Elias salvages fourth place from difficult weekend and maintains healthy championship lead

Team Gresini rider Toni Elias’ run of wins, which stretched to four before this weekend, came to an end today at the twelfth round of seventeen for the Moto2 class. The Spaniard crossed the line in fourth place – a result that is below his expectations but nevertheless good for his championship aspirations. Yesterday’s crash affected his grid position and after making a bad start, which saw him relegated back to 16th position on the opening lap, he gave the home fans plenty to cheer about with a rousing charge through the field.

Toni Elias (4th) “We’re really happy because even though we finished fourth it feels like a win. Obviously I would have preferred it to be an actual win here at Aragon but we lost a lot of time yesterday because of the crash and there was an incident in the first corner of the race, which I managed to avoid but it dropped me back to 16th. I made up positions with every lap and with two to go I caught up with Talmacsi and Simon but couldn’t pass them. Anyway, as I said, fourth place is important for the championship because we didn’t lose too many points to our rivals. ”

Fausto Gresini “Toni had a great race. Unfortunately his grid position wasn’t the best and he lost positions in turn one but he passed a lot of riders. It would have been difficult to compete with Iannone in the form he was in today but second place was possible. Anyway, fourth place is important for the championship and that is something we have to think about now. We have our objectives to achieve and they are getting closer, which is the main thing.”

Source: Gresini Racing Moto2