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| 13.06.2010 |
| First career win for KTMs Eero Remes in E1 GP Poland |
| KTM Enduro Factory Racing’s Eero Remes, clearly feeling at home on the grass and sand in Kwidzyn, Poland put in a great weekend in Rounds 7 & 8 of the E1 World Championships to score his first career victory on Saturday and followed it up on Sunday with a second place. |
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E1 factory teammate Johnny Aubert, who has been troubled with an ear infection that forced him out of the second day’s racing in the GP of Italy is regaining his health and put in two great races for two third place podiums.
Fast Eero Remes
“Eero was very fast this weekend,” said KTM team boss Fabio Farioli. “These conditions were good for him and quite like at home in Finland. For sure also Johnny is feeling better even today than yesterday. He still had some heath problems on Saturday but today he won all the tests in the last two laps. We hope he will be completely fit for next weekend’s round in Slovakia where it should be muddy and lots of grass, much the same as in France. It should suit him well,” he said.
Tough weekend racing
Riders had a tough weekend on the sand and grass of the Polish course, which included a high speed cross test with plenty of jumps. Remes was understandably pleased with his victory on Saturday saying: "It's a great joy for me to win my first World Championship victory. I had a good race, except in the last cross test where I fell. I especially like the race conditions here, with the sandy soil.” Remes and Aubert are currently second and third on the championship standings table.
Taddy Blazusiak, KTM’s Extreme Endurist factory rider who is fresh from his record fourth win in the notorious Red Bull Hare Scramble at Austria’s Erzberg finished sixth on both days in front of his home crowd. Taddy has not competed in all the rounds of the championship.
Santolino Strong in EJ
Also racing this weekend were the EJ class and it was another opportunity for Lorenzo Santolino, the young rider supported by KTM Spain to continue to excel. Lorenzo finished the weekend with a 2-1 result. French rider Jeremy Joly denied Lorenzo his win on Saturday by just 23 hundredths of a second. Joly leads the championship standings by a single point from Lorenzo who, apart from his second place this weekend, has won all of his races except the season’s opener.
Second of three rounds for women
To complete a very busy race program in Poland, the women competed in the second of three weekends of the newly inaugurated Women’s Enduro World Cup. KTM riders Heike Petrick of Germany and Vanja Kollman of Sweden were third and fourth on day one while Kollman was second and Petrick was fifth on Sunday.
Pics Jonty Edmunds
Day One E1
1 Eero Remes, Finland, KTM
2. Matti Seistola, Finland, Husqvarna
3. Johnny Aubert, France, KTM
4. Antoine Meo, France, .Husqvarna
5. Nicolas Deparrois, France, Kawasaki
6. Taddy Blazusiak, Poland, KTM
Day Two E1
1 Antoine Meo, France, Husqvarna
2. Eero Remes, Finland, KTM
3. Johnny Aubert, France, KTM
4. Maurizio Micheluz, italy, TM
5. Nicolas Deparrois, France, Kawasaki
6. Taddy Blazusiak, Poland, KTM
Standings E1 after Rounds 7 & 8
1 Antoine Meo, France, Husqvarna, 190
2. Eero Remes, Finland, KTM, 144
3. Johnny Aubert, France, KTM 131
4. Nicolas Deparrois, France, Kawasaki, 126
5. Cristobal Guerrero, Spain, Yamaha, 118
Day One EJ
1 Jeremy Joly, France, Honda
2. Lorenzo Santolino, Spain, KTM
3. Robert Kvarnstrom, Finland, Gas-Gas
4. Roni Nikander, Finland, Husqvarna,
5. Victor Guerrero, Spain, Yamaha
Day Two EJ
1 Lorenzo Santolino, Spain, KTM
2. Jeremy Joly, France, Honda
3. Roni Nikander, Finland, Husqvarna
4. Victor Guerrero, Spain, Yamaha
5. Calle Sjoo, Finland, Husaberg
Standings EJ
1 Jeremy Joly, France, Honda, 173
2. Lorenzo Santolino, Spain, KTM, 172
3. Victor Guerreto, spain, Yamaha, 143
4. Romain, Dumontier, France, Husqvarna, 110
5. Mario Roman, Spain, KTM, 107
Day One EW
1 Ludivine Puy, France, Gas-Gas
2. Blandine Dufrene, France, Gas-Gas
3. Heike Petrick, Germany, KTM
4. Vanja Kollman, Sweden, KTM
5. Audrey Rossat, France, Gas-Gas
Day Two EW
1 Ludivine Puy, France, Gas-Gas
2. Vanja Kollman, Sweden, KTM
3. Blandine Dufrene, France, Gas-Gas
4. Audrey Rossat, France, Gas-Gas
5. Heike Petrick, Germany, KTM
Standings EW after 4 of 6 rounds
1. Ludivine Puy, France, Gas Gas 93,
2. Blandine Dufrene, France, Gas-Gas
3. Audrey Rossat, France, Gas-Gas
4. Vanja Kollman, Sweden, KTM, 70
5. Heike Petrick, Germany, KTM 68 |
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| Remes fast and victorious in Poland
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| Aubert getting back to form after illness
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| Santolino continues to impress in EJ class
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| Taddy Blazusiak on the track at home in Poland |
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