Saloute to the SuperChamps
By TMX Archives on 19th Nov 09
THERE was a healthy crowd of around 10,000 spectators present to witness the climax of this season's World Supermoto Championship at the Spanish resort of Salou, where Thierry Van den Bosch and Adrien Chareyre wrapped-up the S1 and S2 class crowns respectively. The races were run in bright sunny conditionsFrench rider Thomas Chareyre took victory in both S1 motos but it was not enough to reel in Van den Bosch and he lost the title to the Frenchman.
Italy's Ivan Lazzarini was second both on the podium and in the final championship standings while Belgian, Eddy Seel, completed the top three on the day.
Gerard Delepine won the S2 class in the event ahead of Mark Burkhart and Fabrizio Bartolini while Adrien Chareyre secured his third world title at the conclusion of race one, at the age of just 23.
Starting off from first on the grid after his Superpole win, Husqvarna's Thomas Chareyre led the pack into the first corner followed by Davide Gozzini and Lazzarini. The smart Frenchman edged away in the early stages of the race while the two Italians scrapped over second and Chareyre eventually took a well-deserved win.
Lazzarini was an eventual second but, despite his best efforts, he could not manage to close the gap on Chareyre. TM Factory rider Gozzini settled for third after losing the runner-up spot to Lazzarini.
On the other hand his team-mate Van den Bosch, leading the S1 title-chase, made up for a warm-up lap crash at the Sky section with ninth in the combined standings. He had started from 16th on the grid after a disastrous qualifying session and found himself with a narrower advantage over Chareyre and Lazzarini.
WORLD SUPERMOTO CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 7 (Final) – Salou, SPAIN
S1 CLASS
1 Thomas Chareyre (F - CH Husqvarna) 25 + 25 = 50
2 Ivan Lazzarini (I - HM Honda) 22 + 22 = 44
3 Eddy Seel (B - Rigo Suzuki) 18 + 20 = 38
4 Mauno Hermunen (SF - CH Husqvarna) 20 + 14 = 34
5 Thierry V/d Bosch (F - 747 M'sport TM) 16 + 16 = 32
6 Massimo Verderosa (I - Honda) 13 + 18 = 31
7 Viktor Bolsec (CRO - Honda) 14+15=29, 8 Matt WINSTANLEY (GB - Motosupplies Husqvarna) 15+11=26, 9 Francesc Cucharrera (E - KTM) 12+13=25, 10 Giovanni Bussei (I - SBD Honda) 11+12=23.
RACE ONE: 1 Chareyre, 2 Lazzarini, 3 Hermunen, 4 Seel, 5 Van den Bosch, 6 WINSTANLEY, 7 Bolsec, 8 Verderosa, 9 Cucharrera, 10 Bussei.
RACE TWO: 1 Chareyre, 2 Lazzarini, 3 Seel, 4 Verderosa, 5 Van den Bosch, 6 Bolsec, 7 Hermunen, 8 Cucharrera, 9 Bussei, 10 WINSTANLEY.
FINAL SERIES STANDINGS after 7 rounds: 1 Thierry Van den Bosch 264 points (CHAMPION), 2 Thomas Chareyre 261, 3 Ivan Lazzarini 257, 4 Hermunen 235, 5 Seel 210, 6 Bussei 159, 7 WINSTANLEY 131, 8 Serafini 106, 9 Bolsec 89, 10 Ravaglia 87, 11 Beltrami 86, 12 Verderosa 82, 13 HODGSON 55, 14 Dondi 53, 15 Giraudo 41, 16 Hewimer 38, 17 Venske 38, 18 Matsumoto 38, 19 Cucharrera 36, 20 ADDY 28,...
S2 CLASS
1 Gerald Delepine (B - Cross 2R Husqvarna) 22 + 25 = 47
2 Mark Burkhart (US - KTM) 18 + 20 = 38
3 Fabrizio Bartolini (I - WRM) 20 + 18 = 38
4 Adrien Chareyre (F - CH Husqvarna) 14 + 22 = 36
5 Davide Gozzini (I - 747 Motorsport TM) 25 + 10 = 35
6 Andrea Occhini (I - 747 Motorsport TM) 16 + 16 = 32
7 Paolo Gaspardone (I - KTM) 15+15=30, 8 Edgardo Borella (I - Miglio KTM) 13+14=27, 9 Lionel Deridder (B - Amacro KTM) 12+13=25, 10 Giordano Carassai (I - Aprilia) 11+12=23, 11 Richard BLAKEMAN (GB - Skyzone KTM) 10+11=21.
RACE ONE: 1 Gozzini, 2 Delepine, 3 Bartolini, 4 Burkhart, 5 Occhini, 6 Gaspardone, 7 Adrien Chareyre, 8 Borella, 9 Deridder, 10 Carassai, 11 BLAKEMAN.
RACE TWO: 1 Delepine, 2 Adrien Chareyre, 3 Burkhart, 4 Bartolini, 5 Occhini, 6 Gaspardone, 7 Borella, 8 Deridder, 9 Carassai, 10 BLAKEMAN, 11 Gozzini.
FINAL SERIES STANDINGS after 7 rounds: 1 Adrien Chareyre 298 points (CHAMPION), 2 Gerald Delepine 263, 3 Davide Gozzini 248, 4 Gaspardone 203, 5 Borella 188, 6 Bartolini 165, 7 Occhini 136, 8 Deridder 129, 9 Hlad 112, 10 Mariani 99, 11 IDDON 95, 12 Tognaccini 74, 13 BLAKEMAN 73, 14 Burkhart 70, 15 Minutilli 55, 16 Georgiev 53, 17 Di Iorio 34, 18 Uros 24, 19 Carassai 23, 20 De Angelis 19,...
For full story see T+MX News, Friday, November 20, 2009
It's under starters orders as the S1 and S2 class wait for the flag to be dropped to start the final round of this year's World Supermoto.