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MPS RACING - MAG SPORT RACING 2007 - April - Puerto Lumbreras - Spain
MPS Racing Husqvarna - Husky Sport 2007 World Enduro Championship – Round 2
Top 10 Finishes for Bolter and Wakely
Following on from their successes at the opening round of the ’07 European Enduro Championship MPS Racing Husqvarna riders Daryl Bolter and Si Wakely both claimed top 10 finishes in the Enduro Junior class at the second round of the ’07 World Enduro Championship held in Puerto Lumbreras, Spain.
WR250 mounted Wakely placed in eight on day one with Bolter bringing his WR125 home in eight on day two.
With heavy rain falling during Friday evening prior to the event day one proved to be a difficult one. With numerous sections of the enduro and extreme tests flooded avoiding the many mud holes that developed during the day was impossible.
Forced to compete at the tail end of the EJ class as a result of opting not to compete at the series’ opening round in Sweden it was Si Wakely that performed best of the MPS Husqvarna team riders on day one as Daryl’s hopes of a good result were spoiled by a costly mistake on the extreme test.
With Si performing consistently and improving as the day went on he claimed a solid top 10 finish to finish eighth and claim his first world championship points of the season.
On the steepest climb of the event’s opening extreme test Bolter made a small mistake, which cost him close to two minutes, and ended his hopes of a good result.
On day two Daryl and Si’s fortunes were reversed with Bolter getting the better result while Wakely ran into troubles.
Determined to make up for his day one disappointments Daryl rode well to claim eighth, finishing as high as fifth on one test and performing consistently throughout the day. Starting steadily before upping his pace during the second and third laps Wakely pushed hard during the final test of the event in the hope of securing a second top 10 result but disappointingly made a mistake, which dropped him to 16th in the EJ results.
Despite the mixed fortunes of the two riders both Daryl and Si enjoyed their return to world championship competition and now head to Portugal for the third round of the series this coming weekend.
Daryl Bolter: “I made a mistake on the extreme test on day one, which cost me about two minutes. There’s no way you can pull that much time back so I just used the day as training to get used to the terrain.
“I had a good go on day two and things generally went well. I had a few small crashes but things went well apart from that. I’m surprised just how much more competitive the Enduro Junior class is now compared to what it was like in ’05, there’s a lot of really fast riders now and getting a top 10 finish is good. Finishing eight doesn’t sound great but I’m happy with the way the second day went and looking forward to Portugal now.”
Si Wakely: “Day one went all right really although I don’t feel like I rode my best. The result was ok but the Enduro Junior class is really competitive now so to get inside the top 10 was good. It was almost impossible to avoid the deep water holes on the enduro test and my bike took some water into the carb', which meant it didn’t run properly on those tests. I didn’t make any mistakes and felt better as the day went on and was really looking forward to day two.
“I just wasn’t riding like I know I can on day two. I really wanted to put in a good time on the final motocross test to end the event on a high note but I fell off in one of the gullies and couldn’t see then because of the dust from some of the riders ahead of me. It wasn’t a good day but hopefully things will be better in Portugal .”
2007 World Enduro Championship Round 2
Grand Prix of Spain – Day 1
Enduro Junior Class
1. Christophe Nambotin (Gas Gas) 51:15.55; 2. Lorenzo Santolino (KTM) 51:45.63; 3. Joakim Ljunggren (Husaberg) 51:53.55; 4. Carlos Andreu (KTM) 51:54.74; 5. Jake Stapleton (TM) 52:10.09; 6. Marc Bourgeois (Husqvarna) 52:15.63; 7. Tom Sagar (KTM) 52:53.12; 8. Si Wakely (MPS Husqvarna) 53:37.40; 9. Thomas Oldrati (KTM) 53:50.40; 10. Mirco Gritti (Beta) 53:51.75; 11. Juan Perez (Yamaha) 54:19.47; 12. Lucas Puerta (KTM) 54:23.84; 13. Benoit Fortunato (Husqvarna) 55:05.05; 14. Paolo Bernardi (Honda) 55:38.55; 15. Jordi Jou (Yamaha) 55:54.66; 16. Greg Evans (KTM) 56:16.49; 17. Daryl Bolter (MPS Husqvarna) 56:24.40; 18. Patrick Wikman (KTM) 56:31.10; 19. Elie Vecchi (KTM) 57:01.70; 20. Maximillian Gourgouhlon (Husqvarna) 57:01.76
2007 World Enduro Championship Round 2
Grand Prix of Spain – Day 2
Enduro Junior class
1. Christophe Nambotin (Gas Gas) 50:50.42; 2. Lorenzo Santolino (KTM) 51:32.19; 3. Joakim Ljunggren (Husaberg) 51:53.19; 4. Marc Bourgeois (Husqvarna) 52:12.60; 5. Tom Sagar (KTM) 52:20.15; 6. Jake Stapleton (TM) 52:20.94; 7. Thomas Oldrati (KTM) 52:21.63; 8. Daryl Bolter (MPS Husqvarna) 52:55.08; 9. Yannick Bossi (Husqvarna) 53:18.34; 10. Juan Perez (Yamaha) 53:23.29; 11. Mirco Gritti (Beta) 53:23.30; 12. Lucas Puerta (KTM) 53:36.19; 13. Benoit Fortunato (Husqvarna) 54:09.44; 14. Armand Monleon (KTM) 54:11.40; 15. Greg Evans (KTM) 54:14.82; 16. Si Wakely (MPS Husqvarna) 54:17.95; 17. Paolo Bernardi (Honda) 54:32.33; 18. Oscar Balletti (Honda) 55:01.00
NB: All enquiries to be directed to either gmc@attglobal.net or mike.carter@huskysport.co.uk
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