Matterley’s Euro vision

 

High-jumping Dane Michael Jorgensen was gaining seconds in the air, but Albie Wilkie was more than his master through the turns to secure a comfortable win.

 

Sadly the young Brit had not contested the opening round in Germany and had no chance of securing the tittle. 

Britain's candidate for that honour was Mitchell Lewis, but his chances were soon gone as the front wheel broke up after holding second for two laps.

 

This left the youngster from Kent to watch as Italian Filippo Grigoletto clinched an EMX2 ride next year with Gariboldi Honda.

 

 

The Monster Energy Grand Prix attracted no less than 46 entries for the Amateur class, and the action was fast and furious in both qualification and the abbreviated race for the cash.

 

Josh Waterman, James Dodd and Jake Millward confirmed their favourite role in the qualifying race.

 

And they were again in front in that order in the dash for the cash when leader Waterman, his exhaust already pumping out a tell-tale puff of smoke, had the most horrific crash over the finish-line ‘double'.

 

The race was immediately red-flagged, and Josh was carted off with a broken jaw.

 

But with just over half the race run, the result stood at completion of the previous lap and at least the Oakleaf Kawasaki rider had the consolation of the big cheque.

 

 

Dutch youngster Raivo Dankers was in a class of his own in the Euro 65cc category, several seconds a lap faster than his opposition in both the dry and on a muddy Sunday morning.

 

The European EMX65 youngsters had their heads, their hearts and their skills tested on Sunday, as they were the first race of the packed schedule to take on the muddy clay circuit.

 

Britain's Kacey Hird was the best of those who were not jumping everything. 

 

Sixth in qualification, the lone Brit finished eighth in each moto for sixth overall.

 

Winner Dankers could be the next Jeffery Herlings, especially after showing a stellar performance in the opening moto, winning by over a minute in very challenging conditions to be crowned European EMX65 Champion. 

 

Meanwhile, Rene Hofer taking second place in the mud of race two. 

 

The young Austrian rode the wheels off his little KTM to finish a massive 48 seconds ahead of Spaniard David Braceras in third.

 

Despite a few little crashes on the slippery off-camber corners, Italian Kevin Cristino took fourth with Russian Timur Petrashin rounding out the top five.

 

 

Rd 3 – Matterley Basin, nr Winchester, BRITAIN

FINAL: 1 Albie WILKIE (GB - Honda) 25 points, 2 Michael Joergensen (DK - Honda) 22, 3 Filippo Grigoletto (I - Honda) 20, 4 Alberto Forato (I - Honda) 18, 5 Nolan Cordens (B - Honda) 16, 6 Ethan WINCHESTER (GB - Honda) 15, 7 Lucas Ankjaer (DK - Honda) 14, 8 Quentin Delbrassinne (B - Honda) 13, 9 Tristan-Alexander Tavares (ZA - Honda) 12, 10 Mario Lucas Sainz (E - Honda) 11, 11 Archie OSMASTON (GB - Honda) 10, 12 Raffaele Giuzio (I - Honda) 9, 13 Shana Van Der Vlist (NL - Honda) 8, 14 Caspar Ankjaer (D - Honda) 7, 15 Mathew TREEN (GB - Honda) 6, 16 Romain Delbrassinne (B - Honda) 5, 17 Pablo Caspani (I - Honda) 4, 18 Tyler GROVES (GB - Honda) 3, 19 Mitchell LEWIS (GB - Honda) 2, 20 Anton Livonen (SF - Honda) 1.

FINAL SERIES STANDINGS after 3 rounds: 1 Filippo Grigoletto 65 points (CHAMPION), 2 Alberto Forato 56, 3 Michael Joergensen 54, 4 LEWIS 47, 5 WINCHESTER 46, 6 WILKIE 43, 7 Lucas Ankjaer 40, 8 Van Der Vlist 29, 9 Cordens 28, 10 Giuzio 27, 11 Quentin Delbrassinne 23, 12 Tavares 23, 13 Caspar Ankjaer 23, 14 Toriani 22, 15 Schaefer 17, 16 Englund 15, 17 Menger 14, 18 Caspani 14, 19 Schroeter 13, 20 Sainz 11,... 21 OSMASTON 10,... 23 TREEN 6,... 25 GROVES 3,...

 

Rd 7 – Matterley Basin, nr Winchester, BRITAIN

FINAL: 1 Pauls Jonass (LAT - Wilvo Nestaan JM KTM) 25, 2 Nicolas Dercourt (F - Yamaha) 22, 3 Henry Jacobi (D - KTM) 20, 4 Alvin Ostlund (S - Yamaha) 18, 5 Michael ECCLES (GB - KTM) 16, 6 Anton Lundgren (S - KTM) 15, 7 Calvin Vlaanderen (NL - KTM) 14, 8 Davy Pootjes (NL - KTM) 13, 9 Kade Tinkler (CAN - Suzuki) 12, 10 David Herbreteau (F - Husqvarna) 11, 11 Brian Hsu (D - Rockstar Suzuki) 10, 12 Jimmy Wicksell (NL - KTM) 9, 13 Rene De Jong (NL - KTM) 8, 14 Adrien Malaval (NL - Suzuki) 7, 15 Liam KNIGHT (GB - KTM) 6, 16 Thomas Vermijl (B - KTM) 5, 17 Frederik Van der Vlist (NL - Yamaha) 4, 18 Thomas Marini (I - Suzuki) 3, 19 Dani De Vries (NL - Yamaha) 2, 20 Michael Ivanov (BUL - KTM) 1.

SERIES STANDINGS after 7 (of 8) rounds: 1 Pauls Jonass 193 points (CHAMPION), 2 Dercourt 153, 3 Vlaanderen 143, 4 Lundgren 134, 5 Jacobi 128, 6 Van der Vlist 112, 7 Pootjes 72, 8 Tinkler 72, 9 Ostlund 63, 10 Righi 62, 11 Hsu 60, 12 Sileika 46, 13 Kordbarlag 46, 14 Baranov 34, 15 ECCLES 33, 16 Facchetti 32, 17 Vermijl 32, 18 Herbreteau 31, 19 Ravera 28, 20 Van Mechelen 25,... 37 Liam KNIGHT 7,...

FINAL ROUND: September 7/8 – Lierop, HOLLAND.

 

Rd 7 – Matterley Basin, Winchester, BRITAIN

FINAL: 1 Jeremy Seewer (CH - Suzuki) 25 points, 2 Steven CLARKE (GB - HM Plant KTM UK) 22, 3 Valentin Guillod (CH - KTM) 20, 4 Thomas Covington (US - Kawasaki) 18, 5 Thomas Kjer Olsen (DK - Yamaha) 16, 6 Damon Graulus (B - KTM) 15, 7 Davide Bonini (I - KTM) 14, 8 Brian Bogers (NL - KTM) 13, 9 Ander Valentin (E - Yamaha) 12, 10 Jorge Zaragoza (E - Suzuki) 11, 11 Stefan Ekerold (D - KTM) 10, 12 Peter Irt (SLO - Suzuki) 9, 13 Adam STERRY (GB - STR KTM) 8, 14 Michele Cervellin (I - Honda) 7, 15 Jesper Jonssen (S - Suzuki) 6, 16 Ryan HOUGHTON (GB - Monster Energy Yamaha) 5, 17 Simone Furlotti (I - Yamaha) 4, 18 Vaclav Kovar (CZ - Kawasaki) 3, 19 Arminas Jasikonis (LTU - Honda) 2, 20 Benoit Paturel (F - Husqvarna) 1.

SERIES STANDINGS after 7 (of 8) rounds: 1 Guillod 164 points, 2 Seewer 152, 3 Graulus 116, 4 Bogers 89, 5 Klein Kromhof 68, 6 Kras 59, 7 Van Doninck 59, 8 Paturel 56, 9 Olsen 56, 10 De Waal 53, 11 BOOKER 41, 12 WATSON 40, 13 CLARKE 35, 14 Zaragoza 34, 15 Hjortmarker 34, 16 Klingsheim 31, 17 Bjorklund 25, 18 Jonssen 23, 19 Stigell 21, 20 Milesevic 21,... 26 STERRY 15, 27 HOUGHTON 15,...

FINAL ROUND: September 8/9 – Lierop, HOLLAND.

 

Matterley Basin, 

nr Winchester, BRITAIN

FINAL: 1 Josh Waterman (KTM), 2 James Dodd (Honda), 3 Jake Millward (Kawasaki), 4 Gavin Stevenson (KTM), 5 Oliver Osmaston (Honda), 6 Jay Thomas (KTM), 7 Kieran Banks (KTM), 8 George Clarke (Honda), 9 Chuck Davies (Honda), 10 Tony Saunders (KTM), 11 Loukas Maggio (Honda), 12 Jamie Tempest (Yamaha), 13 Leighton Holmes (Husqvarna), 14 Edward Briscoe (Suzuki), 15 Ben Harrison (Kawasaki), 16 Jordan Moyle (Honda), 17 Connor Dennis (KTM), 18 Bradley Doyle (Honda), 19 Piers Skinner (Honda), 20 Charlie Putnam (Honda),...

 

Rd 1 – Matterley Basin, nr Winchester, BRITAIN

 1 Conrad MEWSE (GB - KTM) 25 + 25 = 50

 2 Glen Meier (DK - KTM) 20 + 22 = 42

 3 Gianluca Facchetti (I - Suzuki) 18 + 20 = 38

 4 Kim Savaste (SF - KTM) 22 + 13 = 35

 5 Jorge Prado (E - KTM) 16 + 18 = 34

 6 Andrea Zanotti (SMR - TM) 14 + 16 = 30 

 7 Jakub Terasak (CZ - KTM) 15 + 14 = 29

 8 Taylor Hammal (GB - KTM) 12 + 15 = 27

 9 Danne Karlsson (S - KTM) 11 + 12 = 23

10 Roan Van De Moosdijk (NL - KTM) 13 + 10 = 23

11 Noud Van Kraaij (NL - KTM) 7+11=18, 12 Morgan Lesiardo (I - KTM) 10+8=18, 13 Christian Simonsson (S - KTM) 8+4=12, 14 Pavel Repcak (SVK - KTM) 9+1=10, 15 Ludovic Bompar (F - KTM) 0+9=9, 16 Alessandro Manucci (I - TM) 3+5=8, 17 Kevin Horgmo (N - KTM) 0+7=7, 18 Luca Crnkovic (CRO - KTM) 4+3=7, 19 Nico Seiler (CH - KTM) 5+2=7, 20 Gabriel Chetnicki (POL - KTM) 0+6=6, 21 Gabriele Oteri (I - TM) 6+0=6, 22 Rob Tompa (ROU - Suzuki) 2+0=2, 23 Karlis Kalejs (LAT - KTM) 1+0=1.

RACE ONE: 1 MEWSE, 2 Savaste, 3 Meier, 4 Facchetti, 5 Prado, 6 Terasak, 7 Zanotti, 8 Van De Moosdijk, 9 Hammal, 10 Karlsson, 11 Lesiardo, 12 Repcak, 13 Simonsson, 14 Van Kraaij, 15 Oteri, 16 Seiler, 17 Crnkovic, 18 Manucci, 19 Tompa, 20 Kalejs.

RACE TWO: 1 MEWSE, 2 Meier, 3 Facchetti, 4 Prado, 5 Zanotti, 6 Hammal, 7 Terasak, 8 Savaste, 9 Karlsson, 10 Van Kraaij, 11 Van De Moosdijk, 12 Bompar, 13 Lesiardo, 14 Horgmo, 15 Chetnicki, 16 Manucci, 17 Simonsson, 18 Crnkovic, 19 Seiler, 20 Repcak.

FINAL SERIES STANDINGS after 1 round: 1 Conrad MEWSE 50 points (CHAMPION), 2 Glen Meier 42, 3 Gianluca Facchetti 38, 4 Savaste 35, 5 Prado 34, 6 Zanotti 30, 7 Terasak 29, 8 Hammal 27, 9 Van De Moosdijk 23, 10 Karlsson 23, 11 Van Kraaij 18, 12 Lesiardo 18, 13 Simonsson 12, 14 Repcak 10, 15 Bompar 9, 16 Manucci 8, 17 Horgmo 7, 18 Seiler 7, 19 Crnkovic 7, 20 Chetnicki 6,...

 

Rd 1 – Matterley Basin, nr Winchester, BRITAIN

 1 Raivo Dankers (NL - KTM) 25 + 25 = 50

 2 David Braceras (E - KTM) 14 + 20 = 34

 3 Emil Weckmann (SF - KTM) 20 + 14 = 34

 4 Kevin Cristino (I - KTM) 16 + 18 = 34

 5 Rene Hofer (A - KTM)  6 + 22 = 28

 6 Kacey HIRD (GB - KTM) 13 + 13 = 26

 7 Anton Nagy (S - KTM) 22 +  0 = 22

 8 Oriol Oliver (E - KTM) 15 +  6 = 21

 9 Noel Nilsson (S - KTM)  5 + 15 = 20

10 Emil Jonrup (S - KTM)  9 + 11 = 20

11 Ben Hess (D - KTM) 10+10=20, 12 Daniel Stehlik (CZ - KTM) 11+9=20, 13 Nikita Kucherov (E - KTM) 18+0=18, 14 Timur Petrashin (RUS - KTM) 0+16=16, 15 Henry Vesillind (EST - KTM) 4+12=16, 16 Stef Karssemakers (NL - KTM) 12+4=16, 17 Alessandro Facca (I - KTM) 3+7=10, 18 Jorge Ramos (E - KTM) 7+3=10, 19 Arvid Luning (S - KTM) 8+1=9, 20 Oscar Etin Hartvigsen (DK - KTM) 0+8=8, 21 Viktor Kasabov (BUL - KTM) 0+5=5, 22 Adam Kovacs (HUN - KTM) 2+2=4, 23 David Schartner (A - KTM) 1+0=1.

RACE ONE: 1 Dankers, 2 Nagy, 3 Weckmann, 4 Kucherov, 5 Cristino, 6 Oliver, 7 Braceras, 8 HIRD, 9 Karssemakers, 10 Stehlik, 11 Hess, 12 Jonrup, 13 Luning, 14 Ramos, 15 Hofer, 16 Nilsson, 17 Vesillind, 18 Facca, 19 Kovacs, 20 Schartner.

RACE TWO: 1 Dankers, 2 Hofer, 3 Braceras, 4 Cristino, 5 Petrashin, 6 Nilsson, 7 Weckmann, 8 HIRD, 9 Vesillind, 10 Jonrup, 11 Hess, 12 Stehlik, 13 Etin Hartvigsen, 14 Facca, 15 Oliver, 16 Kasabov, 17 Karssemakers, 18 Ramos, 19 Kovacs, 20 Luning.

FINAL SERIES STANDINGS after 1 rounds: 1 Raivo Dankers 50 points (CHAMPION), 2 David Braceras 34, 3 Weckmann 34, 4 Cristino 34, 5 Hofer 28, 6 Hird 26, 7 Nagy 22, 8 Oliver 21, 9 Nilsson 20, 10 Jonrup 20, 11 Stehlik 20, 12 Hess 20, 13 Kucherov 18, 14 Petrashin 16, 15 Vesillind 16, 16 Karssemakers 16, 17 Facca 10, 18 Ramos 10, 19 Luning 9, 20 Etin Hartvigsen 8,...