Latvian spirit...
By TMX Archives on 21st Apr 10
A win and a second place gave the Latvian crew of Maris Rupeiks and Kaspars Stupelis victory in the weekend's British Sidecar-cross GP the first such event in this country since 2001, and the cream of World Sidecar-cross crossed the Channel to contest the event. A total of 41 teams, including 12 British and one Irish crew (John Watson) assembled at the Langrish circuit last Friday. Many had ridden the challenging track before at the annual Ken Hall meeting but a significant number had not.
Saturday had been sunny and warm, so provided a perfect setting against which the steep climbs, technical jumps and sheer drops could be viewed to advantage. An enthusiastic crowd enjoyed the practice sessions before the main event of the day – two qualifying races to decide 24 of the participants for Sundays' GP races.
WORLD SIDECAR-CROSS CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 2 – Manor Farm, Langrish, BRITAIN
1 Rupeiks/ Stupelis (LAT - KTM WSP) 25 + 22 = 47
2 Jo Hendrickx/ Liepins (B/LV - KTM VMC) 18 + 25 = 43
3 D Willemsen/ Eggink (NL - Zabel WSP) 20 + 20 = 40
4 Ja Hendrickx/ Smeuninx (B - KTM VMC) 22 + 18 = 40
5 Daiders/ Daiders (LV - KTM VMC ) 16 + 15 = 31
6 Bigand/ Bigand (F - Zabel VMC) 15 + 14 = 29
7 BROWN/ PETERS (GB - Husaberg Mefo) 11 + 13 = 24
8 Adriaenssen/ V Gaalen (B/NL - KTM VMC) 12 + 12 = 24
9 Morch/ R Bax (D - Zabel VMC) 9 + 11 = 20
10 Bax/ Van Den Bogaart (NL - Zabel EML) 10 + 9 = 19
11 MILLARD/ MILLARD (GB - Husaberg WHT) 8+10=18, 12 Steegmans/ Verbrugge (B - KTM WSP) 0+16=16, 13 Rozehnal/ Rozehnal (CZ - Zabel VMC) 13+2=15, 14 Cermak/ Cermak (CZ - Jawa Mefo) 14+0=14, 15 Sonn/ Mucenieks (EST - KTM AYR) 5+8=13, 16 Visscher/ Visscher (NL - Zabel VMC) 3+7=10, 17 Mulders/ Van de Venne (NL - VMC MTR) 2+6=8, 18 S WILKINSON/ KEANE (GB - Zabel VMC) 7+0=7, 19 Gustavsson/ Apelgren (S - Husaberg VMC) 6+0=6, 20 Gommeren/ Cailleau (B - KTM BasTech) 0+5=5, 21 FRANCE/ MACHIN (GB - Husaberg VMC) 4+1=5, 22 Devoldere/ Desplaces (F - Husaberg EML) 0+4=4, 23 Ains/ Chereau (F - KTM Mefo) 0+3=3, 24 Van Duynhoven/ Van Duynhoven (NL - Zabel VMC) 1+0=1.
RACE ONE: 1 Rupeiks, 2 Ja Hendrickx, 3 D Willemsen, 4 Jo Hendrickx, 5 Daiders, 6 Bigand, 7 Cermak, 8 Rozehnal, 9 Adriaenssen, 10 BROWN, 11 Bax, 12 Morch, 13 MILLARD, 14 S WILKINSON, 15 Gustavsson, 16 Sonn, 17 FRANCE, 18 Visscher, 19 Mulders, 20 Van Duynhoven.
RACE TWO: 1 Jo Hendrickx, 2 Rupeiks, 3 D Willemsen, 4 Ja Hendrickx, 5 Steegmans, 6 Daiders, 7 Bigand, 8 BROWN, 9 Adriaenssen, 10 Morch, 11 MILLARD, 12 Bax, 13 Sonn, 14 Visscher, 15 Mulders, 16 Gommeren, 17 Devoldere, 18 Ains, 19 Rozehnal, 20 FRANCE.
SERIES STANDINGS after 2 (of 14) rounds: 1 D Willemsen 90 points, 2 Rupeiks 87, 3 Ja Hendrickx 71, 4 Jo Hendrickx 70, 5 Adriaenssen 64, 6 Daiders 58, 7 Bax 57, 8 Bigand 52, 9 BROWN 50, 10 MILLARD 36, 11 Happich 21, 12 Cermak 20, 13 Morch 20, 14 Grondmann 18, 15 Visscher 18, 16 Steegmans 16, 17 M Willemsen 16, 18 Kuster 16, 19 Mulders 16, 20 Rozehnal 15,... 23 JENKINS 8, 24 FRANCE 8, 25 S WILKINSON 7,...
NEXT ROUND: May 2 – Plomion, FRANCE.
Yamaha-mounted Frenchman, Romain Couprie, was in a class of his own at the second round of the European QuadX Championship, which was run alongside the World SidecarX championship at the spectacular hillside course at Langrish just outside Petersfield, Hampshire.
That not to say the large home-grown crowd had nothing to shout about as we had a rider on the overall podium in KTM's ten-time British champion, Paul Winrow, and no less then four riders in the top ten pitched against Europe's best.
European Quadcross Championship
Rd 2 – Manor Farm, Langrish, Hampshire
(Langrish MCRC)
1 Romain Couprie (F - Yamaha) 20 + 25 + 25 = 70
2 Matthieu Terrynck (F - Yamaha) 25 + 22 + 22 = 63
3 Paul Winrow (GB - KTM) 22 + 18 + 13 = 53
4 Joe Maessen (NL - Yamaha) 16 + 16 + 18 = 50
5 Mark Watson (GB - KTM) 0 + 20 + 22 = 42
6 Jason Macbeth (GB - KTM) 15 + 15 + 12 = 42
7 Clement Jay (F - Yamaha, FRA) 14 + 12 + 15 = 41
8 Paul Holmes (GB - KTM) 11 + 8 + 14 = 33
9 Davy Brems (B - W-Tec) 18 + 14 + 0 = 32
10 Davy De Cuyper (B - KTM) 10 + 11 + 11 = 32
11 Jan Vlaeymans (B - W-Tec) 0 + 9 + 20 = 29, 12 James Hellewell (GB - KTM) 6 + 10 + 9 = 25, 13 Timo Weidenbrucher (D - KTM) 5 + 3 + 10 = 18, 14 Jason Wildman (GB - Suzuki) 4 + 5 + 7 = 16, 15 Carl Bunce (GB - Suzuki) 9 + 6 + 0 = 15, 16 Antoine Cheurlin (F - Yamaha) 8 + 0 + 6 = 14, 17 Justin Read (IRE - Can Am) 12 + 2 + 0 = 14, 18 Nicola Montalbini (I - Honda) 13 + 0 + 0 = 13, 19 Leon Beda (GB - Yamaha) 0 + 13 + 0 = 13, 20 Auke Theuninck (B - KTM) 0 + 4 + 8 = 12.
SERIES STANDINGS after 2 rounds: 1 Couprie 140 points, 2 Ternynck 105, 3 Maessen 95, 4 Vlaeymans 90, 5 Macbeth 89, 6 Brems 89, 7 Winrow 86, 8 Holmes 85, 9 De Cuyper 78, 10 Watson,...
NEXT ROUND: May 23 – Cingoli, ITALY.
FOR FULL STORY SEE T+MX NEWS, FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 2010
Despite a scoreless first race, Mark Watson was the second highest placed Brit in fifth overall.