A year in the making, the 250cc class’ long-awaited race debut at Indianapolis provided a fantastic race that made the delay worthwhile. The only chance that the two-stroke bikes will have to race at the Brickyard – as 250cc makes way for Moto2 next season – the one-off Grand Prix was one to remember. Two [...]
3rd Álvaro Bautista:
“It hasn’t been a good weekend for us if we are talking about the world title, because Simoncelli is closer to us and Aoyama is now further ahead. I had a lot of problems in practice, just like at Brno where I didn’t feel at all comfortable on the bike. I didn’t manage [...]
2nd Bradley Smith:
“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 [...]
CLASSIFIED:
Pos | Rider | Bike | Time
1. Marco Simoncelli Gilera 45m43.599s
2. Hiroshi Aoyama Honda + 1.943s
3. Alvaro Bautista Aprilia + 4.661s
4. Mike Di Meglio Aprilia + [...]
A 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 | [...]
Pos. Rider Team Lap time Gap
1 Simone CORSI Fontana Racing 1′49.586
2 Julian SIMON Bancaja Aspar Team 125cc 1′49.645 0.059
3 Sandro CORTESE Ajo Interwetten 1′49.729 0.143
4 Andrea IANNONE Ongetta Team I.S.P.A. 1′49.789 0.203
5 Pol ESPARGARO Derbi Racing Team 1′49.896 0.310
6 Sergio GADEA Bancaja Aspar Team 125cc 1′49.908 0.322
7 Scott REDDING Blusens Aprilia 1′50.057 0.471
8 Bradley SMITH [...]
Pos | Rider | Bike | Time
1. Mike Di Meglio Aprilia 1m44.341s
2. Hiroshi Aoyama Honda 1m44.461s + 0.120s
3. Marco Simoncelli Gilera 1m44.553s + 0.212s
4. Hector Barbera Aprilia 1m44.625s + 0.284s
[...]
Bancaja Aspar rider Julian Simon taking another pole position.
Pos | Rider | Team | Lap time | Gap
1 Julian SIMON Bancaja Aspar Team 125cc 1′49.337
2 Sandro CORTESE Ajo Interwetten 1′49.387 0.050
3 Nicolas TEROL Jack & Jones Team 1′49.537 0.200
4 Pol ESPARGARO Derbi Racing Team 1′49.577 0.240
5 Bradley SMITH Bancaja Aspar Team 125cc 1′49.585 0.248
6 [...]
Pos | Rider | Team | Lap time | Gap
1 Marco SIMONCELLI Metis Gilera 1′45.001
2 Hector BARBERA Pepe World Team 1′45.049 0.048
3 Mike DI MEGLIO Mapfre Aspar Team 250cc 1′45.211 0.210
4 Ratthapark WILAIROT Thai Honda PTT SAG 1′45.373 0.372
5 Alvaro BAUTISTA Mapfre Aspar Team 1′45.386 0.385
6 Hector FAUBEL Honda SAG 1′45.558 0.557
7 Hiroshi AOYAMA Scot [...]
Pos. | Rider | Team | Lap time | Gap
1 Bradley SMITH Bancaja Aspar Team 125cc 1′49.251
2 Pol ESPARGARO Derbi Racing Team 1′49.577 0.326
3 Nicolas TEROL Jack & Jones Team 1′49.855 0.604
4 Julian SIMON Bancaja Aspar Team 125cc 1′49.983 0.732
5 Stefan BRADL Viessmann Kiefer Racing 1′50.016 0.765
6 Sandro CORTESE Ajo Interwetten 1′50.018 0.767
7 Simone [...]
