Britain’s Bradley Smith has converted his second successive pole position into a third place this morning at Jerez. After leading off the line, he dropped to third on the second lap and then fourth but leader Stefan Bradl had a moment on lap 11 which promoted the Oxfordshire teenager back onto the podium.
Some daring manouevres in the last third of the race didn’t pay off for Smith, including one on Terol for the lead, and allowed the leaders to get away and Bradl to come back at him. Smith finished the race five seconds behind the winner. This is Smith’s second podium of his GP career, the first at Le Mans last year.
Qatar superstar Scott Redding ended the race in seventh after a race-long battle with Mike DiMeglio, and Danny Webb crashed unhurt on lap lap eight. He had been battling back from 13th and was right on Redding’s back wheel.
Redding and Smith are now seventh and eighth respectively in the 125cc championship with Danny Webb 12th.
The race was won by Simone Corsi with Nicolas Terol, who led for a majority of laps, in second.
Results:
1 25 24 Simone CORSI ITA Jack & Jones WRB APRILIA 41’46.100 146.133
2 20 18 Nicolas TEROL SPA Jack & Jones WRB APRILIA 41’49.306 145.946 3.206
3 16 38 Bradley SMITH GBR Polaris World APRILIA 41’51.086 145.843 4.986
4 13 17 Stefan BRADL GER Grizzly Gas Kiefer Racing APRILIA 41’51.122 145.840 5.022
5 11 22 Pablo NIETO SPA Onde 2000 KTM KTM 41’52.354 145.769 6.254
6 10 51 Stevie BONSEY USA Degraaf Grand Prix APRILIA 42’06.663 144.943 20.563
7 9 45 Scott REDDING GBR Blusens Aprilia Junior APRILIA 42’08.617 144.831 22.517
8 8 77 Dominique AEGERTER SWI Ajo Motorsport DERBI 42’09.102 144.804 23.002
9 7 63 Mike DI MEGLIO FRA Ajo Motorsport DERBI 42’10.028 144.751 23.928
10 6 11 Sandro CORTESE GER Emmi - Caffe Latte APRILIA 42’19.641 144.203 33.541
11 5 35 Raffaele DE ROSA ITA Onde 2000 KTM KTM 42’19.764 144.196 33.664
12 4 12 Esteve RABAT SPA Repsol KTM 125cc KTM 42’20.087 144.177 33.987
13 3 71 Tomoyoshi KOYAMA JPN ISPA KTM Aran KTM 42’20.526 144.152 34.426
14 2 44 Pol ESPARGARO SPA Belson Derbi DERBI 42’26.138 143.835 40.038
15 1 73 Takaaki NAKAGAMI JPN I.C. Team APRILIA 42’30.615 143.582 44.515
16 60 Michael RANSEDER AUT I.C. Team APRILIA 42’31.598 143.527 45.498
17 16 Jules CLUZEL FRA Loncin Racing LONCIN 42’35.785 143.292 49.685
18 29 Andrea IANNONE ITA I.C. Team APRILIA 42’39.286 143.096 53.186
19 30 Pere TUTUSAUS SPA Bancaja Aspar Team APRILIA 42’44.137 142.825 58.037
20 19 Roberto LACALENDOLA ITA Matteoni Racing APRILIA 42’49.710 142.515 1’03.610
21 5 Alexis MASBOU FRA Loncin Racing LONCIN 42’50.832 142.453 1’04.732
22 76 Ivan MAESTRO SPA Alpo Atletico de Madrid HONDA 43’05.699 141.634 1’19.599
23 78 Daniel SAEZ SPA Gaviota Prosolia Racing APRILIA 43’11.090 141.339 1’24.990
24 69 Louis ROSSI FRA FFM Honda GP 125 HONDA 43’25.835 140.540 1’39.735
25 79 Alberto MONCAYO SPA Andalucia Derbi DERBI 43’34.292 140.085 1’48.192
26 95 Robert MURESAN ROU Grizzly Gas Kiefer Racing APRILIA 43’02.935 123.292 3 laps
250 result:
1 25 36 Mika KALLIO FIN Red Bull KTM 250 KTM 45’27.908 151.762
2 20 75 Mattia PASINI ITA Polaris World APRILIA 45’32.185 151.524 4.277
3 16 72 Yuki TAKAHASHI JPN JiR Team Scot 250 HONDA 45’32.195 151.523 4.287
4 13 4 Hiroshi AOYAMA JPN Red Bull KTM 250 KTM 45’32.784 151.491 4.876
5 11 21 Hector BARBERA SPA Team Toth Aprilia APRILIA 45’33.876 151.430 5.968
6 10 6 Alex DEBON SPA Lotus Aprilia APRILIA 45’41.541 151.007 13.633
7 9 60 Julian SIMON SPA Repsol KTM 250cc KTM 45’44.280 150.856 16.372
8 8 15 Roberto LOCATELLI ITA Metis Gilera GILERA 45’50.479 150.516 22.571
9 7 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Lotus Aprilia APRILIA 45’56.514 150.187 28.606
10 6 52 Lukas PESEK CZE Auto Kelly - CP APRILIA 46’00.634 149.962 32.726
11 5 25 Alex BALDOLINI ITA Matteoni Racing APRILIA 46’06.510 149.644 38.602
12 4 14 Ratthapark WILAIROT THA Thai Honda PTT SAG HONDA 46’11.279 149.386 43.371
13 3 17 Karel ABRAHAM CZE Cardion AB Motoracing APRILIA 46’22.067 148.807 54.159
14 2 43 Manuel HERNANDEZ SPA Blusens Aprilia APRILIA 46’49.846 147.336 1’21.938
15 1 10 Imre TOTH HUN Team Toth Aprilia APRILIA 45’38.968 145.335 1 lap
16 45 Doni Tata PRADITA INA Yamaha Pertamina Indonesia YAMAHA 45’52.650 144.613 1 lap