Kallio takes battle, but Luthi wins 125 war.
Mika Kallio did all he could to try and secure the 2005 125cc World Championship at today's Valencia season finale - the Finn taking a dramatic last turn victory, but ninth place for Thomas Luthi was more than enough to hand the world title to the Swiss rider.
However, in a dramatic twist of fate, today's results mean that Kallio lost out on the title by just 5-points - which is exactly the number of points he lost when KTM team-mate Gabor Talmacsi ignored team orders and beat Kallio for victory at the Qatar Grand Prix.
Mika Kallio did all he could to try and secure the 2005 125cc World Championship at today's Valencia season finale - the Finn taking a dramatic last turn victory, but ninth place for Thomas Luthi was more than enough to hand the world title to the Swiss rider.
However, in a dramatic twist of fate, today's results mean that Kallio lost out on the title by just 5-points - which is exactly the number of points he lost when KTM team-mate Gabor Talmacsi ignored team orders and beat Kallio for victory at the Qatar Grand Prix.
Talmacsi would finish second today after following his team-mate past Aprilia's long time race leader Mattia Pasini on the run to the line.
125cc top ten - Valencia GP:
1. Kallio (KTM)
2. Talmacsi (KTM) +0.237secs
3. Pasini (Aprilia) +0.367secs
4. Faubel (Aprilia) +12.401secs
5. Simoncelli (Aprilia) +17.009secs
6. Koyama (Honda) +20.635secs
7. Lai (Honda) +20.670secs
8. Simon (KTM) +20.809secs
9. Luthi (Honda) +23.517secs
10. Nieto (Derbi) +32.805secs
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