Kay Karssemakers of Husqvarna BT Racing finished on the podium in round seven of the EMX250 Championship in Uddevalla, Sweden. With a 4-6 in the motos he finished in third position overall. Maxime Grau ended the weekend in tenth and Wesly Dieudonne scored six points with a fifteenth position in the opening moto.
The circumstances were perfect on Saturday. Karssemakers was feeling himself at home on the track in time practice and posted the second fastest time. Grau set the eighth fastest time and Dieudonne ended the session in 21st position.
Grau took a really good start in the opening moto and was riding in second position in the first half of the race. Unfortunately he made a few mistakes and dropped back to tenth position. Karssemakers had to come back from outside of the top five and fought his way back to fourth position. Dieudonne made a few passes during the race and crossed the finish line in fifteenth position and scored six points.
The circumstances were completely different in the second moto. Due to a lot of overnight rain the track was really muddy in the second moto. Karssemakers made the best of it and worked his way up into fifth position. Unfortunately he lost one position near the end and finished in sixth position. This result was enough for third position overall. Grau worked his way up to eighth but made a crash and finally finished the race in twelfth place. Dieudonne worked his way up inside of the points but ran into a problem and had to retire from the race.
Karssemakers finished in third position overall, Grau ended the weekend in tenth and Dieudonne was in 21st position in the overall classification. Karssemakers stays in second position in the championship standings and is 46 points down on the leader. Grau sits in twelfth and Dieudonne is in 26th position in the championship standings. The next round of the championship is in Arnhem, the Netherlands this weekend.
Overall EMX250 Sweden:
1 Cas Valk 50 Pnt
2 Andrea Bonacorsi 44 Pnt
3 Kay Karssemakers 33 Pnt
4 Quentin Prugnieres 33 Pnt
5 Alexis Fueri 32 Pnt
10 Maxime Grau 20 Pnt
21 Wesly Dieudonne 6 Pnt
EMX250 Championship Standings:
1 Andrea Bonacorsi 306 Pnt
2 Kay Karssemakers 260 Pnt
3 Cas Valk 226 Pnt
4 Ferrucio Zanchi 204 Pnt
5 Marc Antoine Rossi 199 Pnt
12 Maxime Grau 114 Pnt
26 Wesly Dieudonne 17 Pnt
