| | | | Moto GP 125cc Valencia : Talmacsi makes it a first for Hungary |  Written: 05/11/2007 : 16:40. Read 1255 times (7/day). | | The integrality of this filed article is for Premium Members. | Gabor Talmacsi of Hungary on an Aprilia won the 125cc world championship here on Sunday by finishing second in the final race of the season behind Spainish team-mate Hector Faubel.
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The first Hungarian to win a motorcycle world title led the Valencia Grand Prix for most of the way with Faubel in close pursuit and he allowed the Spaniard to win on home turf down the home straight.
Talmacsi, 26, takes over as world champion from Spain's Alvaro Bautista. Faubel, who won his fifth race of the season and enjoys less than cordial realtions with the champion, had needed to come home first and hope that Talmacsi finished no better than fourth, to lift the world title.
"I couldn't do any more than I did," admitted Faubel. "It is a real shame because I had more podium finishes (13) and more wins (5) than Gabor."
But Faubel does not say that he is less consistant than Gabor Talmacsi.
Talmacsi ended the season with three wins and 10 podium finishes. So his title is really diserved, also the hugarian rider will not be 250cc rider next season, but Faubel will be...
Moto GP 125cc Final world championship standings :
1- G.TALMACSI APRILIA 282
2- H.FAUBEL APRILIA 277
3- T.KOYAMA KTM 193
4- L.PESEK DERBI 182
5- M.PASINI APRILIA 174
6- S.CORSI APRILIA 168
7- S.GADEA APRILIA 160
8- J.OLIVE APRILIA 131
9- P.ESPARGARO APRILIA 110
10- B.SMITH HONDA 101
11- E.RABAT HONDA 74
12- M.RANSEDER DERBI 73
13- R.KRUMMENACHER KTM 69
14- S.CORTESE APRILIA 66
15- P.NIETO APRILIA 57
16- R.DE ROSA APRILIA 56
17- M.DI MEGLIO HONDA 42
18- S.BRADL APRILIA 39
19- L.ZANETTI APRILIA 30
20- A.IANNONE APRILIA 26
21- A.MASBOU HONDA 25
22- N.TEROL DERBI 19
23- S.BIANCO APRILIA 7
24- D.AEGERTER APRILIA 7
25- S.BONSEY KTM 4
26- D.WEBB HONDA 3
27- E.JEREZ HONDA 2
28- G.FROEHLICH HONDA 2
29- S.GROTZKYJ APRILIA 1
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