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125cc: Terol wins rain-shortened Indy race

Nicolas Terol has won the inaugural 125cc Indianapolis Grand Prix, a race shortened by the arrival of rain over the track

The Jack & Jones Aprilia rider, sixth on the grid, took the lead on lap ten of the originally-scheduled 23-lap race from fellow Spaniard and pole position man Pol Espargaro.

On lap 14, however, the forecast bad weather hit the track, and the rain flag was shown to the riders. With conditions quickly worsening, Espargaro dived ahead of Terol just before the end of lap 17, to make sure he crossed the line first in case the race ended prematurely.

The red flag was indeed shown just seconds later, but the classification that counted was that at the end of lap 16, giving Terol the victory.

The battle for third was really heating up and promising an exciting finish, but alas it wasn't to be. Kiefer Aprilia's Stefan Bradl thus took the last podium place, with Scott Redding (Blusens Aprilia), Simone Cortese (Emmi Aprilia) and Marc Marquez (Repsol KTM) following.

It was a difficult day for the riders at the top of the championship table.

Leader Mike di Meglio (Ajo Derbi) dropped down to tenth when rain hit the track, second-placed Simone Corsi (Jack & Jones Aprilia) finished seventh, and third-placed reigning champion Gabor Talmacsi (Aspar Aprilia) fought against his injury but had to be content with 14th.

Polaris Aprilia's Bradley Smith ended up seventh after a charge through the field, following ending over the grass in turn two of the first lap and crossing the line in 25th.

CLASSIFIED:

Pos  Rider             Bike      Time
 1.  Nicolas Terol     Aprilia   29:51.350   
 2.  Pol Espargaro     Derbi     +   1.708
 3.  Stefan Bradl      Aprilia   +   3.984
 4.  Scott Redding     Aprilia   +   4.277
 5.  Sandro Cortese    Aprilia   +   4.413
 6.  Marc Marquez      KTM       +   4.454
 7.  Simone Corsi      Aprilia   +   6.261
 8.  Bradley Smith     Aprilia   +   7.782
 9.  Steve Bonsey      Aprilia   +  12.035
10.  Mike Di Meglio    Derbi     +  12.251
11.  D.Agerter         Derbi     +  15.465
12.  Joan Olive        Derbi     +  18.312
13.  Raffaele De Rosa  KTM       +  20.137
14.  Gabor Talmacsi    Aprilia   +  24.651
15.  Daniel Webb       Aprilia   +  27.592
16.  Jules Cluzel      Loncin    +  35.432
17.  Robin Lasser      Aprilia   +  37.082
18.  Sergio Gadea      Aprilia   +  38.549
19.  Tomoyoshi Koyama  KTM       +  38.571
20.  Efren Vazquez     Aprilia   +  40.991
21.  H.van den Berg    Aprilia   +1:06.197
22.  PJ Jacobsen       Aprilia   +1:06.327
23.  Bastien Chesaux   Aprilia   +1:07.067
24.  Jonas Folger      KTM       +1:14.709
25.  Robert Muresan    Aprilia   +1:20.413
26.  Alexis Masbou     Loncin    +1:21.880
27.  Davide Stirpe     KTM       +1:22.026
28.  Cyril Carrillo    Honda     +1:22.159
29.  Kris Turner       Aprilia   +2:11.524

NOT CLASSIFIED/RETIREMENTS:

     Rider             Bike       Laps
     Lorenzo Zanetti   KTM         12
     Marco Ravaioli    Aprilia      9
     Pablo Nieto       KTM          8
     Michael Ranseder  Aprilia      6
     Takaaki Nakagami  Aprilia      5
     Andrea Iannone    Aprilia      4
     Esteve Rabat      KTM          1

FASTEST LAP: Bradl, 1:50.460 on lap 11

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