Kay Karssemakers of Husqvarna BT Racing has scored a podium finish at the EMX250 round in Arnhem. Karssemakers had to charge back through the field in the opening moto and finished in fifth position. In the second moto he was fighting in the leading group and finished in third position.
It was the home round for the team so everybody was motivated to do well. The riders are knowing the track very well but for this race it was changed on several spots. Karssemakers was determined to show his potential and took pole position in time practice. Maxime Grau and Wesly Dieudonne were also in the top fifteen with a twelfth and fifteenth time.
The first moto started with a setback because Karssemakers crashed in the opening lap and had to come back through the field. During the race he crashed another time but he kept fighting till the end and finished in fifth position. Dieudonne was riding a strong race as well and scored seven points with a fourteenth place. Unfortunately, Grau finished outside of the points.
Karssemakers started in the leading group in the second moto. He gave everything he had and was riding in second position for a long time. In the closing stages of the race he got passed and had to be satisfied with third position. With this position he finished on the podium with third place overall. Dieudonne and Grau didn’t score points in this moto.
With still two rounds to go, Karssemakers sits in second position in the championship. He is 54 points down on the leader. Grau is in twelfth position in the championship and Dieudonne sits in 27th place. In two weeks time the series continues in Turkey.
Overall EMX250 Arnhem:
1 Andrea Bonacorsi 44 Pnt
2 Cas Valk 38 Pnt
3 Kay Karssemakers 36 Pnt
4 Ferruccio Zanchi 36 Pnt
5 Quentin Prugnieres 34 Pnt
19 Wesley Dieudonne 7 Pnt
25 Maxime Grau 0 Pnt
EMX250 Championship Standings:
1 Andrea Bonacorsi 350 Pnt
2 Kay Karssemakers 296 Pnt
3 Cas Valk 264 Pnt
4 Ferrucio Zanchi 240 Pnt
5 Quentin Prugnieres 215 Pnt
12 Maxime Grau 114 Pnt
27 Wesley Dieudonne 24 Pnt