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