Julián Simón will have his Indianapolis event debut on Sunday in the 125cc session, a change from his original 250cc session.

Simon is the bookies favourite and will move into the weekend with confidence, having claimed his eighth stage appearance of the year, the previous time in second placing at the Czech Republi which allowed hima 54.5 point rankings lead with only six races left. Simón had initially qualified for tenth placing last season at Indy on a 250cc engine, however the Spaniard has proven his abilities with a 125cc motor this year.

Nico Terol is sitting in second place in the championship, he will also be full of confidence to challenge Simon as heads over the Atlantic Ocean to Indiana. Terol was last season’s 125cc victor at the Indianapolis event (an event cut short by bad weather) and was a winner at the Czech Republic just over a week ago.

Following Terol in the rankings are Simón’s Aspar colleagues Bradley Smith and Sergio Gadea, Smith is eight points trailing Terol and Gadea only half a point away from the Englishman.

Ongetta Team ISPA’s Andrea Iannone, currently fifth placed,  gained a third placing at Brno, whilst Pol Espargaró (Derbi Racing Team) was placed fifth in the Czech Republic and will ensure to repeating his result of last year of second place at Indianapolis.

The 125cc competitors begin at 12.40pm local time on Friday in Indianapolis with their initial free training session.