Andrea Iannone took a comfortable victory in a damp Moto2 race at Jerez The Italian made swift progress forward from 11th on the grid to take the lead from Thomas Luthi into the first corner just after half-distance.Iannone cruised away once in front, and his first victory of the year moved him into an early championship lead.
Julian Simon was sixth while Alex de Angelis made an amazing recovery from a jump-start penalty to salvage seventh.Eighth went to Kev Coghlan after the best drive of his short Moto2 career so far. He beat Michele Pirro to the place, with Max Neukirchner taking 10th from his MZ team-mate Anthony West on the last lap.Takahashi crashed out of third on lap six. The other main accident among the frontrunners happened moments later, when Jules Cluzel lost control at the first corner and crashed into the back of Marc Marquez, taking both out. Cluzel apologised in the pits afterwards
Julian Simon was sixth while Alex de Angelis made an amazing recovery from a jump-start penalty to salvage seventh.Eighth went to Kev Coghlan after the best drive of his short Moto2 career so far. He beat Michele Pirro to the place, with Max Neukirchner taking 10th from his MZ team-mate Anthony West on the last lap.Takahashi crashed out of third on lap six. The other main accident among the frontrunners happened moments later, when Jules Cluzel lost control at the first corner and crashed into the back of Marc Marquez, taking both out. Cluzel apologised in the pits afterwards