125cc: Talmacsi scores comfortable win
2007 world champion Gabor Talmacsi took a comfortable victory in the 125cc race at the Malaysian Grand Prix at Sepang
The Hungarian moved into the lead at the start, and despite some early pressure from Andrea Iannone, never looked like being beaten as he opened a gap over the rest of the field, winning by three seconds.
Iannone's early pace proved to be costly for him in the end, slipping to tenth by the end of the race. Instead, it was Bradley Smith who was the only rider who looked like being any threat to Talmacsi in the closing laps, moving into third early in the race before taking second just before half-distance, but unable to catch the winner.
The battle for third was hot throughout the race, Smith involved in the early laps, Iannone later in the race, along with Stefan Bradl, Simone Corsi, Pol Espargaro and Sandro Cortese. Bradl's hopes ended when he was forced to retire at two-thirds distance.
In the closing laps the group was whittled down to a battle between di Meglio, Corsi and Cortese, the trio entering the final lap in that order.
And so it stayed until the final corner, when Corsi and Cortese both passed di Meglio, Corsi taking the final podium place ahead of Cortese as the 2008 world champion fell from third to fifth.
CLASSIFIED:
Pos Rider Bike Time
1. Gabor Talmacsi Aprilia 43:00.716
2. Bradley Smith Aprilia + 3.416
3. Simone Corsi Aprilia + 6.896
4. Sandro Cortese Aprilia + 6.925
5. Mike di Meglio Derbi + 7.115
6. Pol Espargaro Derbi + 15.122
7. Joan Olive Derbi + 21.805
8. Dominique Aegerter Derbi + 21.869
9. Nicolas Terol Aprilia + 21.958
10. Andrea Iannone Aprilia + 23.615
11. Tomoyoshi Koyama KTM + 23.651
12. Sergio Gadea Aprilia + 35.224
13. Lorenzo Zanetti KTM + 40.502
14. Pablo Nieto KTM + 51.404
15. Adrian Martin Aprilia + 55.726
16. Jules Cluzel Loncin + 56.537
17. Jonas Folger KTM +1:07.140
18. Marco Ravaioli Aprilia +1:07.573
19. Randy Krummenacher KTM +1:07.741
20. Robin Lasser Aprilia +1:08.849
21. Bastien Chesaux Aprilia +1:46.609
22. Robert Muresan Aprilia + 1 lap
NOT CLASSIFIED/RETIREMENTS:
Rider Bike Laps
Esteve Rabat KTM 17
Stevie Bonsey Aprilia 12
Stefan Bradl Aprilia 11
Scott Redding Aprilia 11
Hugo van den Berg Aprilia 11
Raffaele de Rosa KTM 8
Danny Webb Aprilia 8
Enrique Jerez KTM 8
Alexis Masbou Loncin 6
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