2014 Valencia Moto2 Race Result: Fierce Duel Decided At The Line

Full recap and results below.

Tom Luthi has taken victory following a race-long tussle with World Champion Tito Rabat in the Moto2 race at Valencia, the duo were a class above after breaking away from the field in the opening laps and finished ten seconds clear of their nearest rival. The duo battled strongly throughout and exchanged fastest laps on several occasions, on the final lap Rabat had taken control of the race however coming out of the final corner he encountered a lack of acceleration caused by a shortage of fuel and Luthi flashed by to take his second victory of the season by a tenth of a second. Rabat's second place was his fourteenth podium of the season, equaling his good friend Marc Marquez' intermediate class record and also earning him the highest ever points haul of any intermediate class rider.

Johan Zarco finished in a lonely third place in the final race for the Caterham Moto2 team, he crossed the line ten seconds behind the leaders but two seconds clear of Luis Salom who took a morale boosting fourth spot. The Pons Kalex rider edged out Xavier Simeon and Dominique Aegerter while Briton Sam Lowes completed his rookie season with seventh place some ten seconds clear of Marcel Schrotter, Ant West and Lorenzo Baldassarri who rounded out the top ten.  

There were six retirements during the race but the most crucial occurred when Maverick Vinales and Mika Kallio, the two riders battling for second place in the Championship, crashed out on the opening lap. Vinales left his braking far too late into the final corner and careered into the side of Kallio, wiping both riders out. Kallio was visibly annoyed but Vinales was later seen looking to apologise to the Finn. 

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