Maverick Viñales takes fantastic victory in only second Moto2 race

Maverick Viñales has managed to win only his second race in GP Moto2 category. After a promising debut three weeks ago at the GP of Qatar, where he managed a creditable fourth place and track record, Viñales came to Austin with the intent to continue to adapt to the intermediate class.

The Pons HP 40 rider worked all weekend to get a good set-up on his Kalex allow him to fight for the top positions in the race this morning was raced 19 laps on the Texas track. After the lights off Maverick has managed to make a good start and fortunately could avoid multiple drop the first corner.

His Pons HP 40 teammate Luis Salom had had bad luck and was taken out by one of the pilots involved in the incident, never returning to mount his Kalex and being forced to withdraw from the race without even being able to complete a single lap.

In the early laps of GP Belgian Xavier Simeon led the race, followed by Aegerter and Viñales. A little more than a second further back was Mika Kallio trying to hunt them down and join the group, but the pace that Simeon had prevented Kallio getting too close.

With only 6 laps to go, Viñales has taken the lead and increased the pace to try to outrun his pursuers. Maverick steadily opened up a healthy lead after putting in several consecutive fastest laps that allowed him to reach the finish line in first position with a four-second lead over Rabat who had to settle for second place.

MAVERICK VIÑALES – 1st
“I’m very happy. It was a great weekend. We have worked hard training and I want to thank the team because they have given me a winning bike. Thanks to them today I could win the race and get my first win in this category. At the beginning of the race I just wanted to avoid any problems because everyone was like crazy, so when I have placed in the group with Aegerter and Simeon I concentrated on driving. When you have begun to distance recortarnos who came from behind I have decided to first and push hard. I have concentrated and I managed to make several turns almost perfect.”

LUIS SALOM – DNF
“The truth is that the first two races of the year we started pretty bad in Qatar I played with Maverick and I went off track and now I have thrown at the first corner so not much I can say that in Argentina will try to continue working and improving.”

Source: Pons Racing