125cc: Simon beats Corsi in re-started race
Julian Simon has won the short, re-started 125cc British Grand Prix after the original race was red flagged because of rain at Donington Park
The Aspar Aprilia rider pipped Fontana Aprilia rival Simone Corsi on the last lap, after the two benefited from Marc Marquez throwing away the lead on the penultimate lap by crashing his KTM.
Blusens Aprilia Scott Redding took the last podium place, ahead of Nicolas Terol (Jack & Jones Aprilia) and Takaaki Nakagami (Ongetta Aprilia).
Briton Bradley Smith disappointed his home crowd by crashing his Aspar Aprilia on the first lap while he was leading after a perfect start from fifth on the grid.
Pol Espargaro, who started on pole after dominating the interrupted race, ended a lowly tenth after a bad start and dropping back throughout the re-started race.
CLASSIFIED: Pos Rider Bike Time 1. Julian Simon Aprilia 9m12.301s 2. Simone Corsi Aprilia + 0.390s 3. Scott Redding Aprilia + 3.072s 4. Nicolas Terol Aprilia + 6.209s 5. Takaaki Nakagami Aprilia + 9.509s 6. Luis Salom Aprilia + 11.211s 7. Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia + 11.572s 8. D.Agerter Derbi + 13.703s 9. Efren Vazquez Derbi + 14.101s 10. Pol Espargaro Derbi + 15.422s 11. Tomoyoshi Koyama Loncin + 17.905s 12. Joan Olive Derbi + 25.625s 13. Johann Zarco Aprilia + 26.793s 14. Martin Glossop Honda + 27.916s 15. Marc Marquez KTM + 28.631s 16. Paul Jordan Honda + 28.999s 17. Lukas Sembera Aprilia + 30.564s 18. R.Krummenacher Aprilia + 34.468s 19. Luca Marconi Aprilia + 38.709s 20. Bradley Smith Aprilia + 38.938s 21. Luca Vitali Aprilia +1m14.040s NOT CLASSIFIED/RETIREMENTS: Rider Bike Laps Jasper Iwema Honda 4 Lorenzo Savadori Aprilia 1 Alexis Masbou Loncin 1 Michael Ranseder Aprilia 1 Sergio Gadea Aprilia DNS Sandro Cortese Derbi DNS Esteve Rabat Aprilia DNS Andrea Iannone Aprilia DNS Stefan Bradl Aprilia DNS Daniel Webb Aprilia DNS Jonas Folger Aprilia DNS Cameron Beaubier KTM DNS Karel Pesek Derbi DNS James Lodge Honda DNS Tim Hastings Honda DNS FASTEST LAP: Simon, 1m48.632s on lap 5
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