Motegi 125cc GP: Results

Motegi 125 GP Results

Marc Márquez took victory at Motegi in the 125cc Grand Prix of Japan on Sunday as he closed the gap on Championship leader Nico Terol – who finished the race in second position – to six points.

It was the Red Bull Ajo Motorsport rider’s seventh win of the season, which came from his ninth pole position start of the year.

Traffic at the start of the race saw Jonas Folger (Team Ongetta) and Efrén Vázquez (Tuenti Racing) crash out through no fault of their own as a coming together of bikes affected the duo.

The German youngster escaped with bruising to his left arm and Vázquez avoided injury as well, but was transferred to hospital for precautionary checks.

Avoiding the chaos at the head of the race were Terol, Márquez, Bradley Smith, Pol Espargaró and Sandro Cortese who all settled into a leading group of five, which itself became more dispersed as the race continued.

With 14 of the 20 laps completed Márquez had stretched to a lead of just over two seconds ahead of Terol, with Smith (Bancaja Aspar) riding a relatively lonely race in third position.

Young British rider Danny Kent, riding for the Lambretta Reparto Corse team and impressing by rising to 14th, then suffered the disappointment of crashing.

It was a fate that was also experienced by home rider Tomoyoshi Koyama (Racing Team Germany) who was running in fifth when he fell with two laps to go, managing to rejoin the race but finish down in 22nd.

There were no slip ups at the front however as Márquez crossed the line 2.612s clear to narrow the gap on Championship leader Terol, who finished second, with his team-mate Smith collecting a fourth podium of the season by placing third.

Espargaró (Tuenti Racing) placed fourth, but dropped to third in the championship standings, seven points adrift of Márquez.

Alberto Moncayo (Andalucia Cajasol) sealed an impressive fifth-placed finish for his best result to date.

125cc GP Results | Motegi, Sunday, October 03, 2010

Pos.	Points	Num.	Rider	Nation	Team	Bike	Km/h	Time/Gap
1	25	93	Marc MARQUEZ	SPA	Red Bull Ajo Motorsport	Derbi	144.8	39’46.937
2	20	40	Nicolas TEROL	SPA	Bancaja Aspar Team	Aprilia	144.7	+2.612
3	16	38	Bradley SMITH	GBR	Bancaja Aspar Team	Aprilia	144.3	+8.396
4	13	44	Pol ESPARGARO	SPA	Tuenti Racing	Derbi	143.7	+18.873
5	11	23	Alberto MONCAYO	SPA	Andalucia Cajasol	Aprilia	142.9	+31.973
6	10	12	Esteve RABAT	SPA	Blusens-STX	Aprilia	142.9	+32.139
7	9	99	Danny WEBB	GBR	Andalucia Cajasol	Aprilia	142.0	+46.716
8	8	39	Luis SALOM	SPA	Stipa-Molenaar Racing GP	Aprilia	141.9	+49.444
9	7	26	Adrian MARTIN	SPA	Aeroport de Castello – Ajo	Aprilia	141.9	+49.867
10	6	14	Johann ZARCO	FRA	WTR San Marino Team	Aprilia	141.5	+55.912
11	5	35	Randy KRUMMENACHER	SWI	Stipa-Molenaar Racing GP	Aprilia	141.5	+56.684
12	4	11	Sandro CORTESE	GER	Avant Mitsubishi Ajo	Derbi	141.5	+56.738
13	3	15	Simone GROTZKYJ	ITA	Fontana Racing	Aprilia	140.9	+1’05.988
14	2	78	Marcel SCHROTTER	GER	Interwetten Honda 125	Honda	140.7	+1’10.339
15	1	53	Jasper IWEMA	NED	CBC Corse	Aprilia	140.7	+1’10.518
16		88	Hikari OOKUBO	JPN	18 Garage Racing Team	Honda	140.1	+1’21.138
17		43	Takehiro YAMAMOTO	JPN	Team Nobby	Honda	140.1	+1’21.153
18		69	Louis ROSSI	FRA	CBC Corse	Aprilia	140.0	+1’21.403
19		63	Zulfahmi KHAIRUDDIN	MAL	AirAsia – Sepang Int. Circuit	Aprilia	139.8	+1’25.015
20		42	Syunya MORI	JPN	Racing Sayama	Honda	139.8	+1’25.186
21		91	Sasuke SHINOZAKI	JPN	Team Tec2	Yamaha	139.8	+1’26.406
22		71	Tomoyoshi KOYAMA	JPN	Racing Team Germany	Aprilia	139.0	+1’40.734
23		87	Luca MARCONI	ITA	Ongetta Team	Aprilia	137.3	1 Lap
24		89	Yuma YAHAGI	JPN	Endurance	Honda	137.3	1 Lap
Not Classified
		52	Danny KENT	GBR	Lambretta Reparto Corse	Lambretta	140.6	9 Laps
		32	Lorenzo SAVADORI	ITA	Matteoni Racing	Aprilia	137.4	12 Laps
		84	Jakub KORNFEIL	CZE	Racing Team Germany	Aprilia	126.9	17 Laps
		96	Tommaso GABRIELLI	ITA	Ongetta Team	Aprilia	112.4	19 Laps
Not Starting
		50	Sturla FAGERHAUG	NOR	AirAsia – Sepang Int. Circuit	Aprilia		0 Lap
		7	Efren VAZQUEZ	SPA	Tuenti Racing	Derbi		0 Lap
		94	Jonas FOLGER	GER	Ongetta Team	Aprilia		0 Lap