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125cc: Terol untouchable in 125cc opener

Nico Terol underlined his 125cc title favourite status with a crushing win in the season-opener in Qatar

The rest of the field barely saw the Aspar Aprilia rider, as having been fastest in every practice session and qualifying, Terol broke away from the pack at the start and pulled away at a second per lap early on.

His lead got as high as 13 seconds at one stage, before he eased off to cruise home with a seven-second cushion.

The battle for second provided much more entertainment, with Hector Faubel, Sandro Cortese and Efren Vazquez hotly disputing the place at first, and eventually being caught by Sergio Gadea and Jonas Folger.

Faubel looked well-placed to give Aspar a one-two going into the closing stages, but his bike appeared to cut out at the first corner when second, and he struggled home in 11th.

Cortese then managed to put a bit of distance between himself and the rest of the podium battle, securing second as Gadea came through to complete the top three ahead of Vazquez and Folger.

Johann Zarco beat Alberto Moncayo, Luis Salom and Maverick Vinales to sixth.

Results - 18 laps:

Pos  Rider                 Team/Bike             Time/Gap
 1.  Nicolas Terol         Aspar Aprilia       38m28.687s
 2.  Sandro Cortese        Germany Aprilia       + 7.710s
 3.  Sergio Gadea          Blusens Aprilia       + 9.147s
 4.  Efren Vazquez         Ajo Derbi             + 9.514s
 5.  Jonas Folger          Ajo Aprilia           + 9.698s
 6.  Johann Zarco          Ajo Derbi            + 15.260s
 7.  Alberto Moncayo       Andalucia Aprilia    + 15.352s
 8.  Luis Salom            RW Aprilia           + 15.696s
 9.  Maverick Vinales      Blusens Aprilia      + 15.910s
10.  Miguel Oliveira       Andalucia Aprilia    + 27.396s
11.  Hector Faubel         Aspar Aprilia        + 42.563s
12.  Jasper Iwema          Ongetta Aprilia      + 43.772s
13.  Danny Kent            Ajo Aprilia          + 44.001s
14.  Simone Grotzkyj       Phonica Aprilia      + 44.272s
15.  Louis Rossi           Matteoni Aprilia     + 50.030s
16.  Danny Webb            Mahindra             + 50.424s
17.  Niklas Ajo            TT Motion Aprilia  + 1m01.545s
18.  Taylor Mackenzie      Phonica Aprilia    + 1m02.931s
19.  Zulfahmi Khairuddin   Ajo Derbi          + 1m05.192s
20.  Luigi Morciano        Italia Aprilia     + 1m05.273s
21.  Marcel Schrotter      Mahindra           + 1m05.396s
22.  Alessandro Tonucci    Italia Aprilia     + 1m12.458s
23.  Jakub Kornfeil        Ongetta Aprilia    + 1m30.629s
24.  Daniel Kartheininger  Forward KTM        + 1m30.792s
25.  Harry Stafford        Ongetta Aprilia    + 1m30.798s
26.  Giulian Pedone        Phonica Aprilia    + 1m54.387s
27.  Francesco Mauriello   WTR-Ten10 Aprilia  + 1m54.548s
28.  Adrian Martin         Aspar Aprilia         + 4 laps

Retirements:

     Joan Perello          Matteoni Aprilia        9 laps
     Hiroki Ono            Forward KTM             7 laps

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