Under blue skies and temperatures in the high thirties the GP of Comunitat Valenciana will go down as a memorable one as Thomas Charyere regained the World Championship lead in S1GP, Marc-Reiner Schmidt was crowned S2 European Champion, and David Gimenez giving his fans a performance to be proud of in S2.
S1GP
It was an explosive start to S1GP Race 1 as Husqvarna Lukas HOELLBACHER raced to the holeshot ahead of TM Racing Thomas CHAREYRE, but on the opening lap Hoellbacher fell in the off-road section almost taking out Chareyre in the process. While the Frenchman remained on two wheels, Hoellbacher fell back to tenth and was forced to put in a hard charge in what were very hot conditions.
As Chareyre opened up a commanding lead, Husqvarna 833 Pavel KEJMAR took control of second position, doing just enough to stay ahead of Honda L30 Racing Ivan LAZZARINI who came home in third.
The battle of the race though was between Hoellbacher and Honda Assomotor Christian RAVAGLIA and with six laps to go, Hoellbacher had moved ahead of the Italian into fourth only to make another mistake in the off-road section thus allowing Ravaglia to move back into fourth. Hoellbacher settled for fifth, Honda L30 Racing Max VERDEROSA was sixth.
S1GP Race 1 Top Ten:
1. CHAREYRE Thomas (FRA-TM) 18:58.708;
2. KEJMAR Pavel (CZE-Husqvarna) 19:15.818;
3. LAZZARINI Ivan (ITA-Honda) 19:23.992;
4. RAVAGLIA Christian (ITA-Honda) 19:27.404;
5. HOLLBACHER Lukas (AUT-Husqvarna) 19:27.438;
6. VERDEROSA Massimiliano (ITA-Honda) 19:31.675;
7. KINGELIN Asseri (FIN-Honda) 19:34.602;
8. MONTICELLI Teo (ITA-Honda) 19:40.117;
9. SITNIANSKY Milan (CZE-Honda) 19:44.656;
10. VERMEULEN Devon (NED-KTM) 18:59.937.
S1GP Race 2
This time Lukas Hoellbacher managed to hold on to his holeshot advantage but once again it was Chareyre who was right there with him in second, but on lap two Chareyre and Pavel Kejmar came together in the off-road section and fell. Chareyre remounted in sixth, Kejmar in eighth.
Chareyre was able to work his way efficiently through the field and by lap five had moved into third behind Ivan Lazzarini where the two giants of S1GP duelled relentlessly until two laps to go when Chareyre finally found a way past to claim second behind Kejmar. Lazzarini was third, Ravaglia fourth with KTM MTR Devon VERMEULEN fifth, the Dutch rider placing as high as third at one point in the race. Honda Freccia Teo MONTICELLI was sixth.
S1GP Race 2 Top Ten:
1. HOLLBACHER Lukas (AUT-Husqvarna) 18:53.213;
2. CHAREYRE Thomas (FRA-TM) 18:56.787;
3. LAZZARINI Ivan (ITA-Honda) 19:07.714;
4. RAVAGLIA Christian (ITA-Honda) 19:10.133;
5. VERMEULEN Devon (NED-KTM) 19:11.123;
6. MONTICELLI Teo (ITA-Honda) 19:17.710;
7. KINGELIN Asseri (FIN-Honda) 19:26.320;
8. VERDEROSA Massimiliano (ITA-Honda) 19:32.481;
9. SITNIANSKY Milan (CZE-Honda) 19:32.877;
10. LECUONA Iker (ESP-Honda) 19:21.888.
S1GP Overall Top Ten:
1. CHAREYRE Thomas (FRA-TM) points 47;
2. HOLLBACHER Lukas (AUT-Husqvarna) p. 41;
3. LAZZARINI Ivan (ITA-Honda) p. 40;
4. RAVAGLIA Christian (ITA-Honda) p. 36;
5. KEJMAR Pavel (CZE-Husqvarna) p. 31;
6. MONTICELLI Teo (ITA-Honda) p. 28;
7. KINGELIN Asseri (FIN-Honda) p. 28;
8. VERDEROSA Massimiliano (ITA-Honda) p. 28;
9. VERMEULEN Devon (NED-KTM) p. 27;
10. SITNIANSKY Milan (CZE-Honda) p. 24.
S1GP Championship Top Ten:
1. CHAREYRE Thomas (FRA-TM) points 211;
2. LAZZARINI Ivan (ITA-Honda) p. 198;
3. HERMUNEN Mauno (FIN-TM) p. 188;
4. HOLLBACHER Lukas (AUT-Husqvarna) p. 182;
5. KEJMAR Pavel (CZE-Husqvarna) p. 161;
6. VERMEULEN Devon (NED-Ktm) p. 149;
7. RAVAGLIA Christian (ITA-Honda) p. 136;
8. KINGELIN Asseri (FIN-Honda) p. 135;
9. MONTICELLI Teo (ITA-Honda) p. 135;
10. VERDEROSA Massimiliano (ITA-Honda) p. 113.
S1GP Manufacturers:
1. TM 247 points;
2. Honda 200 p.;
3. Husqvarna 197 p.;
4. KTM 149 p.;
5. Suzuki 80 p.;
6. Yamaha 0 p.
S2
TM Degasoline Marc-Reiner SCHMIDT entered race one knowing he had an opportunity to be crowned S2 European Champion and as soon as the lights went out the #41 wasted no time in puling the holeshot and cruising to an unchallenged victory to claim his first European title. But while he was disappearing into the distance, all Spanish eyes were on the home favourite Suzuki Team Grau David GIMENEZ who after starting fourth took just five laps to move ahead of Honda Assomotor Fabrizio BARTOLINI and Honda Freccia Diego MONTICELLI to move into second, although he was helped slightly when Monticelli fell. Nonetheless, Gimenez put in a great ride taking full advantage of his home advantage to record his best finish of the season in second. Bartolini came home third ahead of Suzuki SHR Petr VORLICEK, Monticelli and TM Racing Mattia MARTELLA.
S2 Race 1 Top Ten:
1. SCHMIDT Marc Reiner (GER-TM) 19:31.920;
2. GIMENEZ David (ESP-Suzuki) 19:38.664;
3. BARTOLINI Fabrizio (ITA-Honda) 19:38.870;
4. VORLICEK Petr (CZE-Suzuki) 19:39.376;
5. MONTICELLI Diego (ITA- Honda) 19:39.581;
6. MARTELLA Mattia (ITA-TM) 19:40.068;
7. BUSSEI Giovanni (ITA-TM) 19:44.129;
8. LAPINI Lorenzo (ITA-Honda) 19:50.456;
9. KAIVERS Romain (BEL-Yamaha) 19:58.073;
10. ERIKSSON Fredrik (SWE-Honda) 20:00.511.
S2 Race 2
Petr VORLICEK raced to the holeshot ahead of the new European champion and the Czech Republic rider was clearly enjoying his time at the front, but the former European Champion had to yield to Schmidt on lap four leaving the new champ to celebrate his in fine style with a double moto victory, his fourth of the season.
Bartolini was once again third with Martella improving to fourth ahead of Monticelli and TM SBD Giovanni BUSSEI.
The overall winner again for the fifth time this season was Marc-Reiner SCHMIDT with Petr VORLICEK taking his first podium of the year in second with Bartolini third.
S2 Race 2 Top Ten:
1. SCHMIDT Marc Reiner (GER-TM) 19:09.367;
2. VORLICEK Petr (CZE-Suzuki) 19:11.370;
3. BARTOLINI Fabrizio (ITA-Honda) 19:11.538;
4. MARTELLA Mattia (ITA-TM) 19:21.724;
5. MONTICELLI Diego (ITA-Honda) 19:30.260;
6. BUSSEI Giovanni (ITA-TM) 19:33.335;
7. LAPINI Lorenzo (ITA-Honda) 19:34.795;
8. GIMENEZ David (ESP-Suzuki) 19:40.629;
9. LLADOS Joan (ESP-Aprilia) 19:41.990;
10. FAGRE Kevin (SWE-Husqvarna) 19:44.592.
S2 Overall Top Ten:
1. SCHMIDT Marc Reiner (GER-TM) points 50;
2. VORLICEK Petr (CZE-Suzuki) p. 40;
3. BARTOLINI Fabrizio (ITA-Honda) p. 40;
4. GIMENEZ David (ESP-Suzuki) p. 35;
5. MARTELLA Mattia (ITA-TM) p. 33;
6. MONTICELLI Diego (ITA-Honda) p. 32;
7. BUSSEI Giovanni (ITA-TM) p. 29;
8. LAPINI Lorenzo (ITA-Honda) p. 27;
9. LLADOS Joan (ESP-Aprilia) p. 20;
10. ERIKSSON Fredrik (SWE-Honda) p. 20.
S2 Championship Top Ten:
1. SCHMIDT Marc Reiner (GER-TM) points 247;
2. BARTOLINI Fabrizio (ITA-Honda) p. 167;
3. MONTICELLI Diego (ITA-Honda) p. 162;
4. KLEM Toni (FIN-TM) p. 157;
5. BUSSEI Giovanni (ITA-TM) p. 150;
6. MARTELLA Mattia (ITA-TM) p. 144;
7. GIMENEZ David (ESP-Suzuki) p. 133;
8. VORLICEK Petr (CZE-Suzuki) p. 116;
9. LAPINI Lorenzo (ITA-Honda) p. 97;
10. LLADOS Joan (ESP-Aprilia) p. 93.
S2 Manufacturers:
1. TM 250 points;
2. Honda 194 p.;
3. Suzuki 161 p.;
4. Husqvarna 101 p.;
5. Aprilia 93 p.;
6. KTM 88 p.;
7. Yamaha 69 p.
Complete results available HERE
S1GP EUROPE - QUICK FACTS
Circuit length: 1365 mt (1105 mt Asphalt, 260 mt Off-Road)
Temperature: 34°
Weather conditions: Sunny
Crowd attendance: 9.500
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Next S1GP :
The FIM Supermoto World Championship will be back for the first time ever in Colombia, at Chachagui circuit during the 2nd August week-end.
In the photo: S1GP podium (MotoDes-Iván Terrón photos)
