Valladolid will host its very first FIM SuperMoto Grand Prix this weekend, in what has been predicted like the hottest weekend of the season with temperatures around 30 degrees Celsius.
S1 series leader Thierry Van Den Bosch of Aprilia Off Road is all ready to face this Gran Premio de España Ciudad de Valladolid, as this represents a sort of second home Grand Prix for the Frenchman living in Andorra.
Runner up Bernd Hiemer of KTM Italia Miglio is at least as motivated as VDB, Hiemer has the same Championship points as the three time World Champion and is hungry for his first win of 2008 after two second overall finishes.
A superb Robinsons KTM UK’s Matt Winstanley is sitting third in the series after his podium from Castelletto, while Thomas Chareyre and Boris Chambon are battling it out for fourth.
Ninth placed in the standings Jorge Nestor, who is the highest placed home rider, will sit out of this third GP due to a broken thumb while Jerome Giraudo will go for victory after he showed a solid potential at the race in Castelletto, eventually ruined by a mechanical failure.
In the S2 class Davide Gozzini of TM Factory Racing wants to keep up the good work after two back to back wins, this is going to be the first GP out of his home country Italy and it will be harder for the series leader to defend the red plate from Adrien Chareyre.
The Husqvarna CH Racing rider is already a Title challenger despite this being his maiden year in the class, the 2007 S1 World Champion is just two points away with each moto victory paying 25 World Championship points, as Chareyre himself experienced already twice this season.
Aprilia Off Road’s Christian Iddon recently crashed and broke his left wrist, after undergoing surgery early this week the Brit has to sit out of the series, where he currently holds the third place, for about six weeks.
Attilio Pignotti is another rider to race injured this weekend, as last year’s runner up has a fractured left scaphoid from the latest GP in Castelletto.
On the other hand 2007 S2 World Champion Gerald Delepine is in perfect shape after his first podium from the GP of Europe and he will try to move up the standings exploiting his rivals misfortunes and his great talent.
Right after his first double heat win from Castelletto, new S3 series leader Oliver Pope is looking forward to this third seasonal meeting. Runner up Olivier Scheen will try to close the five point gap and snatch the red plate while Torino’s winner Alessandro Asnicar is currently third in the points.
Current Open class leader Heino Meusburger and Viktor Bolsek are battling tooth and nail for the red plate as the two are separated by just nine points. Third and fourth placed Alex Tognaccini and Alberto Dall’Era are level in points but they are close enough to the leaders to still enjoy a Title chance.
