125cc: Corsi takes narrow home win
Aprilia's Simone Corsi won a breathtaking home 125cc Italian Grand Prix, tying for the lead of the championship with Derbi's Mike Di Meglio
The 20-lap race, held in sunny conditions, saw a pack of seven riders still battling in the space of the same second at the last lap, with Corsi taking the lead under braking at the start of the final lap and maintaining it by a mere 0.019 seconds over Aprilia's Gabor Talmacsi.
The Hungarian, who looked able to overtake Corsi on the last lap, was instead passed by Derbi's Pol Espargaro, who however could not fend off Talmacsi on the long Mugello straight and had to concede second place by just 0.017 seconds.
Di Meglio, who led more laps than anyone else, had to be content with taking fourth spot away from Aprilia's Bradley Smith, just half a tenth behind.
The Briton, who suffered a fracture in the foot in a qualifying crash yesterday, made his way slowly through the top ten. At the beginning of lap 18 he jumped from fourth to take the lead from di Meglio, but after leading for two laps he had to concede top spot to Corsi at the start of the last lap.
The Aprilias of Sergio Gadea and Nicolas Terol, who finished in sixth and seventh respectively, were still just over eight tenths behind Corsi at the finish flag.
Simone Cortese took eighth spot, followed by Joan Olive and Stefan Bradl rounding up the top ten.
Considering that the Derbi bikes are just re-branded Aprilias, it's worth nothing that the Italian manufacturer took the top 12 positions in front of its home crowd, with KTM's Raffaele de Rosa being the first non-Aprilia in 13th spot.
Pos Rider Bike Time
1. Simone Corsi Aprilia 39:59.020
2. Gabor Talmacsi Aprilia + 0.019
3. Pol Espargaro Derbi + 0.036
4. Mike Di Meglio Derbi + 0.135
5. Bradley Smith Aprilia + 0.178
6. Sergio Gadea Aprilia + 0.490
7. Nicolas Terol Aprilia + 0.832
8. Sandro Cortese Aprilia + 3.865
9. Joan Olive Derbi + 3.928
10. Stefan Bradl Aprilia + 5.439
11. Steve Bonsey Aprilia + 10.244
12. Andrea Iannone Aprilia + 10.447
13. Raffaele De Rosa KTM + 18.366
14. Scott Redding Aprilia + 23.201
15. Michael Ranseder Aprilia + 24.440
16. Takaaki Nakagami Aprilia + 26.631
17. R. Krummenacher KTM + 30.629
18. Efren Vazquez Aprilia + 30.730
19. Marc Marquez KTM + 33.868
20. Lorenzo Zanetti KTM + 36.928
21. Pere Tutusaus Aprilia + 49.951
22. L. Salvadori Aprilia + 50.038
23. Jules Cluzel Loncin + 50.040
24. D. Agerter Derbi + 50.052
25. Esteve Rabat KTM + 56.360
26. Riccardo Moretti Honda +1:06.247
27. Alexis Masbou Loncin +1:06.566
28. Robin Lässer Aprilia +1:06.982
29. H. van den Berg Aprilia +1:09.266
30. Luca Vitali Aprilia +1:10.551
31. Gabriele Ferro Honda +1:10.567
32. Louis Rossi Honda +1:36.451
33. F. Lamborghini Aprilia +1:39.883
34. Robert Muresan Aprilia + 2 laps
NOT CLASSIFIED/RETIREMENTS:
Rider Bike Lap
Daniel Webb Aprilia 19
Tomoyoshi Koyama KTM 16
R. Lacalendola Aprilia 11
Pablo Nieto KTM 8
Stefano Bianco Aprilia 2
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