Valencia 125cc MotoGP: Sunday Results

125cc MotoGP Valencia

Fourth position for Marc Marquez was more than enough for the 17 year-old to be confirmed as the deserved 2010 125cc World Champion after a mature ride from the Red Bull Ajo Motorsport rider in the GP Generali de la Comunitat Valenciana on Sunday.

Victory was taken by Bradley Smith as he won his first race of the season in the final round, cruising across the finish line 2.786 seconds clear in his last 125cc ride before graduating to the Moto2 class next season.

Taking a 17-point lead into the race Marquez knew that a calm and measured approach would be the key to wrapping up his first title, and immediately after the start of the race the order settled.

Smith took the lead, with Nico Terol (Bancaja Aspar) – Márquez’s only title rival in the final round – and Márquez following behind.

A poor start from Pol Espargaro (Tuenti Racing) was recovered well by the Spaniard as he slowly climbed back up the order having dropped as low as 11th on the opening lap, and as the race progressed Marquez allowed him through and into third, avoiding any potential mishaps to his title hopes.

With two laps to go Espargaro went through on Terol and the duo swapped positions once again, all the while Smith leading comfortably at the front.

The Brit took the chequered flag almost three seconds clear for his first win of 2010, thus breaking what had stretched to a 26-race winning streak in the category for Spanish riders. Espargaro signed off from the class with second position – his 12th podium of the year – with Terol crossing the line in third.

Marquez, at just over five seconds back, took fourth position to end the year on 310 points having won ten races, taken 12 podiums and 12 poles in the process.

Completing the top ten were Sandro Cortese (Avant Mitsubishi Ajo), Esteve Rabat (Blusens-STX), Tomoyoshi Koyama (Racing Team Germany) – in his 100th GP – Efrén Vázquez (Tuenti Racing), Randy Krummenacher (Stipa-Molenaar Racing) and Luis Salom (Stipa-Molenaar Racing).

Riders suffering final-race disappointment in not finishing included Johann Zarco (WTR San Marino Team) who crashed out, whilst young Brit Danny Kent (Lambretta Reparto Corse) was forced to retire with a mechanical problem. Danny Webb (Andalucia Cajasol) lost an exhaust towards the end and finished 16th.

2010 125cc MotoGP Valencia Results:

Pos.	Points	Num.	Rider	Nation	Team	Bike	Km/h	Time/Gap
1.	25	38	Bradley SMITH	GBR	Bancaja Aspar Team	Aprilia	142.7	40’25.648
2.	20	44	Pol ESPARGARO	SPA	Tuenti Racing	Derbi	142.5	+2.786
3.	16	40	Nicolas TEROL	SPA	Bancaja Aspar Team	Aprilia	142.5	+3.149
4.	13	93	Marc MARQUEZ	SPA	Red Bull Ajo Motorsport	Derbi	142.2	+8.326
5.	11	11	Sandro CORTESE	GER	Avant Mitsubishi Ajo	Derbi	141.2	+24.375
6.	10	12	Esteve RABAT	SPA	Blusens-STX	Aprilia	141.1	+26.743
7.	9	71	Tomoyoshi KOYAMA	JPN	Racing Team Germany	Aprilia	141.1	+26.823
8.	8	7	Efren VAZQUEZ	SPA	Tuenti Racing	Derbi	141.0	+27.634
9.	7	35	Randy KRUMMENACHER	SWI	Stipa-Molenaar Racing GP	Aprilia	140.3	+41.211
10.	6	39	Luis SALOM	SPA	Stipa-Molenaar Racing GP	Aprilia	140.3	+41.279
11.	5	23	Alberto MONCAYO	SPA	Andalucia Cajasol	Aprilia	139.1	+1’02.540
12.	4	78	Marcel SCHROTTER	GER	Interwetten Honda 125	Honda	139.0	+1’02.999
13.	3	55	Isaac VIÑALES	SPA	CBC Corse	Aprilia	138.7	+1’08.522
14.	2	15	Simone GROTZKYJ	ITA	Fontana Racing	Aprilia	138.7	+1’08.798
15.	1	84	Jakub KORNFEIL	CZE	Racing Team Germany	Aprilia	137.8	+1’24.798
16.		99	Danny WEBB	GBR	Andalucia Cajasol	Aprilia	137.7	+1’27.614
17.		56	Peter SEBESTYEN	HUN	Ongetta Team	Aprilia	137.1	+1’38.939
18.		58	Joan PERELLO	SPA	SAG Castrol	Honda	137.0	+1’39.356
19.		32	Lorenzo SAVADORI	ITA	Matteoni Racing	Aprilia	137.0	+1’40.387
20.		63	Zulfahmi KHAIRUDDIN	MAL	AirAsia – Sepang Int. Circuit	Aprilia	136.4	1 Lap
21.		73	Taylor MACKENZIE	GBR	KRP MMCG	Honda	135.9	1 Lap
22.		70	John McPHEE	GBR	KRP Bradley Smith Racing	Honda	135.5	1 Lap
Not Classified
		50	Sturla FAGERHAUG	NOR	AirAsia – Sepang Int. Circuit	Aprilia	137.0	1 Lap
		31	Niklas AJO	FIN	Monlau Competicion	Derbi	138.2	3 Laps
		72	Marco RAVAIOLI	ITA	Lambretta Reparto Corse	Lambretta	135.4	4 Laps
		14	Johann ZARCO	FRA	WTR San Marino Team	Aprilia	138.8	5 Laps
		59	Johnny ROSELL	SPA	SAG Castrol	Honda	135.1	5 Laps
		52	Danny KENT	GBR	Lambretta Reparto Corse	Lambretta	135.9	9 Laps
		69	Louis ROSSI	FRA	CBC Corse	Aprilia	129.0	12 Laps
		94	Jonas FOLGER	GER	Ongetta Team	Aprilia	136.0	14 Laps
		96	Tommaso GABRIELLI	ITA	Ongetta Team	Aprilia	93.8	14 Laps
		26	Adrian MARTIN	SPA	Aeroport de Castello – Ajo	Aprilia	136.0	19 Laps