Tuenti HP 40 Pons Kalex's Esteve Rabat stormed to a brilliant win in the Honda-powered Moto2 race yesterday afternoon in Sepang at round 14 of the 2013 World Moto2 Gp Championship to strengthen his outside challenge for this years title.
The Spaniard started from pole position and quickly made the shortened race, which had been stopped and restarted after a lap one pile-up, all his own.
During the 12 laps no one got close to Rabat, who last won a race at Indy in August ‰ÛÒ and he took the chequered flag 1.5 seconds ahead of team-mate Pol Espargaro (Tuenti HP40 Pons Kalex) who won a tense duel for second place with Thomas Luthi (Interwetten Paddock Suter).
‰ÛÏIt was a very difficult race ‰ÛÒ so hot!" Rabat stated. "I got a good start and pushed from the beginning, then came the crash and the red flags.
"In the restart my tyres felt good so I could push immediately. But I made a mistake ‰ÛÒ for 12 laps I thought a water bottle wasn‰Ûªt necessary, but it was! I had some front and rear chatter, especially at turns five and six, where I lost time compared to yesterday.
"I‰Ûªm very happy with this result, so my congratulations to the team. Now we go to Australia and try to do the same. The title is not impossible ‰ÛÒ I have nothing to lose and everything to gain," he added.
