Mika Kallio finish the race on the ninth place on the Catalunya Moto2. Kallio threw caution to the wind at the start, diving up the inside of the field on the entry to turn one to make up a handful of places in one go. Kallio then continued to pick up places on the opening lap and was quickly involved in what turned out to be the battle for fourth place.
A drop off in rear grip left Kallio able to match the lap times of the other riders in the group, but unable to mount a challenge to improve his position. The Marc VDS rider was eventually forced to settle for ninth position at the chequered flag.
Kallio said, "After warm up this morning we made a few small changes to the front of the bike for the race. It was a bit of a risk, but we didn't really have anything to lose starting from so far back on the grid. It turned out that we went in the right direction and straight away I was quicker than in qualifying yesterday."
He continue, "I got a good start and made up a lot of places into turn one and even more on the opening lap. I was battling in a group when the rear grip dropped off; it wasn't severe and I was able to maintain my lap times, but I just didn't have the drive out of the turns needed to set up a pass. In the end I finished ninth, which I'm not really happy with, but it was at least satisfactory after the problems yesterday and it was enough to retain sixth place in the championship."
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