125cc: Corsi takes narrow Estoril win
Simone Corsi has taken his second victory in three races at the Portuguese Grand Prix and increased his championship lead in the 125cc series
The Jack & Jones Aprilia rider, who started the race from pole position, narrowly won over Belson Derbi's Joan Olive by three tenths of a second after taking the lead on lap 17 of the 23-lap race.
Corsi's teammate Nicolas Terol went to the last step of the podium after finishing six seconds behind the leading duo. The Spaniard was with the leaders for the first half of the race, as was Briton Bradley Smith.
The Polaris World rider overtook Terol for third on lap 13 but then crashed out seconds later with a high-side and a tumble in the gravel.
The two Degraaf Aprilias of Steve Bonsey and Daniel Webb ended the race in fourth and fifth place, followed by reigning champion Gabor Talmacsi (Bancaja Aspar) in sixth and Mike di Meglio (Ajo Motorsport) in seventh.
Grizzly Gas's Stefan Bradl finished eighth, ahead of Aspar's Sergio Gadea and Emmi's Sandro Cortese rounding up the top ten.
CLASSIFIED: Pos Rider Bike Time 1. Simone Corsi Aprilia 40:56.168 2. Joan Olive Derbi + 0.299 3. Nicolas Terol Aprilia + 6.355 4. Steve Bonsey Aprilia + 14.973 5. Daniel Webb Aprilia + 15.532 6. Gabor Talmacsi Aprilia + 15.868 7. Mike Di Meglio Derbi + 15.875 8. Stefan Bradl Aprilia + 17.887 9. Sergio Gadea Aprilia + 18.123 10. Sandro Cortese Aprilia + 22.613 11. Andrea Iannone Aprilia + 27.490 12. D.Agerter Derbi + 27.544 13. Pol Espargaro Derbi + 28.370 14. Michael Ranseder Aprilia + 28.417 15. Efren Vazquez Aprilia + 32.713 16. Tomoyoshi Koyama KTM + 34.002 17. Stefano Bianco Aprilia + 47.698 18. Marc Marquez KTM + 51.637 19. Takaaki Nakagami Aprilia + 51.679 20. Alexis Masbou Loncin + 51.717 21. Scott Redding Aprilia + 1:07.908 22. Pere Tutusaus Aprilia + 1:15.894 23. Dino Lombardi Aprilia + 1:19.975 24. Robert Muresan Aprilia + 1:39.194 25. Cyril Carrillo Honda + 1:39.218 26. Axel Pons Aprilia + 1:43.956 27. Ivan Maestro Aprilia + 1 lap 28. Karel Pesek Aprilia + 1 lap NOT CLASSIFIED/RETIREMENTS: Rider Bike On lap Bradley Smith Aprilia 13 Lorenzo Zanetti KTM 13 Pablo Nieto KTM 12 Jules Cluzel Loncin 9 Esteve Rabat KTM 8 Raffaele De Rosa KTM 7 H.van den Berg Aprilia 1 FASTEST LAP: Corsi, 1:45.557 on lap 10
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