Month: June 2023

Kay Karssemakers of Husqvarna BT Racing has scored another podium position at round six of the EMX250 Championship in Teutschenthal, Germany. Karssemakers was struggling to find the right rhythm in the opening moto and after a few mistakes he finished the race in sixth position. In the second moto he took a better start and came home in a strong second position, which gave him third place overall. Maxime Grau scored a seventh position in the first moto and Wesly Dieudonne took five points in Germany.

Karssemakers was really motivated to do well in Germany. He started the weekend strong by posting the third fastest time in time practice. Grau and Dieudonne were struggling to put a decent lap together and ended the session in seventeenth and 27th position.

In the opening moto it was Karssemakers who took a decent start and after a strong beginning he worked himself up into fourth position. During the race he made two mistakes and was struggling to find his rhythm. He kept pushing till the end and finally finished the race in sixth position. Grau was riding a strong race and worked himself back up from tenth to sixth position. In the closing stages he lost this position to Karssemakers and finished the race in seventh. Dieudonne did very well as well. He was riding around fifteenth position for the entire race and finally finished in sixteenth position.

Karssemakers took a much better start in the second moto and moved into third in the beginning of the race. Karssemakers started to close down the gap to the second place rider and took over this position. In the rest of the race he was riding consistent and finished in a strong second position. Grau and Dieudonne had a difficult start of the race and were outside of the top thirty. Both riders were giving everything they could and Grau finally finished the race in 22nd and Dieudonne came home in 27th position.

Karssemakers finished third overall and Grau and Dieudonne ended the weekend in fifteenth and eightheenth position. After six rounds it is Karssemakers who sits in second position in the championship while Grau has moved up to tenth and Dieudonne is in 29th position in the championship. In the weekend of 30 and 31 July the series continues in Hyvinkaa, Finland.

Overall EMX250 Germany:
1 Marc Antoine Rossi 43 Pnt
2 Andrea Bonacorsi 42 Pnt
3 Kay Karssemakers 37 Pnt
4 Ferruccio Zanchi 37 Pnt
5 Ivano van Erp 35 Pnt
15 Maxime Grau 14 Pnt
18 Wesly Dieudonne 5 Pnt

EMX250 Championship Standings:
1 Andrea Bonacorsi 262 Pnt
2 Kay Karssemakers 227 Pnt
3 Marc Antoine Rossi 199 Pnt
4 Ferrucio Zanchi 188 Pnt
5 Cas Valk 176 Pnt
10 Maxime Grau 94 Pnt
29 Wesly Dieudonne 11 Pnt

Husqvarna BT Racing has scored a moto win and a podium position with Kay Karssemakers at round five of the EMX250 Series in Kegums, Latvia. Karssemakers finished third in the first moto and won the second moto, which gave him second position overall.

Karssemakers started the weekend positively. He set the second fastest time in time practice and was ready to go in the motos. Maxime Grau was struggling in time practice and despite his efforts he wasn’t able to put a decent lap together and ended the session in sixteenth. Wesly Dieudonne set the nineteenth fastest time and keeps building towards his old form.

Karssemakers took a good start in the opening moto and was in the leading group during the first lap. He was riding in third position for a long time but in the closing stages he made a mistake by passing a back marker and lost third position. Karssemakers tried to come back but couldn’t make a pass stick and finished in fourth. Because a rider in front of him got a penalty, he moved up a position and was classified in third place. Grau made a small crash in the beginning of the race and dropped all the way back to the back of the field. During the race he charged back as far as he could and finished the race in twentieth position. Dieudonne finished inside of the points as well and ended up in seventeenth.

In the second moto it was again Karssemakers who took a really good start. He took second position in the beginning of the race and was keeping the leader under pressure. In the closing stages of the race he took over the lead and won the race. Grau was riding a better race and crossed the finish line in thirteenth place while Dieudonne took two points with a nineteenth place.

With a 3-1 moto score it was Karssemakers who finished second overall. Grau finished in sixteenth position overall and Dieudonne ended up in nineteenth place. After five rounds, Karssemakers sits in second position in the championship, 30 points behind the leader. Grau is in twelfth and Dieudonne sits in 30th position. Next weekend the series continues in Teutschenthal, Germany.

EMX250 Championship Standings:
1 Andrea Bonacorsi 220 Pnt
2 Kay Karssemakers 190 Pnt
3 Marc Antoine Rossi 156 Pnt
4 Ferruccio Zanchi 151 Pnt
5 Cas Valk 149 Pnt
12 Maxime Grau 80 Pnt
30 Wesly Dieudonne 6 Pnt