Scott Redding's incredible victory in the 125cc race at Donington Park makes him the youngest ever winner of a grand prix motorcycle race in the 59-year history of the sport.
At 15 years and 170 days, Redding takes the honour from the current MotoGP star Marco Melandri, who was 15 and 324 days old when he won his first 125cc race in Holland in 1998.
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Redding's success on the Blusens Aprilia also shatters a number of other records and statistics.
He has made it to the top of the podium even faster than the MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi, who needed ten starts in 125cc races before he won his first ever grand prix. Rossi was also older - 17 - when he achieved this in the Czech Republic in 1996.
Redding is the first British rider in 35 years to win a 125cc grand prix, after Chas Mortimer won in Spain in 1973. Dave Simmonds was the last British rider to win the 125cc world championship, on a Kawasaki in 1969.
"It's my first podium, and I'm on the top step!" Redding said in wonderment after stepping down from the rostrum at Donington Park today.
"This is something else," he continued. "I don't really know what happened, but I think the wind helped me today - I always seem to go better when it's windy.
"When I was following Andrea Iannone, I kept showing him my front wheel, thinking: 'He might go down.' When Iannone crashed, I thought: 'It happens, so that's good.
"The next lap after Iannone crashed was a bit difficult. I dropped half a second and I thought, 'I've got to keep focussed. There are still eight laps to go.'
"I said before this weekend that I would like to get a podium finish this year. Now that I've got one I've just got to keep getting on the podium.
"Maybe next year I'll try for the 125cc world championship. My Blusens Aprilia works well, but if I had a bit more power I could go for the title."
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Originally Posted by Matt Bleck
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