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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