125cc: Koyama celebrates first victory

The Red Bull KTM rider worked his way through the lead pack to move into contention for the win in the closing stages, before thrusting his bike past Sergio Gadea three corners from the end.

Gabor Talmacsi emerged in second in the final lap shuffle, and moves into a clear championship lead after his title rivals Hector Faubel and Lukas Pesek collided with four laps to go.

Randy Krummenacher completed a superb day for Red Bull KTM by taking his maiden podium in third, having led for the first time in his short MotoGP 125cc career.

The Bancaja Aspar Aprilia riders had dominated the first half of the race, with Talmacsi, Faubel and Gadea monopolising the lead battle, running first, second and third while battling furiously with each other.

Koyama and Pesek briefly intruded on the Aspar dice, as did the charging Pol Espargaro, who was celebrating his 16th birthday by surging through the field from 18th on the grid. Espargaro even hit the lead after half-distance, but would lose touch with the leaders in the final laps.

With four laps to go, Talmacsi's title chances were handed a massive boost when Pesek clipped the back of points leader Faubel's bike at Turn 10, causing both to fall. While Pesek was able to rejoin and finish 13th, Faubel could not continue.

At the same time the KTM riders were really making their presence felt, with Krummenacher leading for the first time and running one-two with Koyama.

After some more shuffling with the Aspar bikes, the Red Bull duo were in front going into the last lap, only for Gadea to slip down the inside of both and into the lead into the first corner.

But Koyama stayed behind the Spaniard and dived inside at Turn 10, sending Gadea wide and down to fourth in the process. Talmacsi benefited and slipped through to second, but could not deny Koyama his first victory.

Behind Krummenacher and Koyama, Espargaro was thrilled to take fifth, while Bradley Smith finished a lonely sixth having drifted away from the leaders after half-distance.

The luckless Mattia Pasini was part of the front group initially, but crashed at the first corner on lap three. He then proceeded to take his frustrations out on his bike - furiously kicking and stamping on the damaged machine as he trudged out of the gravel trap.

Classified:

Pos  Rider             Bike     Time
 1.  Tomoyoshi Koyama  KTM      41:06.339
 2.  Gabor Talmacsi    Aprilia  +   0.049
 3.  R.Krummenacher    KTM      +   0.131
 4.  Sergio Gadea      Aprilia  +   0.500
 5.  Pol Espargaro     Aprilia  +   2.081
 6.  Bradley Smith     Honda    +   4.792
 7.  Simone Corsi      Aprilia  +  16.840
 8.  Joan Olive        Aprilia  +  16.910
 9.  Stefan Bradl      Aprilia  +  16.919
10.  Michael Ranseder  Derbi    +  16.922
11.  Sandro Cortese    Aprilia  +  17.112
12.  Esteve Rabat      Honda    +  17.255
13.  Lukas Pesek       Derbi    +  17.263
14.  Lorenzo Zanetti   Aprilia  +  23.707
15.  D.Aegerter        Aprilia  +  28.366
16.  Alexis Masbou     Honda    +  28.637
17.  Andrea Iannone    Aprilia  +  28.658
18.  Pere Tutusaus     Aprilia  +  29.026
19.  Mike Di Meglio    Honda    +  29.619
20.  Pablo Nieto       Aprilia  +  31.800
21.  Federico Sandi    Aprilia  +  46.773
22.  R.Tamburini       Aprilia  +  47.361
23.  Nicolas Terol     Derbi    +  53.881
24.  Robert Muresan    Derbi    +  54.045
25.  H.van den Berg    Aprilia  +  54.103
26.  Daniel Webb       Honda    +1:20.170
27.  Ivan Maestro      Honda    +1:36.934

Not classified:

     Rider             Bike     Laps
     Hector Faubel     Aprilia  18
     P.Eitzinger       Honda    12
     S.G.Giorgi        Aprilia  11
     Mattia Pasini     Aprilia  2
     Raffaele De Rosa  Aprilia  2
     Steve Bonsey      KTM      1
     Joey Litjens      Honda    0