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Husqvarna BT Racing and Kay Karssemakers take podium position in EMX250 Sardinia

Husqvarna BT Racing and Kay Karssemakers take podium position in EMX250 Sardinia

Husqvarna BT Racing and Kay Karssemakers have taken a podium position at the opening round of the EMX250 Championship in Riola Sardo, Sardinia. On the deep sand track Karssemakers took a third overall with a 5-2 in the motos.

There were 40 riders who were participating in the event so all riders were qualified directly. The time practice counted for the starting positions. Karssemakers did several fast laps and posted the eighth fastest time. Wesly Dieudonne set the 14th fastest time and Maxime Grau ended the session in 25th position.

Karssemakers didn’t took a good start in the first moto but he was turning short in the first corner and worked himself up into eighth position. During the first lap he managed to overtake a few other riders and moved up into fifth position. During the race he worked his way up into fourth position. He kept the pace high and was in a battle with the fifth and sixth place riders. Kay lost fourth position and was under pressure from the rider who was riding in sixth position. Kay kept his head cool and finished the race in fifth position. Maxime Grau has a lack of race rhythm but he did what he could and managed to take five points with a sixteenth position. Dieudonne worked himself up into seventeenth position but unfortunately he crashed out of the race and was out for the weekend.

After his fifth position, Karssemakers was determined to do better in the second moto. He took a not so good start and came out of the first turn in twelfth position. During the first lap he already worked himself up into eighth position and in the following laps he moved up into fourth position. Kay kept pushing and started to close down the gap to the second and third place riders. He managed to pass them both and finished the race in second position. Grau made a crash when he was riding inside of the points. After the crash he was struggling to find his rhythm and due to this he didn’t score points in the second moto.

Karssemakers finished third overall with a 5-2 in the motos and Grau ended the weekend in 21st position. In two weeks from now the series continues in Frauenfeld, Switzerland.

Overall EMX250 Sardinia:
1 Andrea Bonacorsi 50 Pnt
2 Quentin Prugnières 40 Pnt
3 Kay Karssemakers 38 Pnt
4 Cas Valk 38 Pnt
5 Ivano van Erp 36 Pnt
21 Maxime Grau 5 Pnt

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