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125cc: Di Meglio dominates, clinches title

Frenchman Mike di Meglio clinched the 125cc world championship with a dominant victory in the Australian Grand Prix

Di Meglio took the lead on lap two and never looked back, quickly establishing a lead over the chasing pack which he built to over ten seconds by the chequered flag.

With other results falling his way, the victory also clinched the world title.

Stefan Bradl came home a distant second after coming out ahead in a mid-race battle with Andrea Iannone, Gabor Talmacsi and Joan Olive, taking the position for good on lap 14, a lap after Joan Olive fell at Honda hairpin and dropped Bradl down to fourth as he avoided the falling Olive.

With two races remaining, Bradl is 50 points behind di Meglio and could tie di Meglio's points total and victory tally, but with only one second place to di Meglio's four, the title is the Frenchman's.

A couple of seconds behind Bradl, a close fight between Talmacsi and Iannone ended in Talmacsi's favour, retaking the podium place in the closing stages of the final lap.

The battle for fifth was even hotter, with Sandro Cortese (who fell at Honda hairpin on lap 2) riding on the grass as he battled in the group with a lap to go.

At the finish, it was Pol Espargaro who took the place ahead of Cortese and Esteve Rabat, with Marc Marquez in eighth having forced Simone Corsi onto the grass and down to ninth as they headed down the start/finish straight to the chequered flag, Corsi's title hopes now all over.

Bradley Smith threw away a tremendous opportunity to take his first win when he fell at Honda Hairpin on lap one after taking the lead at the start and looking like pulling away, Raffaele de Rosa also falling at the same time.

CLASSIFIED:

Pos  Rider                Bike      Time
 1.  Mike di Meglio       Derbi     37:55.589
 2.  Stefan Bradl         Aprilia   +  10.255
 3.  Gabor Talmacsi       Aprilia   +  13.106
 4.  Andrea Iannone       Aprilia   +  13.149
 5.  Pol Espargaro        Derbi     +  26.796
 6.  Sandro Cortese       Aprilia   +  27.123
 7.  Esteve Rabat         KTM       +  27.181
 8.  Marc Marquez         KTM       +  27.287
 9.  Simone Corsi         Aprilia   +  27.871
10.  Scott Redding        Aprilia   +  35.087
11.  Efren Vazquez        Aprilia   +  57.392
12.  Lorenzo Zanetti      KTM       +  57.413
13.  Pablo Nieto          KTM       +  57.451
14.  Joan Olive           Derbi     +  57.539
15.  Robin Lasser         Aprilia   +1:06.318
16.  Marco Ravaioli       Aprilia   +1:06.320
17.  Adrian Martin        Aprilia   +1:42.441
18.  Cyril Carrillo       Honda     +1:42.455
19.  Enrique Jerez        KTM       +1:43.792
20.  Jed Metcher          Honda     +  1 lap
21.  Randy Krummenacher   KTM       +  2 laps

NOT CLASSIFIED/RETIREMENTS:

     Rider                Bike       Laps
     Bradley Smith        Aprilia     21
     Bastien Chesaux      Aprilia     14
     Sergio Gadea         Aprilia     13
     Stevie Bonsey        Aprilia     12
     Rhys Moller          Honda       10
     Jules Cluzel         Loncin       8
     Brad Gross           Yamaha       8
     Hugo van den Berg    Aprilia      7
     Robert Muresan       Aprilia      2
     Raffaele de Rosa     KTM          2
     Alexis Masbou        Loncin       1
     Nicolas Terol        Aprilia      1
     Takaaki Nakagami     Aprilia      0
     Dominique Aegerter   Derbi        0

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