125cc: Pasini dominates at Misano
Mattia Pasini dominated his home San Marino 125cc Grand Prix while Gabor Talmacsi regained the championship lead in a scrap for second place
While Pasini took the lead right at the start from third on the grid, and only briefly relinquished to evaluate his rivals, Talmacsi trailed then-championship leader Hector Faubel throughout the race.
But after Faubel crashed on the penultimate lap while trying to overtake Simone Corsi, Talmacsi who was in fourth place comfortably took the 20 points home for second while his Spanish rival could only finish in a pointless 17th place.
Rimini-born Pasini, scoring the 100th 125cc victory for Aprilia on the 20th anniversary of their first victory in the FIM World Championship right in Misano, allowed Faubel, Corsi and Talmacsi through on the fourth lap.
The Italian slotted into fourth place but not for long, as by the eighth lap he was back in the lead and quickly opened a gap which grew as high as 5.6 seconds by the time his Aprilia rivals tangled up.
Talmacsi, who ultimately finished the race 4.7 seconds behind Pasini, was followed by KTM's Tomoyoshi Koyama in third place a further 3.8 seconds back.
Sergio Gadea's Aprilia ended the race in a lonely fourth place, seven seconds behind Koyama and eight seconds ahead of Aprilia's Pol Espargaro in fifth.
Espargaro led a big group of riders which saw KTM's Randy Krummenacher ending up sixth, Aprilia's Stefan Bradl seventh, Honda's Bradley Smith in eight, Aprilia's Raffaele de Rosa in ninth, and Derbi's Michael Ranseder rounding up the top ten.
CLASSIFIED:
Pos Rider Make Time
1. Mattia Pasini Aprilia 39:47.944
2. Gabor Talmacsi Aprilia + 4.774
3. Tomoyoshi Koyama KTM + 8.576
4. Sergio Gadea Aprilia + 15.819
5. Pol Espargaro Aprilia + 23.972
6. R.Krummenacher KTM + 25.159
7. Stefan Bradl Aprilia + 25.391
8. Bradley Smith Honda + 25.513
9. Raffaele De Rosa Aprilia + 25.994
10. Michael Ranseder Derbi + 26.239
11. Esteve Rabat Honda + 26.693
12. Joan Olive Aprilia + 26.972
13. Mike Di Meglio Honda + 27.493
14. Andrea Iannone Aprilia + 32.894
15. Sandro Cortese Aprilia + 39.305
16. Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia + 40.035
17. Hector Faubel Aprilia + 40.125
18. Nicolas Terol Derbi + 40.157
19. R.Tamburini Aprilia + 48.291
20. Lukas Pesek Derbi + 49.621
21. Alexis Masbou Honda + 50.496
22. Simone Sancioni Aprilia + 57.519
23. D.Agerter Aprilia + 57.666
24. F.Lamborghini Aprilia + 59.680
25. R.Lacalendola Aprilia +1:05.109
26. Steve Bonsey KTM +1:05.276
27. Joey Litjens Honda +1:08.757
28. S.G.Giorgi Aprilia +1:10.395
29. Robert Muresan Derbi +1:18.572
30. Daniel Webb Honda +1:20.963
31. H.van den Berg Aprilia +1:21.676
32. Federico Biaggi Friba +1:54.228
NOT CLASSIFIED/RETIREMENTS:
Rider Make On Lap
Simone Corsi Aprilia 22
Stefano Bianco Aprilia 17
Dino Lombardi Honda 12
Pablo Nieto Aprilia 10
Federico Sandi Aprilia 1
Fastest Lap: Mattia Pasini, 1:42.811 on lap 9
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