Iannone was the first man to get past the championship leader, slipping ahead at turn one on lap 13, the pair passing and re-passing twice more on that lap alone. The next lap Bradl briefly found himself pushed down to fourth, but he quickly fought back and by lap 16 had retaken the lead from Iannone, who soon found himself relegated to third by Marquez.
Iannone loves a fight though and on lap 18 took Marquez and Bradl in one corner to retake the lead. The next lap Marquez attacked Iannone once more, making contact with his fellow Suter rider, but getting ahead nonetheless. Iannone's winning move came at the first turn of the last lap. And try as he might, Marquez couldn't quite get back in front. Bradl meanwhile was coming under repeated attack from De Angelis, but finally Bradl prevailed.
Iannone's first win since May's Spanish GP ‰ÛÒ following a series of very difficult races ‰ÛÒ moves him into fourth overall, while Bradl found his series lead trimmed by four points. He goes into the next race 43 ahead of Marquez, who had won the previous three races at Assen, Mugello and Sachsenring.
"I'm very happy. It feels great to win again, especially after a great fight with two very strong riders," Iannone said. "This is a testament to the work done by my team. During the summer break we analysed all the data from all the races and even from preseason testing and decided to go back to a completely standard Suter set-up. The bike is a lot better now and we hope it will work like this everywhere else, so we can stay strong and continue to fight for wins."
Marc Marquez admitted he was on the limit trying to take the victory.
"I enjoyed the race a lot, though sometimes it was too much on the limit," the young Spaniard said. "You cannot win every race so I'm happy with second, especially considering that at this circuit we found it so hard to get on a level with the top riders. Finally we got there, so I'm happy for that and thanks to my team. The last lap I pushed 100 per cent, but I didn't have the set-up to make a pass at the braking points."
