GP 125 Catalunya Results: Young Gun

125 GP Results

Marc Márquez became the youngest ever rider to take four successive Grand Prix wins today when he triumphed in the 125cc Gran Premi Aperol de Catalunya.

Taking the record off Valentino Rossi, the 17 year-old Spaniard won by a comfortable margin as he underlined his dominance of the category with his third victory from pole position.

Bradley Smith got a fantastic start from the front row and led into Turn 1 but when he ran wide at the exit it was Márquez who took advantage to shoot through and immediately start building an early lead as the field settled into their rhythm.

Unfortunately for Esteve Rabat his race was ended prematurely – as it had been in the previous round at Assen – when he crashed out at Turn 10 on the opening lap.

Randy Krummenacher made an impressive start to rise from 14th to seventh, whilst towards the front a battle for second started to settle between Smith, Nico Terol and Pol Espargaró, as they became detached from the remainder of the field and Márquez continue to build his lead.

There were further fallers in the form of Alexis Masbou and Sturla Fagerhaug as they pushed for positions further down the field, but the real battle was unfolding between the trio competing for the remaining two podium positions. Luis Salom was forced to retire shortly after.

As the final quarter of the race approached Márquez had established an unassailable lead, which stood at close to four seconds, but Smith, Espargaró and Terol were incredibly closely matched as they engaged in a tactical contest. The distance back to fifth placed Sandro Cortese had stretched to almost 40 seconds as the last two laps beckoned.

Drama on the final lap saw Terol try to make a move but have to pull back suddenly to avoid hitting Espargaró and he ran wide and dropped to the back of the trio. The tension peaked further when the Bancaja Aspar rider then had a highside as he pushed hard, ending his participation.

That left Smith to take his second podium of the season and cross the line in second place at 4.638s off winner Márquez. Espargaró was a further 0.358s back as he took third.

Cortese won the battle with Efrén Vázquez for fourth place, with Tomoyoshi Koyama sixth and Krummenacher seventh. Johann Zarco, Jonas Folger and Danny Webb completed the top ten.

125 GP Records

Pole Lap:	2010	Marc MARQUEZ	1’50.543	153.9 Km/h
Fastest Lap:	Lap: 9	Pol ESPARGARO	1’50.590	153.9 Km/h
Circuit Record Lap:	2010	Pol ESPARGARO	1’50.590	153.9 Km/h
Best Lap:	2007	Gabor TALMACSI	1’50.012	154.7 Km/h

 

The result moved Márquez onto 132 points and into top spot in the standings, with Espargaró now second at just a point behind. Terol’s non-finish means he is now third on 118, with Smith remaining in fourth and now on 94 points.

125 GP Results – Barcelona, Sunday, July 04, 2010

Pos.	Points	Num.	Rider	Nation	Team	Bike	Km/h	Time/Gap
1	25	93	Marc MARQUEZ	SPA	Red Bull Ajo Motorsport	Derbi	153.0	40’46.315
2	20	38	Bradley SMITH	GBR	Bancaja Aspar Team	Aprilia	152.7	+4.638
3	16	44	Pol ESPARGARO	SPA	Tuenti Racing	Derbi	152.7	+4.996
4	13	11	Sandro CORTESE	GER	Avant Mitsubishi Ajo	Derbi	150.3	+45.366
5	11	7	Efren VAZQUEZ	SPA	Tuenti Racing	Derbi	150.2	+45.433
6	10	71	Tomoyoshi KOYAMA	JPN	Racing Team Germany	Aprilia	150.0	+49.685
7	9	35	Randy KRUMMENACHER	SWI	Stipa-Molenaar Racing GP	Aprilia	150.0	+49.735
8	8	14	Johann ZARCO	FRA	WTR San Marino Team	Aprilia	150.0	+49.743
9	7	94	Jonas FOLGER	GER	Ongetta Team	Aprilia	150.0	+49.775
10	6	99	Danny WEBB	GBR	Andalucia Cajasol	Aprilia	149.8	+53.115
11	5	26	Adrian MARTIN	SPA	Aeroport de Castello – Ajo	Aprilia	149.5	+58.669
12	4	15	Simone GROTZKYJ	ITA	Fontana Racing	Aprilia	149.4	+58.800
13	3	23	Alberto MONCAYO	SPA	Andalucia Cajasol	Aprilia	149.3	+1’02.050
14	2	78	Marcel SCHROTTER	GER	Interwetten Honda 125	Honda	148.5	+1’15.497
15	1	63	Zulfahmi KHAIRUDDIN	MAL	AirAsia – Sepang Int. Circuit	Aprilia	148.4	+1’16.029
16		84	Jakub KORNFEIL	CZE	Racing Team Germany	Aprilia	147.8	+1’26.441
17		69	Louis ROSSI	FRA	CBC Corse	Aprilia	147.4	+1’33.613
18		87	Luca MARCONI	ITA	Ongetta Team	Aprilia	147.2	+1’36.186
19		58	Joan PERELLO	SPA	SAG Castrol	Honda	147.2	+1’36.223
20		60	Michael VAN DER MARK	NED	Lambretta Reparto Corse	Lambretta	147.2	+1’36.340
21		59	Johnny ROSELL	SPA	SAG Castrol	Honda	146.8	+1’43.804
22		72	Marco RAVAIOLI	ITA	Lambretta Reparto Corse	Lambretta	146.1	+1’55.331
23		56	Peter SEBESTYEN	HUN	Right Guard Racing	Aprilia	141.3	1 Lap
Not Classified
		40	Nicolas TEROL	SPA	Bancaja Aspar Team	Aprilia	152.8	1 Lap
		39	Luis SALOM	SPA	Stipa-Molenaar Racing GP	Aprilia	147.0	8 Laps
		17	Eduard LOPEZ	SPA	Catalunya Racing Team	Aprilia	143.2	11 Laps
		55	Isaac VIÑALES	SPA	Catalunya Racing Team	Aprilia	147.0	12 Laps
		50	Sturla FAGERHAUG	NOR	AirAsia – Sepang Int. Circuit	Aprilia	147.9	15 Laps
		5	Alexis MASBOU	FRA	Ongetta Team	Aprilia	148.2	17 Laps
Not Starting
		12	Esteve RABAT	SPA	Blusens-STX	Aprilia		0 Lap
		53	Jasper IWEMA	NED	CBC Corse	Aprilia		0 Lap
		32	Lorenzo SAVADORI	ITA	Matteoni CP Racing	Aprilia		0 Lap