Johann Zarco (Derbi) took a long-awaited first victory with a clear win from championship leader Nico Terol and Terol's Aprilia team mate Hector Faubel.

Zarco started from pole but rival Terol blasted off the start into the lead, taking team mate Faubel, with him along with a determined Zarco. The three broke from the pack, opening up a five-second gap with Faubel dropping back halfway through the race.

Zarco made his move on Terol on lap 14; the Aprilia rider tried to take back the lead but ran too deep on the brakes and gifted Zarco a five-second lead, which he held to the end, with Faubel a further 13 seconds back in third.

Sixteen-year-old Maverick Vinales on the Paris Hilton Aprilia broke a chain on the warm-up lap and had to start from the back of the grid, but fought his way through the 25-bike field to finish fourth, ahead of a four-way fight for fifth between Sandro Cortese, Jonas Folger, Alberto Moncayo and Adrian Martin (each on an Aprilia) who finished in that order in less than a second.

Thanks to IOL Motoring