Oltre alle categorie top nella pista di AGUEDA per il GP of PORTUGAL, c’è la TERZA tappa dell’incredibile Campionato Europeo di Motocross 250, tanti i ragazzi iscritti nella Entry List e tutti agguerriti oltre al fatto che ci sono molti italiani e si sfidano per un altro campionato incredibile, la pista è già messa a dura prova al Sabato per le qualifiche anche della EMX125!
Ovviamente sono in aggiornamento, sabato gara 1 e Domenica secondo gli orari Gara 2!
TIMETABLE ( ORARI IN ITALIA)
SATURDAY: 10:15 EMX125 Free Practice, 10:40 EMX250 Free Practice, 11:30 MX2 Free Practice, 12:00 MXGP Free Practice, 12:55 EMX125 Qualifying practice, 13:30 EMX250 Qualifying practice, 14:45 MX2 Time Practice, 15:20 MXGP Time Practice, 16:05 EMX125 Race 1, 16:50 EMX250 Race 1, 17:35 MX2 RAM Qualifying Race, 18:20 MXGP RAM Qualifying Race.
SUNDAY: 10:40 EMX125 Race 2, 11:25 MX2 Warm-up, 11:45 MXGP Warm-up, 12:30 EMX350 Race 2, 14:15 MX2 Race 1, 15:15 MXGP Race 1, 17:10 MX2 Race 2, 18:10 MXGP Race 2.
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European Championship EMX250 2023 Highlights
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RACE 1 EMX250
2023 European Championship EMX250 Highlights
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RACE 2 EMX250
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RESULTS OVERALL CLASSIFICATION EMX250
CHAMPIONSHIP CLASSIFICATION EMX250
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Bonacorsi heroic winner while Reisulis continues his domination
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AGUEDA (Portugal) 30 April 2023 – What a third round for the EMX250 Championships in Agueda, Portugal were both classes put on the show. We are now starting to see clear favourites performing rounds after rounds.
In EMX250, the Red Plate and favourite Hutten Metaal Yamaha Racing Team’s Andrea Bonacorsi won in a formidable manner after dealing with problems on his bike in race 2. It was in front of BT Racing Team’s Kay Karssemakers and VRT KTM Factory Juniors’ Ferruccio Zanchi
Race 1 in EMX250 saw an eventful first lap where it was Ferruccio Zanchi who came out of the first turn leading the pack right in front of Championship leader Andrea Bonacorsi. A tight battle ensued as Bonacorsi took the lead early to see Zanchi taking it back few turns later. Eventually, Bonacorsi’s power was too much for Zanchi on lap 2 as Bonacorsi made his pass stick to keep the lead until the end of the race comfortably. Zanchi finished solidly 2nd.
Behind them Kay Karssemakers also showed his speed as he was in contact with the front two early on in the race along with Fantic Factory Team Maddii’s Alexis Fueri. In the end Karssemakers had to settle for a good 3rd place while Fueri did not maintain the speed until the end as he went from 4th place on lap 11 to 6th in the end.
It was the opposite for Bud Racing Kawasaki’s Quentin Prugnieres and RFME GASGAS MXJUNIOR TEAM’s Samuel Nilsson who both gain positions. Prugnieres went from 7th in lap 1 to get several overtakes to find himself on lap 8 behind RFME GASGAS MXJUNIOR TEAM’s Gerard Congost who was 5th at the time. Congost then had a big crash as he tried to overtake Fueri for 4th and had to retire form the race. Prugnieres found himself 5th after that incident and kept going to overtake Fueri for 4th on lap 11. Nilsson was 10th on lap 1 and also kept charging up to get to 5th in the end.
Fantic Factory Team Maddii’s Cas Valk had a strong race too and stayed within the top 10 throughout the race to get finally finish 7th. It went similarly for WZ RACING TEAM’s Cato Nickel who went from 6th on lap 1 to end up at a good 8th place.
The good operation was for KTM SB Racing’s Nico Greutmann who showed determination to move up the leader board after getting an average start and get to 14th on lap 1. The young Swiss methodically kept overtaking riders in front of him to finish 9th at the checkered flag.
The winner of the Trentino Round, KTM Beddini Racing Team’s Valerio Lata could not show the same spark nor find the same rhythm as two weeks ago and had to settle for 10th in the end.
In race 2, It was Team VRT KTM Factory Juniors’ Marc-Antoine Rossi who showed all his talent to win the race and make clever passes as he went from 4th on lap 1 1st on lap 11. He overtook Karssemakers, solid leader up to that point and kept the lead until the end. Karssemakers settled for 2nd.
Bonacorsi who ended on the 3rd position had an eventful second race as he got some clutch problems due to being overtaken by M-A Rossi and having the bikes touched. However, Bonacorsi showed all his mental throughout the whole race and amazing talent. Bonacorsi had to race a major part of the race with a clutch problem as mentioned earlier and while he was 3rd on lap 11, the Red Plate stalled in a turn and moved down to 5th with 4 laps to go.
However, heroically made few passes to get back up to 3rd overtaking his teammate Hutten Metaal Yamaha Racing Team’s Karlis Reisulis. It was synonymous of overall win for Bonacorsi.
Reisulis who led over the first three laps finished in an encouraging 4th place. Prugnieres continued his good weekend as he made a good start in 5th to keep the same position until the end. Zanchi had to battle to get up the rank as he found himself 8th on lap 1 to then show good speed and ending up at an important 6th place to get on the podium.
It was also a solid performance for Meico Vettik who manged to get into the top 10 on lap 8 and even managed to get to 7th in the last couple of laps as he overtook Hutten Metaal Yamaha Racing Team’s Ivano Van Erp and Valk successively. Van Erp who was not on his best form finished the weekend with a 21-9 while Valk stayed solidly in the top 10 with a 7-8.
It was damage control for Lata as he managed to get to 10th in this race to score some important points in the Championship Standing but still lost his 2nd spot to Karssemakers.
In the end, Andrea Bonacorsi managed with a strong will and talent to get his second overall win of the season while Kay Karssemakers made a good operation with his solid racing getting second on the podium and second in the Championship Standings. Ferruccio Zanchi also rode very well in Portugal getting a well deserve back-to-back podium.
Andrea Bonacorsi: “In the second race I lost my clutch leveller in a collision with Rossi which happens in motocross. With that leveller broken I couldn’t use it but I kept going, I forgot about my bike problem which made me stall. But in the end I am very happy with the result and happy with the races. I showed again who is the fastest and for that I want to thank all my team, Yamaha and Monster. See you in Spain!”
Main Photo: Andrea Bonacorsi
Bottom Photos: 1. Kay Karssemaker; 2. Ferruccio Zanchi
MXGP OF PORTUGAL QUICK FACTS:
Circuit length: 1630m
Type of ground: Hard Pack
Temperature: 23°
Weather conditions: Sunny
Weekend Crowd Attendance: 26,000
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