Mel on the charge
By Mannix Devlin on 20th Jul 12
Just four days before his 20th birthday, Brit Mel Pocock maintained his unbeaten run in the European MX2 series at Kegums, Latvia.
He took the holeshot in the Saturday race and moved around Damon Graulus at turn two on Sunday morning to control both races from the front.
The French found the sand track difficult and crashes hampered Jeremy Seewer.
Stefan Kjer Olsen moved into second overall in the points after another podium finish.
EUROPEAN EMX2 CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 2 – Kegums, LATVIA
1 Mel POCOCK (GB - Yamaha) 25 + 25 = 50
2 Stefan Kjer Olsen (DK - Yamaha) 22 + 22 = 44
3 Mike Kras (NL - Suzuki) 20 + 20 = 40
4 Tim Gajser (SLO - KTM) 18 + 18 = 36
5 Brian Bogers (NL - KTM) 15 + 16 = 31
6 Jeremy Seewer (CH - Suzuki) 14 + 15 = 29
7 Vsevolod Brylyakov (RUS - KTM) 10 + 13 = 23
8 Erki Kahro (EST - Yamaha) 11 + 11 = 22
9 Pontus Jonsson (S - Suzuki) 7 + 14 = 21
10 Damon Graulus (B - Suzuki) 5 + 12 = 17
RACE ONE: 1 POCOCK, 2 Olsen, 3 Kras, 4 Gajser, 5 Maxime Desprey (F - Kawasaki), 6 Bogers, 7 Seewer, 8 Arnaud Aubin (F - KTM), 9 Alessandro Battig (I - Yamaha), 10 Kahro,...
RACE TWO: 1 POCOCK, 2 Olsen, 3 Kras, 4 Gajser, 5 Bogers, 6 Seewer, 7 Pontus Jonsson, 8 Brylyakov, 9 Graulus, 10 Kahro,...
SERIES STANDINGS after 2 (of 7) rounds: 1 POCOCK 100 points, 2 Olsen 80, 3 Seewer 69, 4 Gajser 68, 5 Kras 63, 6 Desprey 47, 7 Dennis Ullrich (D - KTM) 35, 8 Aubin 34, 9 Brylyakov 34, 10 Bogers 31,,... 28 James DUNN (GB - Suzuki) 7, 29 Lewis TOMBS (GB - Honda) 6,...
NEXT ROUND: July 22 – Semigorje, RUSSIA.
