahashi         Tech 3       1m40.075s  + 1.084s

14.  Claudio Corti          Suter        1m40.101s  + 1.110s

15.  Thomas Luthi           Moriwaki     1m40.101s  + 1.110s

16.  Xavier Simeon          Moriwaki     1m40.153s  + 1.162s

17.  Stefan Bradl           Suter        1m40.164s  + 1.173s

18.  Sergio Gadea           Pons Kalex   1m40.184s  + 1.193s

19.  Mike di Meglio         Suter        1m40.201s  + 1.210s

20.  Ferruccio Lamborghini  Suter        1m40.290s  + 1.299s

21.  Alex Baldolini         ICP          1m40.523s  + 1.532s

22.  Michael Ranseder       Suter        1m40.531s  + 1.540s

23.  Yonny Hernandez        BQR          1m40.579s  + 1.588s

24.  Roberto Rolfo          Suter        1m40.677s  + 1.686s

25.  Karel Abraham          FTR          1m40.732s  + 1.741s

26.  Axel Pons              Pons Kalex   1m40.751s  + 1.760s

27.  Robertino Pietri       Suter        1m40.880s  + 1.889s

28.  Raffaele De Rosa       Tech 3       1m40.930s  + 1.939s

29.  Tatsuya Yamaguchi      Moriwaki     1m41.074s  + 2.083s

30.  Lukas Pesek            Moriwaki     1m41.147s  + 2.156s

31.  Valentin Debise        ADV          1m41.178s  + 2.187s

32.  Ratthapark Wilairot    Bimota       1m41.269s  + 2.278s

33.  Niccolo Canepa         Bimota       1m41.522s  + 2.531s

34.  Anthony West           MZ           1m41.526s  + 2.535s

35.  Kenny Noyes            Promoharris  1m41.794s  + 2.803s

36.  Joan Olive             FTR          1m41.853s  + 2.862s

37.  Ricard Cardus          Bimota       1m42.061s  + 3.070s

38.  Mashel Al Naimi        BQR          1m42.657s  + 3.666s

39.  Yannick Guerra         Moriwaki     1m42.827s  + 3.836s

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