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MotoGP 2009 - Round Five - Mugello - Race |
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MotoGP 2009 - Round Five - Mugello - Race |
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MotoGP Round Five By, Trevor Hedge With only a single point separating the top three in the 2009 MotoGP World Championship the pressure was on like never before as riders assembled on the grid for round five of the series at Mugello. The grid itself was also extremely tight, with only 2.02 seconds covering the whole field Mugello had provided the tightest qualifying session since Laguna Seca in 2007. Throwing a spanner in the works of the weekend form guide however was a heavy dose of precipitation, a state of affairs that has been all too common in season 2009 and arriving before the 250cc race before blowing over prior to the start of the MotoGP bout but leaving the 5.245 circuit in varying levels of damp and wet. One rider who had already discovered exactly how much traction the Mugello tarmac offered was Jorge Lorenzo, the pole sitter slipped off his Yamaha on the sighting lap! A small embarrassment for the championship leader but he made his way back to the pits to swap to his spare machine and made it to the grid with plenty of time to spare. The front row consisted of Lorenzo, Casey Stoner and Suzuki’s Loris Capirossi who made the front row of a MotoGP for the first time since Mugello last year. The master of Mugello, Valentino Rossi missed the front row for the first time at his home GP since he first joined the premier class in 2000. With six victories from the previous six starts however nobody would be game to discount The Doctor in front of his hugely devoted Italian crowd. When the lights went out however Chris Vermeulen somehow sprinted straight to the lead despite starting from 11th on the grid! The Australian always known as somewhat of a rain master but even he could not have dreamed of hitting the front before turn one! Following Vermeulen on lap one was Casey Stoner and Andrea Dovizioso and that pair just about sucked the fairings off Vermeulen’s Suzuki as they blew past down the main straight to start lap two. Vermeulen sneaked back past Dovizioso at the end of the straight and managed to keep the Spaniard out to hold onto that second place while Stoner set about trying to break away from his pursuers. A little over a second behind that leading triumvirate was Valentino Rossi with Dani Pedrosa right on his tail. Pedrosa riding with pain medication after damaging his leg without even crashing on Saturday when his Honda shook violently in protest after Pedrosa saved a highside. Poleman Jorge Lorenzo suffered too much wheelspin off the line and was down in sixth place just in front of Melandri but Lorenzo proved his race pace by setting a new fastest lap of the race on lap three as he tried to chase down Pedrosa and Rossi. At the front Dovizioso finally managed to make a pass stick on Vermeulen and immediately started challenging Stoner for the lead. Rossi had managed to break away from Pedrosa and was closing in on the tailpipes of Vermeulen’s Suzuki. Dovizioso took the lead for the first time with 20 laps to run and managed to keep Stoner out at the end of the main straight to show that he was determined to throw caution to the wind in order to maintain the race lead. With the track now starting to dry and the whole field on wets the next question was going to be when or if the riders would choose to enter the pits to swap to a spare bike shod with tyres more suited to the drying track. The question of who would be first was answered on lap five when James Toseland chose his moment to make the swap, with the Briton struggling in season 2009 he had little to lose in making the early gamble. Dovizioso had managed to break away from Stoner while slipping and sliding his way around the Tuscan circuit. Stoner was being a little more cautious which had enabled Rossi to sneak up on to the tail of the Ducati man and slipped past with 18 laps to run to make it a Yamaha 1-2 at the front of the field. Another rider to further his fortunes as the track continued to dry was Marco Melandri who first slipped past Chris Vermeulen before then rapidly arriving on ducktail of last year’s teammate, Casey Stoner. It took Melandri only a lap to get the better of Stoner who then began to come under further serious pressure from Vermeulen and the slow starting Lorenzo. Rossi and Melandri really had the hammer down, screwing every last piece of rubber out of their wet weather tyres. Rossi quickly caught Dovizioso and passed Dovizioso and Melandri also took little time to catch up to Dovizioso. The time to change to dry tyres was now upon the riders as Toseland was not starting to lap at a pace comparable to the race leaders. Stoner was suffering badly on the drying track with both Vermeulen and Lorenzo passing Stoner and quickly leaving him in their wake. With 15 laps to run the slick shod Toseland lapped faster than all the front runners for the first time which signalled the time to change. Dovizioso was straight in as was Vermeulen to change bikes as at the front of the field Melandri hit the lead and started to pull away from Rossi while Lorenzo was also closing in. On the next lap that trio all came in to pit lane to swap machines with Stoner also choosing his moment to take the swap. By half race distance all the main protagonists had swapped their machinery and Melandri remained in the lead for half a lap before Dovizioso hit the front and started to pull away. The Repsol man had come in a lap earlier and had the benefit of being up to speed on the slick tyres and was in the box seat. Stoner had been quite cautious on the wets but he had the bit between his teeth as soon as he swapped machines and blew past Vermeulen, Lorenzo, Rossi and Melandri to move up to second place. Another rider to immediately pick up the pace once on dry tyres was Loris Capirossi who was sprinting his way up the field. Still the fastest man on the circuit however was the first rider to swap to dry tyres and was in seventh place as a result and looking to work his way further forward. Capirossi was on the tail of Stoner vying for second place with 11 laps to run. Dovizioso still held sway up front but his Repsol teammate lay in the gravel suffering plenty of pain after another highside which damaged his already pained leg further. A dreadful blow for Pedrosa and the championship. Stoner hit the front with ten laps to run as Capirossi also started to pressure Dovizioso. The pressure didn’t last long however as the Suzuki man moved up to second place. His teammate not faring as well as the track dried however and now way back in ninth and slipping further backwards after leading early on. Lorenzo was in fourth place nearly four second behind the race leader with a second buffer over fifth place Rossi who in turn had a few seconds on Toseland and Randy De Puniet. Loris Capirossi hit the lead for the first time with eight laps to run which served as a wake up call to Stoner who then picked up his pace to match the Italian. The brutal Ducati still very much a handful in the conditions though with Stoner saving plenty of slides on his way back past Capirossi on the next lap. With seven laps to go Rossi declared his intentions from fifth place by putting in a lap a huge two seconds quicker than the front runners to start hauling in Lorenzo as the top five began to close up considerably. Stoned responded with a new fastest lap of the race on his next lap to pull a small buffer over Capirossi. Likewise the other front runners also upped their pace to fend off the challenge from Rossi with Lorenzo bettering Stoner’s lap time the next time down the chute. With five laps to run it was Stoner, Capirossi, Dovizioso, Lorenzo and Rossi. The battle for third the tightest tussle on the circuit with the Yamaha men all over Dovizioso’s Repsol Honda. Lorenzo sneaked past Dovizioso for third place late on that lap and started the fourth from last lap 1.2 seconds behind second place Capirossi. At the front though Stoner looked to have the game in hand and it would take a monumental effort in the closing laps for his pursuers to get the better of the Ducati man. A new fastest lap of the race to Stoner on lap 20 but Lorenzo crossed the line in a very similar time to declare his challenge. The gap however was significant and it would take a mistake from Stoner to allow a challenge to take place. Rossi squeezed his way past Dovizioso for fourth place with three laps to run. Capirossi a determined stumbling block to the passage of the Yamaha men but an unbelievable move from Lorenzo with two laps to run upset the Suzuki man and also allowed Rossi to close right onto his exhaust pipe. Lorenzo sprinted away from Capirossi with a huge turn of speed as Rossi pushed Capirossi off the podium. It had looked like an impossible task for Stoner to get on terms with Stoner before the chequered flag but nobody had mentioned that to the determined Spaniard who was relentless in his pursuit of the Australian. It was not enough however and Stoner took the win and the series lead from Lorenzo in what was a measured performance from the Ducati man. Rossi took third place despite a determined last lap challenge from Andrea Dovizioso who very nearly pushed Rossi off the podium on the stripe. Stoner the first man to beat Rossi at Mugello since 2001 and the first win for Ducati at the Italian circuit which despite beating Italian riders such as Rossi made Stoner an honorary Italian for emerging victorious on his Italian machine. The deliriously excited Italian crowd still managed to stay respectfully silent for the Australian national anthem before singing their own anthem for Ducati as the winning manufacturer. Ducati Corse CEO Claudio Domenicali ecstatic with the performance of his team - “This is definitely a special win for us. Mugello is our home circuit, where Vittoriano (Guareschi) has done thousands of kilometres in testing and where the Desmosedici made his first test in 2002. So to win here in front of so many passionate Italian fans, factory workers and suppliers, with the Ducati stand even more packed than ever, is a great feeling and a source of great pride. "It is a good opportunity for us to thank all the sponsors who make results like this possible, our technicians and everybody working either at the track or back at the factory who give us the opportunity to unleash the full potential of an extraordinary rider. "Casey rode majestically on board a machine that is built on the sweat of a lot of people. Another source of great satisfaction is Niccolò (Canepa), who enjoyed his best race of the season so far, and good performance from Nicky (Hayden), who was only denied a top ten finish by a brake problem at the end.” Lorenzo was clearly pumped with his second place while Rossi was a little subdued with third. Andrea Dovizioso obviously disappointed with missing out on a podium as was Capirossi who like always had a huge grin for the cameras no matter what his fortune. Four different manufacturers in the top five finishers but with Edwards sixth and Toseland seventh and incredible four Yamahas in the top seven clearly underlining what a fine package the Yamaha is in any conditions. Stoner now leads the series on 90 points but the championship chase still very tight with Lorenzo only four points adrift and reigning World Champ Rossi nine points behind the Ducati man. Despite his DNF Pedrosa managed to maintain fourth place in the standings by a single point over his Repsol Honda teammate who pushed Marco Melandri down to sixth place in the standings. Colin Edwards as always the quiet achiever holding down seventh place in the series ahead of Suzuki teamsters Capirossi and Vermeulen while Randy De Puniet rounded out the top ten. |
| MotoGP Rnd 5 - Race Result |
MotoGP Rnd 5 - Championship Standings |
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1 Casey Stoner Ducati AUS 45'41.894 |
1. Casey Stoner Ducati AUS 90 |
| -- MotoGP Quotes 1st - Casey Stoner - “I have already won in Italy, at Misano in 2007, and it was great for Ducati but this was the one I really wanted. We’ve struggled to find a great setting here for the past two years but today was our day. During the practice my pace in the dry wasn’t perfect but it was quite good. We started out well in the wet, I felt good and the bike was doing great until the wet tyres were worn out. I kept trying to push to the limit because I didn’t want to lose ground on the others like at Le Mans and stayed out there until I was absolutely sure it was the right time to change tyres. As soon as I went out on slicks I felt comfortable and competitive. Unfortunately I had an issue with the clutch and it started to give me a few problems. Loris came past and was pushing hard and riding very well and he kept me on my toes. At one point I thought it was all over but thankfully I was able to work out a way to ride around the problem and bring the victory home. I made a couple of mistakes over the final two laps but luckily it didn’t matter. It was a really difficult race but a great one for the whole team, for Filippo (Preziosi), for everybody at Ducati and all the Ducatisti. I’m so happy today.” 2nd - Jorge Lorenzo - "Honestly, this is as good as a win for me and I can't really believe the race today, it was like a movie! This morning in warm-up I was quite worried because I was slow in the rain, then on the sighting lap I slid off into the gravel pit. All I could think about was making it back to the pits as quickly as possible in case there was still a chance to make the grid and luckily I made it just in time. My team had the second bike ready and I was able to still start from the pole position. On the grid I tried not to think about the crash, I just tried to focus. But then I had a big slide off the line and the first part of the race wasn't so good for me. I have to say the biggest thank you to my guys today for getting the damaged bike ready in such a short time; it was a brilliant job and after I swapped bikes everything changed. From then on I had a great rhythm and I was able to stay on fighting to the end and take this second place. It's a really amazing result because things could have been much worse today, so thank you again to everyone for making it possible. I'm really happy with this result." 3rd - Valentino Rossi - "Of course I am disappointed not to win again in Mugello but seven times in a row is not so bad and the important thing is that I made it onto the podium. It's a very special moment in Mugello, with all the fans below, and I would have been very sad to have missed that! It was a very hard race today and once again the weather was a problem for us, we're very unlucky in these half-and-half races and I think this is my first podium in one. In the wet we were very fast because we had found a great setting, but then when we changed bikes we made a mistake and chose a front tyre that was too hard, so it took me a long time to be able to put enough temperature on it and I lost a lot of time. At the end I was able to ride better and I knew that I had to make it onto the podium, so I am happy for this. Of course after Le Mans this is a big improvement and these points are important because it's very close between the three of us." 4th - Andrea Dovizioso - “The sensation of leading the race in front of my home crowd was incredible and I think overall we had a good race today – I’m satisfied. I fought like hell to take third and we were so close – only 53 thousandths from the podium! I think our race strategy was good, we changed the bike at the right moment and I pushed as hard as possible to maintain my position. With three laps to go I tried to keep in contact with the others and when Rossi overtook me, I managed to stay with him. Then I tried to slipstream him out of the last corner but I couldn’t make it. Anyway, all in all it was an exciting race and a positive result. We are getting closer, but still not close enough to win. We need to keep on working because we are still not as competitive as the fastest riders, especially in dry conditions. I want to say thanks to the team because they did a great job today, and we’ll use this result to give us an extra boost of motivation.” 5th - Loris Capirossi - "I tried my best today and we nearly got the result the whole team deserved. When I came in to change my bike I was quick immediately and I tried to catch Casey. When I did, I thought I'd done a good job to get there but from then it was very difficult to stay with him and keep a distance from the guys behind. The whole team worked so hard this weekend and we tried to find the best solution for today's conditions and the bike felt like it had a good rhythm in both the wet and the dry. We now need a lot of help from Suzuki, because on the straight it is difficult to follow and stay with the faster guys - and this is what is limiting us at the moment. I want to say a big thank-you to everybody and we will try to build on this next time." 6th - Colin Edwards - "That race was almost exactly the same as what happened in Le Mans where I was losing time in the wet at the beginning and then charging through from the back in the dry. I don't know why, but when the track is damp or full wet, I've got no confidence with the front. And being a front-end guy, if I've got no feeling then I don't go fast. When I enter the corner I get too much weight transfer to the rear and that makes the front feel really vague. I probably should have come in for my dry bike a couple of laps earlier than I did, but with the hard compound front and rear slick in, it took me a while to get temperature in them and I was having a few moments. I just put my head down and was able to get down to some decent times and to take the positive out of the race I at least came back to finish in the top six because I was way back. But I've got to get this bike fixed for me in the wet because I haven't sorted out that particular puzzle yet." 7th - James Toseland - "That's my best result of the season and I'm happy with that because I feel I should be fighting around the top six on a regular basis. I started the race with quite a hard spring in the rear shock and in the first few laps I was in trouble. I hadn't planned on coming into the pits so early for my dry bike but I had no choice. I was losing a lot of time so it was definitely a gamble worth taking. The first couple of laps on slicks were eventful while I was trying to get the hard tyres to temperature, but once I'd got a rhythm going I felt pretty confident and I was pleased I'd decided to come in early. The section of track with the new tarmac was a bit scary because that never dried through the whole race, but you could ride the rest of the track pretty much flat-out and coming in when I did definitely helped gain me a lot of places once I'd picked up my pace. I had a really good dice with Randy and there were a few good overtakes. It's the first race I've enjoyed for a while because for most of it I was fighting for the top six. That's where I was a few times last season and that's where this bike and team deserve to be. Hopefully I can push on in Catalunya." 8th - Randy De Puniet - “Unfortunately the conditions were the same as they were at Le Mans, though our result here was a bit better. I got a very good start but I did not feel very confident in the wet, so I was slower than some of the other guys. I was probably being too cautious. I changed bikes at the right moment, but for the first two laps on slicks I struggled to find a good rhythm, especially on the damp parts of the track. Anyway I had fun battling with Toseland. I tried many times to leave him behind but finally it was impossible. With two laps to go Edwards caught us and I pushed really hard to get sixth place but it was too late. Eighth position is not so bad in these conditions but we could have got sixth. Thanks once again to the team for their good work.” 10th - Chris Vermeulen - "I had a good start and everyone braked early for the first corner and that allowed me to take a wider line where it was a bit drier and I got through into second. A couple of corners later I moved into first and everything felt quite good while the track was wet, but as it started to dry out I struggled a bit with entry grip on the rear. I rode as hard as I could to try and stay with the front guys. I waited for a lap or two to come in and change bikes and I think I did it at the just the right time, but then I struggled to get enough heat into the slick tyres. I did as much as I could and got past a couple of guys right at the end and brought the bike home in 10th - obviously we were hoping for a bit better. The next track we go to is one where we've been a bit more successful so hopefully we'll do alright there." 12th - Nicky Hayden - “Once again we got hit by some crazy weather although to be honest I was hoping for a wet race today after being sixth fastest in the warm-up. I didn’t get away well in the race but I managed to get past a few guys pretty quickly and my team did a great job to change the settings on my second bike and allow me to be amongst the first to change over. That allowed me to make up even more ground and I was up to ninth, having a good race until the rear brake wore down towards the end and I lost three positions. I was using it too much to stop the rear from spinning up and moving around and it has cost me a lot in the end. It’s a shame but we can take some positives out of this race – I was back in the top ten for several laps and we have something to work from in the next race.” 14th - Toni Elias - “I’m disappointed and angry because in racing you have to be ready to tackle any situation and today we weren’t. The most frustrating thing is that I was expecting the first six or seven laps in the wet to be the hard part for us today and we actually did a good job, so I was confident we could kick on for a top result in the dry. I came out on slick tyres right behind Valentino and Casey, just two seconds behind them, but it took me four laps to get the rear tyre up to temperature and even then we were losing three or four seconds a lap, which I cannot understand. It’s a disaster and something clearly wasn’t working right. We’re going to analyse the data, find out what went wrong and make sure we’re better prepared next time. There are positives to take out of this weekend because in general we have stepped up our pace but right now that just makes me even more disappointed that we haven’t come away with a good result.” 15th - Alex De Angelis - “I think we went with the right race strategy and chose the correct moment to change bikes. I went back out pretty fast but went a little bit too hard into turn two and was heading straight for the air fence, so I had to jump off. It was a real shame because it has probably cost us a handful of points but the reality is that we didn’t have a good set-up with the bike for the dry and I honestly don’t think we’d have been capable of great things anyway today.” DNF - Dani Pedrosa - “What can I say? It’s obviously been a pretty bad weekend for us and the crash in the race just about summed it all up. After the problem with my right leg yesterday I had a pain-killing injection this morning for the warm-up and it allowed me to ride the bike, but to be honest there was still a lot of pain and I couldn’t ride at full speed. The rain didn’t help either because all the practice sessions were dry so the wet settings were a bit of a gamble. Anyway, I want to thank Doctor Costa and his assistants for all his help that allowed me to be on the grid today. I had another injection before the race but the conditions were very hard to read and it was difficult for me to gain confidence or find a rhythm – also the bike change wasn’t easy for me because of my leg. On the dry bike I didn’t really have time to get used to the settings and track conditions because I lost the rear on my third lap out and crashed. It’s quite hard to find anything very positive to say right now, but I’m glad that I didn’t do any more damage when I crashed – that’s something. I want to check it again with my doctors and have a bit of rest – I feel really tired now. Despite this setback we’ll keep working. It’s my home Grand Prix next and I just hope I can go there and be in contention.” DNF - Yuki Takahashi - “Yesterday in the dry we had an excellent set-up for this track. Today in the wet we struggled a bit. I came in to change bikes when the team signalled me to come in, then I went out again with slick. Maybe the tyres were too cold or maybe I pushed too hard, anyway, I crashed. I’m really sorry for my crew and for the team. But we have learned a lot here and I am confident that we can get a good result at the next race.” -- Bridgestone Report - Tyre compounds used: Front: Wets - Soft. Slicks – Medium, Hard. Rear: Wets - Soft. Slicks – Medium, Hard Casey Stoner won his first Italian Grand Prix for the Ducati Team in mixed conditions that saw all riders start the 23 lap race on Bridgestone’s wet tyres and switch mid-way to slick tyres in an event reminiscent of the last outing at the Le Mans circuit. Bridgestone predicted Mugello would be the toughest test of tyres so far this season, and the weather added to this challenge in the fourth MotoGP weekend to be affected by rain this year. Heavy rain at 1200hrs left the circuit soaked, but the downpour had stopped before the race and as the sky started to lighten, the track started to dry quickly. James Toseland was the first to pit, coming in to switch to Bridgestone slicks on lap four. The front-runners switched much later in the race; Stoner, and the Fiat Yamahas of Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi all entered the pits on lap ten. By lap eight however Toseland was faster than the top three, and by lap nine the Brit was the fastest man on the circuit on his hard compound front and rear Bridgestones en route to his best result of the season. Stoner had slipped to sixth position by lap eight before making a decisive comeback once on his Bridgestone slicks. Opting for the medium compound front and rear Bridgestones, the Australian overcame a 2.9second deficit to then-leader Andrea Dovizioso of Repsol Honda to retake the lead by lap fourteen. As the riders left the pit lane on the Bridgestone slicks, their individual slick tyre compound choices were the most varied this season. Ten riders opted for the medium compound front slick, nine riders opted for the medium compound rear, and the top three finishers all used a different combination of Bridgestone slick tyre compounds. Hiroshi Yamada - Bridgestone Motorsport – Manager Motorcycle Sport Unit “I want to congratulate Casey and Ducati as I know this is a very special victory for them; their first at their home circuit. It was a very exciting race with six different race leaders, four of whom were Italian. Suzuki did a very good job and it was great to see both Chris and Loris leading, and for Loris to be running in the top three for much of the race. Niccolo Canepa also rode well to score his first top ten finish. This close competition is great for MotoGP, but hopefully in Catalunya we can avoid more rain! This weekend is also special for Bridgestone as Jorge’s second position marks our 200th podium finish in motorcycle racing, the first being Masaru Kobayashi’s victory at Suzuka in 1987.” Tohru Ubukata - Bridgestone Motorsport – Manager, Motorcycle Race Tyre Development “Again this weekend we saw very difficult conditions for our tyres, with cold conditions and a wet start that quickly dried. I am happy with the performance of our wet and slick tyres as we saw sufficient overlap between the wets and the slicks, as we did also in Le Mans, and even in the cold and damp conditions both the medium and hard compound Bridgestone slicks worked well, even as the track temperature got colder throughout the race.” Casey Stoner, Ducati Team, Race Winner “When the track was very wet the bike was working great, but as soon as the track started to dry out a bit we struggled. I thought when we do go to slicks I want to be as close as possible so we pushed it further than we would have normally and than I felt comfortable with, but I had a really good feeling with the slick tyres immediately and we were able to start chasing down Dovizioso bit by bit.” -- 250cc Race The 250cc riders did battle on a wet track earlier in the afternoon, with Mattia Pasini (Team Toth Aprilia) eventually coming out on top by a 0.117 margin from second placed Marco Simoncelli – who he brilliantly held off on the final lap. A big incident with ten laps to go saw title rivals Álvaro Bautista (Mapfre Aspar) and Simoncelli (Metis Gilera) clash at high speed, with both riders running off track when Bautista held the lead - Pasini pushing through to take over at the front and the Spaniard eventually finishing third. Race direction promptly investigated the incident, announcing a 5,000 USD fine for Simoncelli due to his riding in an irresponsible manner. Thomas Luthi (Emmi - Caffe Latte) finished a distant fourth, 24 seconds behind Pasini, to go some way to make up for his Le Mans disappointment. Héctor Barberá (Pepe World Team) was fifth, three seconds behind the Swiss rider. Hiroshi Aoyama (Scot Racing Team) lost ground in the championship in sixth place, whilst Spaniards Alex Debon (Aeropuerto-Castello-Blusens) and Héctor Faubel (Valencia CF - Honda SAG) were joined in the top ten by Italian pair Raffaele de Rosa (Scot Racing) and Roberto Locatelli (Metis Gilera). -- 125cc Race An exciting 125cc contest saw Briton Bradley Smith (Bancaja Aspar) take victory, holding off a strong challenge from Spaniard Nico Terol (Jack & Jones Team) on the last lap to take maximum points and the lead in the standings. After morning rain the track dried relatively quickly and allowed for a highly competitive contest with Smith, Terol and Julián Simón (Bancaja Aspar) pulling away in the second half of the race to fill the podium. Smith eventually crossed the line 0.216 ahead of Terol, with Simón conceding the championship lead as he trailed his Aspar team-mate by seven seconds. Home star Andrea Iannone (Ongetta Team I.S.P.A.) dropped out due to a technical fault on lap six when in second place, causing disappointment for the crowd, as the Italian’s recent difficult spell continued. Behind the front three an intriguing fight for fourth place was won by Pol Espargaró (Derbi Racing Team) as Sandro Cortese (Ajo Interwetten) crashed on the last lap, whilst young Spaniard Marc Márquez (Red Bull KTM) finished less then a second behind his compatriot Espargaró in fifth. |
| 250cc Race Result | 250cc Championship Standings |
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1 / Mattia PASINI / ITA / Team Toth Aprilia / APRILIA |
1 BAUTISTA 83, |
| 125cc Race Result | 125cc Championship Standings |
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1 / Bradley SMITH / GBR / Bancaja Aspar Team 125cc /
APRILIA |
1 SMITH 74.5, |
