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Sunday April 12, 2009 | Finished

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  1. 125s: Rain curtails season opener

    125s: Rain curtails season opener

    The first race of the 2009 125cc grand prix season has been cancelled after just four laps due to torrential rain at Losail, Qatar. More

Race live standing

P. Driver Team Time
1 Andrea Iannone Aprilia I.C. 8:37.245
2 Julian Simon KTM 250 8:37.425
3 Sandro Cortese Aprilia Emmi 125 8:42.456
4 Pol Espargaro Derbi Belson 8:43.014
5 Bradley Smith Aprilia Aspar 125 8:43.895
6 Jonas Folger Red Bull KTM 8:43.946
7 Nicolas Terol Aprilia WRB 8:44.016
8 Stefan Bradl Aprilia Kiefer 8:44.837
9 Daniel Webb Aprilia Molenaar 8:45.414
10 Esteve Rabat KTM 125 8:45.923
11 Dominique Aegerter Derbi Ajo 8:49.429
12 Sergio Gadea Aprilia Aspar 125 8:49.482
13 Scott Redding Aprilia Blusens 125 8:49.605
14 Simone Corsi Aprilia WRB 8:50.999
15 Joham Zarco Aprilia San Marino 8:51.028

Live Commentary

  1. _ So, that's the 125s out of the way. Fingers crossed that the 250s and the MotoGP will have better luck here in Losail.

  2. _ The race has been declared as over, and that makes Andrea Iannone the winner... of sorts. That doesn't stop him and his Ongetta team celebrates the 'victory'! Julian Simon and Sandro Cortese get second and third, with everyone recieving half points.

  3. _ The rain has stopped, and the safety car is doing a lap of the track now - with Valentino Rosii in the passenger seat. The Italian is checking out the visibility, which doesn't look promising, it has to be said.

  4. _ With every minute that ticks past with the rain still falling, it's more likely that the 125s will be declared a result. The priority is to get the MotoGP race started on time if at all possible.

  5. _ So, as it stands the order is : 1 Iannone; 2 Simon; 3 Cortese; 4 Espargaro; 5 Smith; 6 Folger; 7 Terol; 8 Bradl.

  6. _ Race organisers are deliberating what to do now. The rain has abated a little, but as the riders have completed more than three laps the result will stand if there isn't enough time to restart this one. Riders who are currently occupying points places would get half points.

  7. _ The rain is hammering down now, as hard as it has been all weekend. A rather inauspicious start to the new season.

  8. 14' Simon has fallen off but the red flag has been waved already.

  9. 14' Simon creeps past Iannone on the inside and takes the lead!

  10. 14' The rain is getting harder now and, sad to say, the prospect of the red flag going up is highly likely.

  11. 15' Marc Marquez has crashed out! He hit the edge fo the astroturf and flipped high into the air! He's ok, but he's out of this one after being in third place.

  12. 16' Julian Simon has moved up into second with the fastest lap of the race so far as a few spots of rain begin to fall in Qatar.

  13. 16' Espargaro has moved up the field and is up into third place.

  14. 17' Iannone has a .956 lead on Terol as he completes his first lap. Bradley Smith is down in 8th, in fornt of compatriot Danny Webb.

  15. 18' Iannone remains in front from Terol and then Folger.

  16. 18' Iannone leads the way from the start. Bradley Smith has dropped right down the order though.

  17. 18' The green light goes up and the 2009 MotoGP season is underway!

  18. 17:57 The riders are going round on their warm-up lap around this brightly-lit circuit, so we're just minutes from the start.

  19. 17:56 Hello and welcome to Eurosport-Yahoo!'s LIVE coverage of the 125cc race of the Qatar GP!

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  1. So is there actually going to be a MotoGP race today?

    From s.sant1, on Mon 13 Apr 4:39PM

  2. I despair of Bradly. He qualifies well to get on the­ front row of the grid. Then time and time again he­ proves he's the only rider there with a reverse­ gear on his bike !

    From Terry, on Sun 12 Apr 7:44PM

  3. Who is writing this stuff ???????/

    From DAVE, on Sun 12 Apr 6:56PM

  4. 2500cc do u mean 250cc and 500 do u mean 800cc u silly­ billy lol

    From DAVE, on Sun 12 Apr 6:54PM

  5. Erm...the 500s dont exist anymore,its called motogp.;)

    From serban, on Sun 12 Apr 6:49PM

  6. 2500cc do u mean 250cc and 500 do u mean 800cc u silly­ billy lol

    From DAVE, on Sun 12 Apr 6:46PM

  7. 800

    From DAVE, on Sun 12 Apr 6:44PM

  8. baszok bele ezeek nem adjak az eurosporton a 2009­ szezont ,
    VALAKI !!! TUD 1 MEGOLDAST AHOL LEHET NEZNNI­ . KOSZ ELORE !!!

    From sabaduba, on Sun 12 Apr 6:42PM

  9. f...ck ap eurosport , no live in eurosport , eurosport­ is caca in 2009 ,
    no mor fan eurosport ,

    From sabaduba, on Sun 12 Apr 6:41PM

  10. come on BRADLEY SMITH!!!!!!!!!!!

    From csoszie, on Sun 12 Apr 5:16PM

  11. come on

    From csoszie, on Sun 12 Apr 5:13PM

  12. when is it going to start ?
    can i watch it on eurosport­ ,? or bbc 2 ?

    From florismichiels, on Sun 12 Apr 5:11PM

  13. come on Bradley Smith show us what your made of! if not­ let my nephew do it.

    From ferretwis, on Sun 12 Apr 12:19PM
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