The hot temperature of the Spanish week end caused many problems to the Husqvarna CH Racing Supermoto Team at the Alcarras GP. In S2 class, Gerald Delepine's bad start in race 1 penalized the rider right from the beginning. Gerald then immediately start his run towards the first positions, but he fell and then was forced to leave the race because of technical problems occurred to his SMR 660.
The Belgian rider then arrived on race 2 pit lane with a revange feeling. Once the lights were green, Delepine started to fight agains KTM's Attilio Pignotti. The two S2 riders kept on passing eachother for a few times, until Pignotti left Delepine on fourth place. The fight wasn' t over as British rider Matt Winstanley att acked Delepine. The Husqvarna rider then arrived at the chequered flag on 5th final place.
S1 class wasn't easier, as the brothers Chareyre got in serious trobles with Aprilia riders. In race 1, both the two brothers could not resist to Giraudo's attacks, so the battle for the 5th and 6th position was right between them. The end of race 1 saw Adrien beating his younger brother. In race 2, the older brother was ready to fight VDB and, after a fast start, there was Adrien breathing on Van Den Bosch's neck. At half of the race, Adrien started suffering for Jerome Giraudo's pressure.
The two frenchmen had some battle until Aprilia's rider passed the second placed Adrien leaving him on third final place. While Adrien was in the front line, his brother Thomas was on 6th sandwiched between Berthome and Bidart. Trying to create some gap between him and Bidart, Thomas fell loosing positions.
At the end, Thom was the 15th to arrive at the finish line as another fall, this time in the dirt part penalized more the rider's result.
Even though the Husqvarna riders results were not good, Adrien Chareyre is still keeping the red plate in S1 class, with Thierry Van Den Bosch at only 1 point from him, as the Aprilia rider made Thomas Chareyre back on third position. In S2 class, Delepine lost his crown and is now second at 10 points from leader Pignotti.
Next World Championship round will be held in Sankt Wendel, Germany, on July 7th and 8th.
Provisional Supermoto World Championship classification:
Supermoto World Championship Classification (S1)
- Adrien Chareyre (Husqvarna) 171 pts
- Thierry Van Den Bosch (Aprilia) 170 pts
- Thomas Chareyre (Husqvarna) 144 pts
Supermoto World Championship Classification (S2)
- Attilio Pignotti (KTM) 156 pts
- Gerald Delepine (Husqvarna) 146 pts
- Christian Iddon (Aprilia) 144 pts
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