dead heat in the 125cc moto gp race

Hector Faubel was awarded victory on a tie-break in a remarkable photo finish to the Sachsenring 125cc race.

The Aspar rider, who returned to 125cc this year after three seasons in 250cc/Moto2, crossed the line in an exact dead heat with Johann Zarco (Ajo).

The duo could not be separated on the timing screens or on video replays, but Faubel became the official victor by virtue of having set a faster race lap than Zarco.

The duo had been part of a three-bike breakaway lead pack with Blusens' Maverick Vinales, with the trio swapping positions repeatedly into the final stages.

Faubel took the lead from Vinales on the last lap, but out of the final corner Zarco attacked on the outside and had enough momentum to edge ahead. But while Zarco began celebrating, the officials were examining video evidence and judged that he had not been in front at the line.

It was the second time this season that Zarco had thought he had clinched a maiden world championship level win only to be denied - having had victory at Catalunya taken away via a penalty.

Points leader Nico Terol finished fourth. Along with Luis Salom and Sergio Gadea, he had been part of the lead group early on before the top three broke away in the closing laps.

Efren Vazquez also briefly led but crashed out, while Miguel Oliveira was in the top five at first before falling.

Jonas Folger took seventh at his home race, just ahead of Sandro Cortese and Danny Kent, with Niklas Ajo completing the top 10.

watched that this morning was excellent, felt sorry for the other guy though to lose like that.

source: autosport

Zarco must be the unluckiest racer ever - DQd from his first race win (correctly) and then this, where if the line had been one bike length further along the straight he'd have been the winner. Actually, I think he was extremely unlucky not to be awarded this one on the video evidence, as my impression was that he was fractionally ahead on the line (but the angle of the camera shots shown didn't help much).

Absolutely great race though