125s: Talmacsi's title

Talmacsi, 26, had spent the entire race fighting for the victory with his Aspar Aprilia team-mate and title rival Hector Faubel, and was happy enough to let the Spaniard pass him at the final corner safe in the knowledge that second place would be enough for the crown.

Talmacsi said: "It's a fantactis feeling. The race was really tough. Hector kept passing me on the straight. It was his tactic, but I rode really hard so I could not be shaken off.

"I just concentrated on my rhythm and it worked. Many compliments to the team and to Hector. He made it a very tough fight and motivated me to ride better this year."

All three Aspar riders, who started first, second and third, made terrible starts as the lights went out, allowing Pol Espargaro and Britain's Bradley Smith hit the front from ninth and 12th on the grid.

The status quo was soon back in order though as Talmacsi and Faubel assumed the top spots within the first three laps.

Time after time Faubel took the lead at the first corner only to run wide and be re-passed at the next turn.

His intention was to back up Talmacsi into the pack, knowing that he needed the Hungarian to finish lower than third for him to have any chance of taking the title.

But the plan backfired on lap 13 when he ran far too wide at turn two and dropped 1.5 seconds, a deficit that took him another seven laps to make up.

He employed the same tactic again, and, with one lap to go, it seemed to have worked as Gadea was right on their tail, but, unfortunately for Faubel, was under strict instructions not to interfere with the title battle.

Sensing that the title was Talmacsi's, Faubel dived down the inside of his team-mate into the final corner, almost knocking him off, and got the best drive towards the flag.

It meant that the 24-year-old Spaniard won the race for the second year in a row. It was also his fifth win of the year and the seventh of his career.

Second place for Talmacsi, 0.185 seconds behind, gave him the championship, while Gadea completed a 1-2-3 for a delighted Aspar team chief Jorge Martinez.

Fourth and fifth were Mattia Pasini and Lukas Pesek for Polaris World Aprilia and Seedorf Derbi, and Esteve Rabat was the top Honda rider on his Repsol bike, recovering from a start that left him down in 15th at the end of lap one.

Pablo Nieto, who had led at one stage early on, slipped back to seventh on his Blusens Aprilia, while Smith, who sat on his tail all race, was eighth.

Tomoyoshi Koyama, who started in an unfamiliar 15th place, fought back late in the race to finish ninth, passing Pol Espargaro on the final lap for the position as the Spaniard completed the top ten.

Retirements for Raffaele de Rosa and Stefan Bradl among others allowed Britain's Danny Webb to finish 21st on his De Graaf Honda.