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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.”