125cc: Talmascsi scores comfortable win
Gabor Talmacsi moved a little closer to the 125cc world title with a commanding win in the Malaysian 125cc Grand Prix at Sepang
Talmacsi took the lead on lap one and never looked back, opening up a gap of ten seconds before cruising home in the closing laps, to increase his margin over his rival Hector Faubel to 10 points with only the final round at Valencia remaining.
Behind Talmacsi there was a tremendous fight for second place. Mattia Pasini, Faubel, Simone Corsi, Joan Olive, Sandro Cortese and Tomoyoshi Koyama were in the fight throughout the race, with Pol Espargaro joining them in the closing laps.
For most of the race Faubel appeared to be struggling a little with his bike, which allowed Olive, Corsi and Pasini to take turns running second as Faubel diced with them but hung around fourth place.
But as the laps wound down Faubel showed he still had something left, taking back second place with four laps remaining. Olive took second back on the next lap as Koyama also passed Faubel.
With two laps remaining Koyama moved into second but Faubel still was holding on. On the final lap Faubel took second from Olive and held on to the chequered flag, with Sergio Gadea and Lukas Pesek close behind.
Sandro Cortese crashed with just a couple of corners to go, while Pol Espargaro, who led at the start before running wide at turn one and then caught the second-place pack in the closing laps, crashed out with four laps to go.
CLASSIFIED:
Pos Rider Make Time
1. Gabor Talmacsi Aprilia 42:50.831
2. Tomoyoshi Koyama KTM + 6.753
3. Hector Faubel Aprilia + 7.793
4. Joan Olive Aprilia + 8.180
5. Sergio Gadea Aprilia + 8.947
6. Lukas Pesek Derbi + 9.935
7. Simone Corsi Aprilia + 10.132
8. Mattia Pasini Aprilia + 10.335
9. Bradley Smith Honda + 23.426
10. Alexis Masbou Honda + 24.808
11. Nicolas Terol Derbi + 24.909
12. Pablo Nieto Aprilia + 26.194
13. Stefan Bradl Aprilia + 29.490
14. Mike di Meglio Honda + 29.775
15. Esteve Rabat Honda + 31.011
16. Stefano Bianco Aprilia + 35.455
17. R. Krummenacher KTM + 35.829
18. Andrea Iannone Aprilia + 54.666
19. Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia + 56.956
20. Simone Grotzkyj Aprilia + 57.356
21. R. Tamburini Aprilia +1:05.426
22. Danny Webb Honda +1:08.541
23. Robert Muresan Derbi +1:08.549
24. Joey Litjens Honda +1:19.477
25. Cyril Carrillo Honda +1:22.382
26. Stevie Bonsey KTM +1:30.374
27. F. Lamborghini Aprilia +1:33.736
28. Raffaele De Rosa Aprilia +1:41.013
NOT CLASSIFIED/RETIREMENTS:
Rider Make Laps
Sandro Cortese Aprilia 18
Pol Espargaro Aprilia 15
D. Aegerter Aprilia 5
Michael Ranseder Derbi 0
FINISHED THROUGH PITS:
Rider Make Time
Dino Lombardi Honda +2:16.481
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