125cc: Talmacsi wins and takes points lead
Gabor Talmacsi took a dominant victory in the 125cc German Grand Prix at the Sachsenring to take the lead in the world championship from fellow Aprilia rider Hector Faubel
The Hungarian had a fine start from pole position and immediately started opening a gap, making sure his lead was never under threat. He ultimately won by 3.5 seconds.
Mattia Pasini started the race from second on the grid, but a bad getaway saw him fall down the order by the first corner, where he was hit from behind by another rider whose identity was bit of a mistery.
The official computer first indicated said rider - who also collected Pol Espargaro - to be Dino Lombardi, but the Italian wasn't even racing. It then changed to Patrick Unger, but later on in the race Raffaele de Rosa went back to the pits and apologised to Pasini for having hit him.
The main battle was for second place, with Faubel, Simone Corsi and Tomoyoshi Koyama fighting it out. The latter started the race from 15th spot and gradually made up places, to finally finish in second place with his KTM. Faubel took third place, with Corsi fourth.
Another battle was for fifth place, with Randy Krummenacher managing to take that position on the last corner of the last lap when rival Sergio Gadea fell off his Aprilia.
Lukas Pesek finished sixth, ahead of Sandro Cortese. Bradley Smith classified eighth, followed by Pablo Nieto and Michael Ranseder rounding up the top ten.
Andrea Iannone made a jump start from 12th on the grid and was penalised with a ride-through on the fifth lap, when he was ninth. The Italian ultimately finished in 24th place.
Classified:
Pos Rider Bike Time
1. Gabor Talmacsi Aprilia 39:30.802
2. Tomoyoshi Koyama KTM + 3.532
3. Hector Faubel Aprilia + 3.610
4. Simone Corsi Aprilia + 4.444
5. R.Krummenacher KTM + 11.851
6. Lukas Pesek Derbi + 11.920
7. Sandro Cortese Aprilia + 17.271
8. Bradley Smith Honda + 19.484
9. Pablo Nieto Aprilia + 20.950
10. Michael Ranseder Derbi + 22.628
11. Joan Olive Aprilia + 26.044
12. Esteve Rabat Honda + 27.096
13. Stefan Bradl Aprilia + 42.805
14. Georg Frohlich Honda + 43.503
15. Mike Di Meglio Honda + 44.402
16. Stefano Bianco Aprilia + 46.386
17. Robert Muresan Derbi + 53.208
18. Steve Bonsey KTM + 53.719
19. Alexis Masbou Honda + 53.739
20. R.Tamburini Aprilia + 53.887
21. D.Aegerter Aprilia +1:00.165
22. Nicolas Terol Derbi +1:00.625
23. Federico Sandi Aprilia +1:09.928
24. Andrea Iannone Aprilia +1:16.082
25. H.van den Berg Aprilia +1:18.721
26. Eric Hubsch Aprilia +1:18.836
27. Daniel Webb Honda +1:27.243
28. Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia + 1 lap
29. Sebastian Eckner Honda + 1 lap
Not classified:
Rider Bike Laps
Sergio Gadea Aprilia 26
Joey Litjens Honda 25
S.G.Giorgi Aprilia 15
Mattia Pasini Aprilia 11
Raffaele De Rosa Aprilia 8
Patrick Unger Aprilia 1
Pol Espargaro Aprilia 1
Dino Lombardi Honda DNS
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