125cc: Corsi dominates race at Jerez
Aprilia's Simone Corsi took a dominant victory at Jerez in the 125cc Spanish Grand Prix
The Italian beat teammate and home favourite Nicolas Terol by over three seconds, after the latter held the lead from lap two to lap 11.
Briton Bradley Smith, who started from pole and made a good getaway off the line with his Aprilia, lost ground to the top two finishers but managed to hold off Stefan Bradl to get the last place on the podium.
Pablo Nieto, the first non-Aprilia rider with KTM, finished in fifth place.
The Aprilias of Steve Bonsey and Scott Redding finished in a distant sixth and seventh, followed by the two Derbis of Dominique Agerter and Mike di Meglio. Sandro Cortese completes the top ten finishers.
Reigning champion Gabor Talmacsi had another weekend to forget when he suffered a mechanical problem on lap four and retired.
Three laps later, Sergio Gadea and Efren Vazquez crashed in the gravel while fighting for 18th position, while Daniel Webb and Joan Olive crashed out in separate incidents on lap 10.
CLASSIFIED: Pos Rider Bike Time 1. Simone Corsi Aprilia 41:46.100 2. Nicolas Terol Aprilia + 3.206 3. Bradley Smith Aprilia + 4.986 4. Stefan Bradl Aprilia + 5.022 5. Pablo Nieto KTM + 6.254 6. Steve Bonsey Aprilia + 20.563 7. Scott Redding Aprilia + 22.517 8. D.Agerter Derbi + 23.002 9. Mike Di Meglio Derbi + 23.928 10. Sandro Cortese Aprilia + 33.541 11. Raffaele De Rosa KTM + 33.664 12. Esteve Rabat KTM + 33.987 13. Tomoyoshi Koyama KTM + 34.426 14. Pol Espargaro Derbi + 40.038 15. Takaaki Nakagami Aprilia + 44.515 16. Michael Ranseder Aprilia + 45.498 18. Andrea Iannone Aprilia + 53.186 19. Pere Tutusaus Aprilia + 58.037 20. R.Lacalendola Aprilia +1:03.610 22. Ivan Maestro Honda +1:19.599 23. Daniel Saez Aprilia +1:24.990 24. Louis Rossi Honda +1:39.735 25. Alberto Moncayo Derbi +1:48.192 26. Robert Muresan Aprilia + 3 laps NOT CLASSIFIED/RETIREMENTS: Rider Bike On lap Axel Pons Aprilia 22 Lorenzo Zanetti KTM 14 H.van den Berg Aprilia 12 Joan Olive Derbi 9 Daniel Webb Aprilia 8 Stefano Bianco Aprilia 7 Sergio Gadea Aprilia 6 Efren Vazquez Aprilia 6 Gabor Talmacsi Aprilia 3 Robin Lasser Aprilia DNS FASTEST LAP: Corsi, 1:47.999 on lap 3
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