Coming back to Thessaloniki's Drive Park this weekend the FIM SuperMoto World Championship sees this and the remaining two Grand Prix of the 2009 season get underway in just five weeks. The pressure remains high among the competitive S1 and S2 rankings including S1 series leader Van Den Bosch and S2 series leader Adrien Chareyre both from France.
KTM S1 factory rider Bernd Hiemer of Germany got right into world championship mode in the first race of the final round of the 2008 competition on Sunday, sealing the S1 title then going on to take victory in the last GP of the season. - KTM factory rider Attilio Pignotti saved the best till last on Sunday putting in his best GP finish of the season in the final round to finish second and overall fourth in the championship.