Valencia MotoGP: Terol last ever 125 GP world champion

Nicolas Terol (Bankia Aspar) is the last ever 125 Grand Prix world champion, as the era of two-stroke draws to a close in Valencia. Terol’s championship win was secured early on when outside title contender Johann Zarco (Avant-AirAsia-Ajo) crashed out of the race on the second lap.

Terol’s team mate Hector Faubel took the lead early on in the race, where he remained until the mid-way point, when rain started to fall on the Spanish circuit leading to Sandro Cortese crashing out of contention for third in the championship at turn four. Danny Webb also crashed out of the race, a disappointing result for the British rider who had started the race from the front of the grid, having secured his first ever GP pole.

Vinales moved up to second and closed on Faubel, before taking the lead with Terol following suit, relegating Faubel to third and starting the battle in earnest for the final 125 GP race win.

Faubel reclaimed second from his team mate, where he stayed until the penultimate lap when Terol took second but couldn’t quite reel in Vinales who took his fourth race win of the season and finished third in the championship behind Zarco.

1 25 25 Maverick VIÑALES SPA Blusens by Paris Hilton Racing Aprilia 138.2 41’44.138
2 20 18 Nicolas TEROL SPA Bankia Aspar Team 125cc Aprilia 138.0 +3.216
3 16 55 Hector FAUBEL SPA Bankia Aspar Team 125cc Aprilia 137.8 +7.460
4 13 7 Efren VAZQUEZ SPA Avant-AirAsia-Ajo Derbi 137.4 +14.560
5 11 94 Jonas FOLGER GER Red Bull Ajo MotorSport Aprilia 137.2 +18.451
6 10 23 Alberto MONCAYO SPA Andalucia Banca Civica Aprilia 136.2 +36.472
7 9 39 Luis SALOM SPA RW Racing GP Aprilia 135.3 +52.614
8 8 31 Niklas AJO FIN TT Motion Events Racing Aprilia 134.9 +1’00.138
9 7 3 Luigi MORCIANO ITA Team Italia FMI Aprilia 134.9 +1’00.253
10 6 96 Louis ROSSI FRA Matteoni Racing Aprilia 134.8 +1’03.258
11 5 60 Manuel TATASCIORE ITA Phonica Racing Aprilia 134.4 +1’09.892
12 4 77 Marcel SCHROTTER GER Mahindra Racing Mahindra 134.3 +1’12.741
13 3 19 Alessandro TONUCCI ITA Team Italia FMI Aprilia 134.0 +1’18.337
14 2 71 John McPHEE GBR Racing Steps Foundation KRP Aprilia 134.0 +1’18.434
15 1 30 Giulian PEDONE SWI Phonica Racing Aprilia 133.9 +1’20.580
16  50 Sturla FAGERHAUG NOR WTR-Ten10 Racing Aprilia 133.8 +1’21.155
17  52 Danny KENT GBR Red Bull Ajo MotorSport Aprilia 133.5 +1’27.770
18  56 Peter SEBESTYEN HUN Matteoni Racing Aprilia 133.2 +1’33.406
19  34 Daniel RUIZ SPA Larresport Honda 133.2 +1’34.593
20  53 Jasper IWEMA NED Ongetta-Abbink Metaal Aprilia 133.1 +1’34.832
21  40 Marco COLANDREA SWI WTR-Ten10 Racing Aprilia 131.9 1 Lap
22  10 Alexis MASBOU FRA Caretta Technology KTM 131.6 1 Lap
23  86 Kevin HANUS GER Team Hanusch Honda 131.3 1 Lap
24  84 Jakub KORNFEIL CZE Ongetta-Centro Seta Aprilia 130.7 1 Lap
25  63 Zulfahmi KHAIRUDDIN MAL Airasia-Sic-Ajo Derbi 120.1 3 Laps
26 Adrian MARTIN SPA Bankia Aspar Team 125cc Aprilia 131.0 +2’16.952

Not Classified
17 Taylor MACKENZIE GBR Phonica Racing Aprilia 133.2 6 Laps
14 Brad BINDER RSA Andalucia Banca Civica Aprilia 132.8 7 Laps
28 Josep RODRIGUEZ SPA Blusens by Paris Hilton Racing Aprilia 116.1 9 Laps
11 Sandro CORTESE GER Intact-Racing Team Germany Aprilia 137.1 13 Laps
99 Danny WEBB GBR Mahindra Racing Mahindra 134.7 13 Laps
21 Harry STAFFORD GBR Ongetta-Centro Seta Aprilia 128.8 17 Laps
8 Jack MILLER AUS Caretta Technology KTM 130.6 21 Laps
5 Johann ZARCO FRA Avant-AirAsia-Ajo Derbi 130.9 22 Laps