Jack Bintcliffe has perfect weekend at Lommel
By TMX Archives on 2nd Aug 15
Jack Bintcliffe made his Lommel weekend point-perfect with another holeshot and race two victory. The first person to take two wins on the same weekend this year, Bintcliffe now sits two points behind current red plate holder Emil Weckman with only one round remaining.
A great start saw Bintcliffe lead into the first corner closely followed by Emil Weckman and Viking Lindstrom. The young Brit was quick to set fast lap times and move himself away from the chasing Finn. Weckman was able to stay within a few seconds of the #11 rider and was gifted the race lead with two laps to go when Bintcliffe had a small crash. An intense two laps followed with Bintcliffe unable to find a way past until the second half of the last lap.
It looked to be a repeat of yesterday's results for the top three with Lindstrom running strongly in third. However, a small crash halfway through the race dropped the Swede to sixth behind Alexis Collignon. A strong recovery ride saw Lindstrom progress back up to third before a small mistake left him fifth at the finish line.
A bad start saw last week's overall winner Albin Larsen struggle for position in the opening laps. Larsen soon found his rhythm on the particularly bumpy track and, after a good battle with Alexis Collignon and Lindstrom's mistake, found himself third at the chequered flag.
Other intense battles further down the field included Eric Schwella and Max Erlandsson, who finished 6th and 7th respectively, and just behind them Mack Bouwense and Tim Edberg, who finished 8th and 9th respectively.
The battle for the Honda 150 European Championship title concludes on 29-30 August with the final round at the MXGP of The Netherlands, Assen.
Jack Bintcliffe #11 – overall winner
"I'm over the moon with this weekend with two holeshots and two wins. I am just so happy with the result. I tried to keep really calm when the bike went down and when Emil went by I was struggling a little bit but I took some deep breaths and just stay with him and find somewhere to pass him. I think Assen is going to be a really hard race between me and Emil because we're both going to be riding as hard as we can, but I'm going to try and go that bit harder and hopefully win.”
Davy Dousselaere – Honda Europe off-road Manager
"Today the track was really tough with lots of big bumps and again we saw some great riding from the kids. Jack Bintcliffe was very strong but the last laps were very exciting when he made a small mistake and our championship leader Emil Weckman took the lead of the race briefly. It is also good to see someone else on the podium today with Alexis Collignon who has been riding well all weekend. We now head to the final round in Assen with only two points between Jack and Emil so I think we will have a good battle there. It is also interesting that last year we had a British guy and a Finnish guy battling for the title separated by only a few points and we have the same this year!”
Top five overall results:
1 - #11 Jack Bintcliffe – GBR
2 - #25 Emil Weckman – FIN
3 - #2 Alexis Collignon – FRA
4 - #54 Viking Lindstrom – SWE
5 - #3 Albin Larsen – SWE
Top five championship standings:
1 - #25 Emil Weckman – 209pts
2 - #11 Jack Bintcliffe – 207pts
3 - #3 Albin Larsen – 192pts
4 - #48 Tim Edberg – 174pts
5 - #54 Viking Lindstrom – 169pts
