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MPS RACING - MAG SPORT RACING 2007 - July - Cered Hungary
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British Husqvarna riders Mucci Racing’s Daryl Bolter and MPS Racing’s Si Wakely have continued their good form in the ’07 European Enduro Championship - this time producing strong results at round two of the series held in Cered, Hungary .
With Bolter having claimed a day win in the Senior E1 class at the season opener, and with Wakely having recorded two runner-up finishes at the same event in the Junior E2 class, the pair again battled at the front of their respective classes in Hungary with Bolter securing his second class win of the season while Wakely again produced runner-up results.
With his confidence high going into the event having recently claimed outright victory at the prestigious Welsh two-day enduro former European Enduro Champion Daryl Bolter maintained his winning ways in Cered as he claimed the top spot in the Senior E1 class on day one in Hungary.
With conditions dry despite heavy rain the day before the race Bolter placed four seconds ahead of Italian Giuseppe Canova.
On day two Daryl disappointingly slipped one position to second having started well before losing five seconds to Canova on the day’s final test, which handed the class win to the Italian.
With two solid runner-up finishes already under his belt from the opening round of the EEC series Si Wakely again performed well against his European championship rivals finishing frustratingly close to Lukasz Kurowski on day one.
With little to split the pair during the day as they traded special test wins Wakely eventually found himself second, less than half a second behind his Polish class mate.
On day two Si wasn’t quite able to perform as well as he had on day one and despite his best efforts he again placed as runner-up, nine seconds adrift of Kurowski.
With double runner-up finishes at both of the opening two rounds of the ’07 EEC series Wakely now leads the Junior E2/E3 class with two rounds remaining.
The MPS Husqvarna team will next be in action at the opening round of the ’07 British Enduro Championship, the HDBC organised Hafren Enduro on July 14/15. The third round of the European Enduro Championship takes place in Heinola in Finland on August 18/19.
Daryl Bolter, said, “Following on from my success at the Welsh 2 Day I was delighted to continue my good form and score two great results in Hungary. The bike and Team MPS Husqvarna performed perfectly and I can now look forward to the opening British Championship round, again in Wales in 2 weeks time. Many thanks to all sponsors especially Mick Seward & MPS Racing, Husky Sport, Pro Grip, Rangers Peugeot, and of course Wyn Hughes.”
Si Wakely: “I’ve had two great days and am now leading the Junior E2/E3 European championship, which I’m really pleased about. The event was really good but not that difficult. There was nothing that was really that challenging but the days were tiring.
I had a really good battle with Kurowski on the first day. There wasn’t much between us at all – he was about two seconds faster on the motocross test each lap and I was about two seconds faster on the enduro test each lap. It was a little disappointing not to have won on day one because there was only a second between us.
The second day also went well. I didn’t make any mistakes on any of the tests but Kurowski was just a little faster than me and took the win. It’s been a solid weekend really and it’s great to be leading the class half way through the championship.”
2007 European Enduro Championship Round 2
Grand Prix of Hungary – Day 1
Senior E1 class
1. Daryl Bolter (Mucci Racing Husqvarna) 31.53:93; 2. Giuseppe Canova (KTM) 31.57:75; 3. Giovanni Gritti (Honda) 32.25:86; 4. Jakub Horak (KTM) 32.47:37; 5. Pierre Duzellier (KTM) 32.49:85
Junior E2/E3 class
1. Lukasz Kurowski (KTM) 31.46:22; 2. Si Wakely (MPS Husqvarna) 31.47:31; 3. Maurizio Facchin ( Kawasaki ) 32.11:04; 4. Carlo Conforti (Honda) 32:12:14; 5. Vincen Charbonnier (Suzuki) 32.44:72
2007 European Enduro Championship Rnd 1
Grand Prix of Hungary – Day 2
Senior E1 class
1.Giuseppe Canova (KTM) 31.36:58; 2. Daryl Bolter (Mucci Racing Husqvarna) 31.39:23; 3. Giovanni Gritti (Honda) 32.12:33; 4. Jakub Horak (KTM) 32.19:73; 5. Pierre Duzellier (KTM) 32.20:79
Junior E2/E3
1. Lukasz Kurowski (KTM) 31.32:17; 2. Si Wakely (MPS Husqvarna) 31.41:34 3. Maurizio Facchin ( Kawasaki ) 32.11:69; 4. Oskari Kantonen (KTM) 32.16:34; 5. Carlo Conforti (Honda) 32.16:78
Unfortunately Otterburn has been cancelled due to the bad weather and the first British round is in jeopardy hopefully it will stop raining and my next report will be from there.
Many thanks to all our supporters.
Husky Sport, Motul, MAG Sport, NTB, Racing JBP, 3 City Recovery, White Horse, Inturf, Cycle Scene, Bert Harkins, Core Racing, MRS (Nau & Gearne), Sheen Projects Ltd, S.I.S. B.O.R ( XC-TING )
NB: All enquiries to be directed to either gmc@attglobal.net or mike.carter@huskysport.co.uk
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