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Portuguese GP: 125cc Race Result

CLASSIFIED:

Pos | Rider | Bike | Time
1. Pol Espargaro Derbi 41m00.421s
2. Sandro Cortese Derbi + 0.394s
3. Bradley Smith Aprilia + 0.581s
4. Stefan Bradl Aprilia + 11.048s
5. Joan Olive Derbi + 16.830s
6. Sergio Gadea Aprilia + 17.170s
7. Esteve Rabat Aprilia + 17.300s
8. D.Agerter Derbi + 17.546s
9. Johann Zarco Aprilia + 17.666s
10. R.Krummenacher Aprilia + 21.378s
11. Takaaki Nakagami Aprilia + 26.312s
12. Julian Simon Aprilia + 31.500s
13. Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia + 34.194s
14. Jonas Folger Aprilia + 35.023s
15. Luis Salom Aprilia + 54.243s
16. Scott Redding Aprilia + 54.332s
17. Jasper Iwema Honda +1m02.994s
18. Alberto Moncayo Aprilia +1m03.054s
19. Sturla Fagerhaug KTM +1m03.061s
20. Johnny Rosell Aprilia +1m24.171s
21. Jakub Jantulik Aprilia +1m37.379s
22. Luca Vitali Aprilia +1m50.590s
23. Quentin Jacquet Aprilia +1m50.852s
24. Jordi Dalmau Honda + 1 lap
25. Jakub Kornfeil Loncin + 1 lap


NOT CLASSIFIED/RETIREMENTS:

Rider | Bike | Laps
Danny Webb Aprilia 22
Michael Ranseder Aprilia 17
Luca Marconi Aprilia 13
Marc Marquez KTM 12
Simone Corsi Aprilia 9
Nicolas Terol Aprilia 8
Efren Vazquez Derbi 7
Cameron Beaubier KTM 4
Tomoyoshi Koyama Loncin 3
Andrea Iannone Aprilia 2

FASTEST LAP: Cortese, 1m45.722s on lap 11

Portuguese GP: Qualifying Quotes, Bradley Smith

"I put in a great last lap but to be honest I still don't know how I did it. The bike is obviously working well but I guess this is the kind of circuit where you need to take your brain out a bit and attack each corner as if it was the last. The set-up is good, my pace not so much but I think I can stick it out in the lead group. I'm happy because we've improved the stability under braking and I want to thank the team for the way they have gone about coming up with solutions to a variety of different problems. This is the fastest time I've ever done here and we have a good position for the race tomorrow. The foot is uncomfortable but it isn't too much of a problem on the bike so that's the important thing!"

Portuguese GP: 125cc Qualifying

Pos | Rider | Bike | Time | Laps
1. Julian Simon Aprilia 1m45.199s 17
2. Pol Espargaro Derbi 1m45.739s + 0.540s 20
3. Bradley Smith Aprilia 1m45.775s + 0.576s 18
4. Marc Marquez KTM 1m46.056s + 0.857s 18
5. Stefan Bradl Aprilia 1m46.056s + 0.857s 19
6. Nicolas Terol Aprilia 1m46.099s + 0.900s 19
7. Sandro Cortese Derbi 1m46.187s + 0.988s 18
8. Simone Corsi Aprilia 1m46.307s + 1.108s 18
9. Andrea Iannone Aprilia 1m46.310s + 1.111s 16
10. Daniel Webb Aprilia 1m46.442s + 1.243s 18
11. Sergio Gadea Aprilia 1m46.578s + 1.379s 17
12. Efren Vazquez Derbi 1m46.621s + 1.422s 18
13. Joan Olive Derbi 1m46.665s + 1.466s 19
14. Takaaki Nakagami Aprilia 1m46.700s + 1.501s 18
15. D.Agerter Derbi 1m46.704s + 1.505s 17
16. Johann Zarco Aprilia 1m46.821s + 1.622s 18
17. Esteve Rabat Aprilia 1m46.884s + 1.685s 19
18. R.Krummenacher Aprilia 1m47.470s + 2.271s 17
19. Jonas Folger Aprilia 1m47.502s + 2.303s 18
20. Michael Ranseder Aprilia 1m47.697s + 2.498s 13
21. Luis Salom Aprilia 1m48.089s + 2.890s 14
22. Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia 1m48.183s + 2.984s 17
23. Alberto Moncayo Aprilia 1m48.232s + 3.033s 19
24. Scott Redding Aprilia 1m48.316s + 3.117s 6
25. Jasper Iwema Honda 1m48.329s + 3.130s 17
26. Cameron Beaubier KTM 1m48.465s + 3.266s 18
27. Sturla Fagerhaug KTM 1m48.588s + 3.389s 17
28. Tomoyoshi Koyama Loncin 1m48.764s + 3.565s 5
29. Luca Marconi Aprilia 1m49.256s + 4.057s 18
30. Jakub Kornfeil Loncin 1m49.472s + 4.273s 19
31. Johnny Rosell Aprilia 1m49.856s + 4.657s 16
32. Quentin Jacquet Aprilia 1m50.031s + 4.832s 14
33. Jakub Jantulik Aprilia 1m51.077s + 5.878s 14
34. Jordi Dalmau Honda 1m51.121s + 5.922s 13
35. Luca Vitali Aprilia 1m51.257s + 6.058s 20

125cc British Riders Preview Estoril

Bradley Smith
“My aim now is to delay Julian as long as possible from claiming the title and winning the battle with Nico for second place. My last three races have been really encouraging and the only thing that has been missing is a win and I’ll be flat out for that in Estoril.”


Scott Redding
“The team have been working hard for the last three weeks to sort out the problems with the bike and so hopefully I can finish the race on Sunday. It’s an important last four races and also a big weekend when the Moto2 entry list for next season will be announced.”


Danny Webb
“My goal for the last four races is to finish all of them in the top ten. I’ve been training hard in the break and as my results show at Estoril last year I really like the circuit. It’s important that we get a good set-up from the start on Friday afternoon which we did at Indianapolis and Misano. I’m confident of a good result on Sunday.”

San Marino GP: 125cc Race Result

Pos | Rider | Bike | Time
1. Julian Simon Aprilia 40m15.301s
2. Nicolas Terol Aprilia + 0.573s
3. Bradley Smith Aprilia + 5.474s
4. Marc Marquez KTM + 9.378s
5. Sandro Cortese Derbi + 9.665s
6. Stefan Bradl Aprilia + 11.755s
7. Simone Corsi Aprilia + 23.044s
8. Joan Olive Derbi + 26.936s
9. Jonas Folger Aprilia + 32.851s
10. Daniel Webb Aprilia + 34.439s
11. Michael Ranseder Aprilia + 34.733s
12. Efren Vazquez Derbi + 35.763s
13. Riccardo Moretti Aprilia + 35.853s
14. Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia + 39.937s
15. D.Agerter Derbi + 39.942s
16. Johann Zarco Aprilia + 40.110s
17. R.Krummenacher Aprilia + 59.051s
18. Lukas Sembera Aprilia + 59.100s
19. Luigi Morciano Aprilia +1m00.236s
20. Takaaki Nakagami Aprilia +1m01.191s
21. Luis Salom Aprilia +1m02.848s
22. Cameron Beaubier KTM +1m11.814s
23. Jasper Iwema Honda +1m11.933s
24. Luca Marconi Aprilia +1m12.053s
25. Gabriele Ferro Aprilia +1m14.596s
26. Jakub Jantulik Aprilia +1m28.731s
27. Luca Vitali Aprilia +1m29.309s
28. Jakub Kornfeil Loncin +1m29.916s
29. A.Tonucci Aprilia + 1 Lap

NOT CLASSIFIED/RETIREMENTS:
Rider | Bike | On lap
Andrea Iannone Aprilia 22
Pol Espargaro Derbi 22
Tomoyoshi Koyama Loncin 16
Esteve Rabat Aprilia 15
Lorenzo Savadori Aprilia 13
Scott Redding Aprilia 5
Sergio Gadea Aprilia 0

FASTEST LAP: Espargaro, 1m43.613s on lap 20

San Marino GP: 125cc Qualifying

Pos | Rider | Bike | Time | Gap
1. Bradley Smith Aprilia 1m43.727s
2. Julian Simon Aprilia 1m43.743s + 0.016s
3. Andrea Iannone Aprilia 1m43.890s + 0.163s
4. Nicolas Terol Aprilia 1m43.987s + 0.260s
5. Sergio Gadea Aprilia 1m44.062s + 0.335s
6. Pol Espargaro Derbi 1m44.171s + 0.444s
7. Marc Marquez KTM 1m44.179s + 0.452s
8. Simone Corsi Aprilia 1m44.349s + 0.622s
9. Stefan Bradl Aprilia 1m44.656s + 0.929s
10. Sandro Cortese Derbi 1m44.929s + 1.202s
11. Efren Vazquez Derbi 1m45.116s + 1.389s
12. Esteve Rabat Aprilia 1m45.157s + 1.430s
13. Daniel Webb Aprilia 1m45.188s + 1.461s
14. Scott Redding Aprilia 1m45.213s + 1.486s
15. Johann Zarco Aprilia 1m45.226s + 1.499s
16. Luigi Morciano Aprilia 1m45.316s + 1.589s
17. Michael Ranseder Aprilia 1m45.450s + 1.723s
18. Joan Olive Derbi 1m45.544s + 1.817s
19. Lukas Sembera Aprilia 1m45.574s + 1.847s
20. Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia 1m45.619s + 1.892s
21. Alessandro Tonucci Aprilia 1m45.687s + 1.960s
22. Takaaki Nakagami Aprilia 1m45.776s + 2.049s
23. Randy Krummenacher Aprilia 1m45.791s + 2.064s
24. Dominique Aegerter Derbi 1m45.795s + 2.068s
25. Jonas Folger Aprilia 1m45.868s + 2.141s
26. Riccardo Moretti Aprilia 1m45.932s + 2.205s
27. Tomoyoshi Koyama Loncin 1m45.948s + 2.221s
28. Cameron Beaubier KTM 1m45.971s + 2.244s
29. Gabriele Ferro Aprilia 1m45.976s + 2.249s
30. Lorenzo Savadori Aprilia 1m46.330s + 2.603s
31. Luis Salom Aprilia 1m46.352s + 2.625s
32. Luca Marconi Aprilia 1m46.536s + 2.809s
33. Jasper Iwema Honda 1m46.664s + 2.937s
34. Jakub Jantulik Aprilia 1m47.283s + 3.556s
35. Jakub Kornfeil Loncin 1m47.699s + 3.972s
36. Luca Vitali Aprilia 1m48.014s + 4.287s

San Marino GP: Friday FP1 Results, 125cc

Pos. Rider Team Lap time Gap

1 Bradley SMITH Bancaja Aspar Team 125cc 1′45.297
2 Julian SIMON Bancaja Aspar Team 125cc 1′45.620 0.323
3 Andrea IANNONE Ongetta Team I.S.P.A. 1′45.778 0.481
4 Stefan BRADL Viessmann Kiefer Racing 1′45.966 0.669
5 Efren VAZQUEZ Derbi Racing Team 1′46.071 0.774
6 Sergio GADEA Bancaja Aspar Team 125cc 1′46.120 0.823
7 Pol ESPARGARO Derbi Racing Team 1′46.126 0.829
8 Simone CORSI Fontana Racing 1′46.266 0.969
9 Riccardo MORETTI Ellegi Racing 1′46.277 0.980
10 Dominique AEGERTER Ajo Interwetten 1′46.365 1.068
11 Nicolas TEROL Jack & Jones Team 1′46.368 1.071
12 Esteve RABAT Blusens Aprilia 1′46.396 1.099
13 Joan OLIVE Derbi Racing Team 1′46.488 1.191
14 Luis SALOM Jack & Jones Team 1′46.489 1.192
15 Scott REDDING Blusens Aprilia 1′46.561 1.264
16 Danny WEBB Degraaf Grand Prix 1′46.660 1.363
17 Luigi MORCIANO Junior GP Racing Dream 1′46.921 1.624
18 Marc MARQUEZ Red Bull KTM Moto Sport 1′46.991 1.694
19 Tomoyoshi KOYAMA Loncin Racing 1′46.991 1.694
20 Jonas FOLGER Ongetta Team I.S.P.A. 1′47.026 1.729
21 Takaaki NAKAGAMI Ongetta Team I.S.P.A. 1′47.153 1.856
22 Johann ZARCO WTR San Marino Team 1′47.272 1.975
23 Michael RANSEDER CBC Corse 1′47.329 2.032
24 Alessandro TONUCCI Junior GP Racing Dream 1′47.550 2.253
25 Lukas SEMBERA Matteoni Racing 1′47.777 2.480
26 Randy KRUMMENACHER Degraaf Grand Prix 1′47.895 2.598
27 Gabriele FERRO Grillini Bridgestone Team 1′48.269 2.972
28 Luca MARCONI CBC Corse 1′48.539 3.242
29 Cameron BEAUBIER Red Bull KTM Moto Sport 1′48.590 3.293
30 Lorenzo ZANETTI Ongetta Team I.S.P.A. 1′48.838 3.541
31 Jakub KORNFEIL Loncin Racing 1′48.985 3.688
32 Sandro CORTESE Ajo Interwetten 1′49.022 3.725
33 Luca VITALI CBC Corse 1′49.238 3.941
34 Jasper IWEMA Racing Team Germany 1′49.409 4.112
35 Jacub JANTULIK JJ Racing Team 1′49.484 4.187
36 Lorenzo SAVADORI Fontana Racing 1′49.824 4.527

Indianapolis GP: Report & Bradley Quotes

The 125cc class marked their annual visit to Indianapolis with a thrilling race that ranks amongst the best of the year so far on Sunday, with two packs of riders challenging for the upper positions. Nico Trol repeated his early leadership from the Czech Republic for near enough the entirety of the race, but was shocked late on by Pol Espargaró, who overtook him with two laps remaining for his first Grand Prix victory. The breakaway group was full of talent, reducing from ten to six to five as the process of elimination was decided by the speedy pace. Espargaró, Smith, Corsi, Terol and Simón all put in exciting overtaking as the final places were arranged.
 
Zero points from Germany and Great Britain and fourth in the Czech Republic meant that Bradley Smith had spent three races away from the podium -a big hit to his title challenge. He returned to form Stateside with a great race, and could have won had he not made a small mistake on the entry to the home straight. The Bancaja rider recorded a mercurial 1'49.039 circuit record on his final lap, to take second place and make a rostrum comeback.

Here's Bradley's comments:

"I think that today's result was very positive, because I finished ahead of every rider that was above me in the championship standings. It's been a while since I was last on the podium, and I think that I really needed this. I hope that we can keep up this form at Misano next weekend. At one point in the race I doubted whether I could take a podium, because we were truly at the limit all the time. It was tough to keep up the pace, let alone overtake. Nico was very combative during the race, so passing him on the last lap with a circuit record was a big achievement for me. A little mistake on the entry to the home straight stopped me from fighting with Espargaró. Unfortunately I wasn't able to take the victory, but I hope to be in shape to try again next Sunday. Second place has helped to motivate me, and it will keep me focused for the upcoming races."

Indianapolis GP - Race Result, 125cc

superb, thrilling nail-biting race in the 125cc class with Pol Espargaro eventually getting a superb maiden victory, and Bradley Smith getting a great second place. Non-stop action right from the off, and a helpful clutch of points for Bradley in his championship struggle against 4th place Nico Terol and 5th place Julian Simon.

CLASSIFIED:

Pos | Rider | Bike | Time
1. Pol Espargaro Derbi 42m07.925s
2. Bradley Smith Aprilia + 0.120s
3. Simone Corsi Aprilia + 0.448s
4. Nicolas Terol Aprilia + 1.613s
5. Julian Simon Aprilia + 1.801s
6. Marc Marquez KTM + 19.345s
7. Stefan Bradl Aprilia + 19.358s
8. Joan Olive Derbi + 25.611s
9. Takaaki Nakagami Aprilia + 29.240s
10. D.Agerter Derbi + 29.707s
11. Daniel Webb Aprilia + 30.464s
12. Jonas Folger Aprilia + 44.460s
13. Luis Salom Aprilia + 44.549s
14. Tomoyoshi Koyama Loncin + 45.328s
15. Sergio Gadea Aprilia + 45.435s
16. Michael Ranseder Aprilia + 45.479s
17. Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia + 45.998s
18. Sandro Cortese Derbi + 53.791s
19. Cameron Beaubier KTM +1m01.179s
20. Esteve Rabat Aprilia +1m02.814s
21. Efren Vazquez Derbi +1m14.891s
22. Lukas Sembera Aprilia +1m16.320s
23. Johann Zarco Aprilia +1m31.218s
24. Luca Marconi Aprilia +1m31.569s
25. Luca Vitali Aprilia +1m51.274s

NOT CLASSIFIED/RETIREMENTS:

Rider | Bike | On lap
Andrea Iannone Aprilia 20
R.Krummenacher Aprilia 17
Scott Redding Aprilia 11
Alexis Masbou Loncin 7
Ben Young Aprilia 3
Lorenzo Savadori Aprilia 3
Miles Thornton Aprilia 1

FASTEST LAP: Smith, 1m49.039s on lap 23

Indianapolis GP - Qualifying, 125cc

Pos | Rider | Bike | Time
1. Julian Simon Aprilia 1m49.337s
2. Sandro Cortese Derbi 1m49.387s + 0.050s
3. Nicolas Terol Aprilia 1m49.537s + 0.200s
4. Pol Espargaro Derbi 1m49.577s + 0.240s
5. Bradley Smith Aprilia 1m49.585s + 0.248s
6. Simone Corsi Aprilia 1m49.628s + 0.291s
7. Sergio Gadea Aprilia 1m49.661s + 0.324s
8. Efren Vazquez Derbi 1m49.703s + 0.366s
9. Marc Marquez KTM 1m49.852s + 0.515s
10. Joan Olive Derbi 1m49.853s + 0.516s
11. Daniel Webb Aprilia 1m49.982s + 0.645s
12. Andrea Iannone Aprilia 1m50.140s + 0.803s
13. Johann Zarco Aprilia 1m50.340s + 1.003s
14. Michael Ranseder Aprilia 1m50.494s + 1.157s
15. Stefan Bradl Aprilia 1m50.530s + 1.193s
16. Tomoyoshi Koyama Loncin 1m50.547s + 1.210s
17. D.Agerter Derbi 1m50.721s + 1.384s
18. Lorenzo Savadori Aprilia 1m50.728s + 1.391s
19. Takaaki Nakagami Aprilia 1m50.916s + 1.579s
20. Luis Salom Aprilia 1m51.006s + 1.669s
21. Jonas Folger Aprilia 1m51.062s + 1.725s
22. Esteve Rabat Aprilia 1m51.470s + 2.133s
23. Cameron Beaubier KTM 1m51.527s + 2.190s
24. Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia 1m51.539s + 2.202s
25. R.Krummenacher Aprilia 1m51.546s + 2.209s
26. Scott Redding Aprilia 1m51.569s + 2.232s
27. Luca Marconi Aprilia 1m52.334s + 2.997s
28. Lukas Sembera Aprilia 1m52.373s + 3.036s
29. Alexis Masbou Loncin 1m52.448s + 3.111s
30. Miles Thornton Aprilia 1m53.835s + 4.498s
31. Luca Vitali Aprilia 1m54.107s + 4.770s
32. Ben Young Aprilia 1m56.451s + 7.114s

Indianapolis GP; Bradley Smith Quotes, Friday

"So far my Aprilia is working really well out there despite all the bumps - you could say I knew what to expect! I'm happy with how things have gone on this opening day and I think we can be satisfied with the job done. Unfortunately we had to stop early because of the weather but I was able to enjoy myself when we were out on track. I gradually improved my feeling with the bike and set my best lap near the end, making a slight modification to last year's setting on the rear. We still have a lot to do but we're starting from a good base and I'm more than happy with this as a first outing."