FUNCHAL (PORTUGAL), 7 July 2010 – 
After a promising start in Castelletto di Branduzzo, the 2010 FIM SuperMoto World Championship S1, featuring the single class up to 450cc engines and the adoption of GoldenTyre rubbers, continues with the German Grand Prix set for this weekend at Sankt Wendel – the venue making a return in the calendar after the 2007 German GP.
Round one saw a tough battle for the overall win in between eventual winner Thierry Van Den Bosch and Italian Davide Gozzini, taking second overall. With the duo battling for the victory, Thomas Chareyre kept a distant third position in all three heats and completed the podium at his maiden race on TM. Entering his home Grand Prix, German Bernd Hiemer is motivated to improve on his fourth place as Adrien Chareyre completes the top five.
Austrian Lukas Hoellbacher leads the UEM S3 class while Uros Nastran leads the Open class.
S1
A tough fight for victory in between Van Den Bosch and Gozzini made it a hard opening round for the 2010 FIM SuperMoto World Championship which promises a season of exciting racing.
PMR H2O Aprilia Racing’s Van Den Bosch eventually came out on top of the Italian Grand Prix to maintain the red plate on his machine. The French, who won his fourth Title last year, has a tight three point advantage over Gozzini, but his victory at the last German Grand Prix at Sankt Wendel in 2007 is a confidence booster ahead of this weekend.
On the other hand, 747 Motorsport TM Racing Factory’s Gozzini had a terrible German outing in 2007 as he missed the podium and struggled in both heats. Having now switched to a 450cc TM, the Italian may be more at ease on the twisty course and seeks his first victory of 2010 after narrowly losing his home GP to VDB. Gozzini follows Van Den Bosch from second place and has a small three point gap.
The Italian’s teammate Thomas Chareyre had a great debut on the TM in Castelletto as he took a set of third places in the heats to finish third overall. The French was one of the top three riders on Sankt Wendel’s podium in 2007 but this will be his first time there on a TM machine.
As the above mentioned trio dominated the top three at each moto of round one, German Hiemer of Motoracing had to fight tooth and nail for his fourth overall position. With him, Adrien Chareyre and Giovanni Bussei ending level in points, the two time World Champion ended on top but is 26 points off the lead.
Husqvarna CH Racing’s Adrien Chareyre was a disappointed fifth in Italy, something he will try to make up for in Germany where he was second on the podium in 2007.
Lazzarini follows Bussei from seventh place, while Hermunen, Sammartin and Balducci complete the top ten.
Winning the 2007 German Grand Prix –but in the S2 class- Delepine is still adapting to the switch to the S1 class and to his new Kawasaki machine. The Belgian is currently in twelfth place.
2007 S1 PODIUM:
1. Thierry Van Den Bosch
2. Adrien Chareyre
3. Thomas Chareyre
2007 S1 SUPERPOLE: Thomas Chareyre
2007 S2 PODIUM:
1. Gerald Delepine
2. Attilio Pignotti
3. Maxime Testu
2007 S2 SUPERPOLE: Attilio Pignotti
Photos available at www.supermotos1.com/gallery
UEM
The UEM series’ start in Castelletto di Branduzzo saw two riders dominate their classes with a set of three victories each. Austrian Hoellbacher won the S3 class from Dutch Vermeulen. In the Open class instead, Nastran won from Dall’Era and Peroni. Nastran was on the podium in Germany in 2007 and is the clear favourite in these days leading up to round two.
Photos available at www.supermotos1.com/gallery
TIMETABLE
Friday: Amateurs Free Practice 1 18:00; C-Mixed Free Practice 1 18:20; Amateurs Free Practice 2 18:40; C-Mixed Free Practice 2 19:00; Amateurs Time Practice 19:30; C-Mixed Time Practice 19:50; Amateurs Race 20:25; C-Mixed Race 20:50;
Saturday: DM S1 Free Practice 1 9:00; DM S2 Free Practice 1 9:20; DM S1 Free Practice 2 9:55; DM S2 Free Practice 2 10:20; ECSM Free Practice 1 11:00; S1GP Free Practice 1 11:40; ECSM Free Practice 2 13:00; S1GP Free Practice 2 13:40; DM S1 Time Practice 14:30; DM S2 Time Practice 15:00; S1GP Time Practice 1 15:40; ECSM Time Practice 1 16:30; Amateurs & C-Mixed Warm Up 17:20; DM S1 Race 1 18:00; DM S2 Race 1 18:50; Amateurs & C-Mixed Race 19:25; ECSM Race 1 20:25;
Sunday: DM S1 Warm Up 8:30; DM S2 Warm Up 8:45; ECSM Warm Up 09:00; S1GP Warm Up 09:30 (until 9:50, then followed by Superpole); DM S1 Race 2 10:30; DM S2 Race 2 11:20; S1GP Race 1 12:20; ECSM Race 2 13:20; S1GP Race 2 14:20; ECSM Race 3 15:20; S1GP Race 3 16:20.
LINKS
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Photo: German Hiemer wants victory at home
