125cc: Corsi dominates race at Jerez
Aprilia's Simone Corsi took a dominant victory at Jerez in the 125cc Spanish Grand Prix
The Italian beat teammate and home favourite Nicolas Terol by over three seconds, after the latter held the lead from lap two to lap 11.
Briton Bradley Smith, who started from pole and made a good getaway off the line with his Aprilia, lost ground to the top two finishers but managed to hold off Stefan Bradl to get the last place on the podium.
Pablo Nieto, the first non-Aprilia rider with KTM, finished in fifth place.
The Aprilias of Steve Bonsey and Scott Redding finished in a distant sixth and seventh, followed by the two Derbis of Dominique Agerter and Mike di Meglio. Sandro Cortese completes the top ten finishers.
Reigning champion Gabor Talmacsi had another weekend to forget when he suffered a mechanical problem on lap four and retired.
Three laps later, Sergio Gadea and Efren Vazquez crashed in the gravel while fighting for 18th position, while Daniel Webb and Joan Olive crashed out in separate incidents on lap 10.
CLASSIFIED:
Pos Rider Bike Time
1. Simone Corsi Aprilia 41:46.100
2. Nicolas Terol Aprilia + 3.206
3. Bradley Smith Aprilia + 4.986
4. Stefan Bradl Aprilia + 5.022
5. Pablo Nieto KTM + 6.254
6. Steve Bonsey Aprilia + 20.563
7. Scott Redding Aprilia + 22.517
8. D.Agerter Derbi + 23.002
9. Mike Di Meglio Derbi + 23.928
10. Sandro Cortese Aprilia + 33.541
11. Raffaele De Rosa KTM + 33.664
12. Esteve Rabat KTM + 33.987
13. Tomoyoshi Koyama KTM + 34.426
14. Pol Espargaro Derbi + 40.038
15. Takaaki Nakagami Aprilia + 44.515
16. Michael Ranseder Aprilia + 45.498
18. Andrea Iannone Aprilia + 53.186
19. Pere Tutusaus Aprilia + 58.037
20. R.Lacalendola Aprilia +1:03.610
22. Ivan Maestro Honda +1:19.599
23. Daniel Saez Aprilia +1:24.990
24. Louis Rossi Honda +1:39.735
25. Alberto Moncayo Derbi +1:48.192
26. Robert Muresan Aprilia + 3 laps
NOT CLASSIFIED/RETIREMENTS:
Rider Bike On lap
Axel Pons Aprilia 22
Lorenzo Zanetti KTM 14
H.van den Berg Aprilia 12
Joan Olive Derbi 9
Daniel Webb Aprilia 8
Stefano Bianco Aprilia 7
Sergio Gadea Aprilia 6
Efren Vazquez Aprilia 6
Gabor Talmacsi Aprilia 3
Robin Lasser Aprilia DNS
FASTEST LAP: Corsi, 1:47.999 on lap 3
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