After the cancellation yesterday, this morning was an early start for the riders with the S2 and S1GP timed practices and the Superchrono in Albaida on the raceday. In very sunny and warm conditions it was Thomas Chareyre who was the fastest in the official time practice in the S1GP class. Also in the Superchrono Chareyre showed he had good pace and set the best lap time of all six riders in lap 7 with only 00.157 seconds advantage on Höllacher and Kejmar.
When the light dropped for the first race it was current championship leader who took the holeshot and dived into the first corner followed by Lukas Höllbacher, Pavel Kejmar and Marc-Reiner Schmidt. From the start of the race Chareyre showed very good speed and was able to get more and more advantage on Höllbacher and Kejmar who were having a close battle for 2nd place. On 10 seconds behind the top 3 Marc-Reiner Schmidt and Spanish home rider David Gimenez were fighting for every meter of asphalt, but Schmidt was able to keep 4th place before Gimenez. Spanish rider Israel Escalera was having a very good start but he made some mistakes in lap 10 making it possible for Lionel Deridder and Gerard Bailo to pass him.
Up front Chareyre had a comfortable advantage on Höllbacher of 3 seconds. The Austrian rider on his turn was chased by Kejmar for second, but Höllbacher wasn’t making any mistakes a kept the speed up. After 19 laps the TM Factory rider Chareyre passed the finish line in 1st with Höllbacher in 2nd and Kejmar in 3rd position. Marc-Reiner Schmidt was able the keep Gimenez behind his TM and passed the line in fourth. Gimenez finished in 5th for his home crowd followed by Lionel Deridder who finished his first S1GP race in 6th.
S1GP Race 1 Top Ten: 1. CHAREYRE Thomas (FRA, TM) 19 laps in 19:47.307; 2. HOLLBACHER Lukas (AUT, Husqvarna) +03.045; 3. KEJMAR Pavel (CZE, KTM) +03.296; 4. SCHMIDT Marc Reiner (GER, TM) +13.034; 5. GIMENEZ David (ESP, Suzuki) +13.673; 6. DERIDDER Lionel (BEL, KTM) +48.679; 7. ESCALERA SANCHIS Israel (ESP, Suzuki) +50.198; 8. BAILO Gerard (ESP, Suzuki) +51.444; 9. KINGELIN Asseri (FIN, Aprilia) +59.128; 10. HERNANDEZ Jose Luis (ESP, Suzuki) +1 Lap
Under very warm and sunny conditions the second S1GP race started in the afternoon in Albaida. This time it was the Austrian Husqvarna rider Lukas Höllbacher who took the holeshot in front of Marc-Reiner Schmidt, Thomas Chareyre and David Gimenez. Soon in the race Höllbacher, Schmidt and Chareyre were pulling away from the rest of the field. The only rider who could follow the very fast top 3 was Gimenez who had to put all he had to keep up the pace. Pavel Kejmar who finished 3rd in the 1st race had a bad start and started the race from 7th place just behind Israel Escalera and fellow team rider Lionel Deridder. In lap 3 Kejmar was able to pass them and moved to 5th place behind Gimenez. In lap 11 Gimenez made a mistake in the off-road section and Kejmar moved another place into 4th. Lionel Deridder was able to pass Escalera as well but the Spanish rider didn’t give up and took over 6th place again from Deridder. In front the battle for the lead was getting more and more intense with 3 riders under 1 second all the time.
Lap after lap Schmidt and Chareyre were trying to take over the lead from Höllbacher but the Austrian rider didn’t make any mistakes and kept his speed very high. In lap 18 Marc-Reiner Schmidt made a move to the lead in the back straight and tried to pass Höllbacher. Schmidt ran a little wide while trying to outbreak Höllbacher. The 2 riders touched each other and Höllbacher crashed. He was able too quickly pick up his bike and resumed the race. Because of the crash Schmidt had to go wider out of the corner which made it possible for Chareyre to take over the lead with only 2 laps to go. The French world championship leader didn’t make any mistake while he was chased by Schmidt and finished in 1st, before Schmidt. Höllbacher was trying to close to gap to the 2 riders in front but his time ran out making him 3rd in the second race. Kejmar finished 4th before Gimenez and Escalera. The overall win in Albaida was again for Thomas Chareyre with Lukas Höllbacher in 2nd. Marc-Reiner Schmidt completed the podium in 3rd.
S1GP Race 2 Top Ten: 1. CHAREYRE Thomas (FRA, TM) 19 laps in 19:56.835; 2. SCHMIDT Marc Reiner (GER, TM) +00.591; 3. HOLLBACHER Lukas (AUT, Husqvarna) +09.861; 4. KEJMAR Pavel (CZE, KTM) +16.098; 5. GIMENEZ David (ESP, Suzuki) +33.512; 6. ESCALERA SANCHIS Israel (ESP, Suzuki) +38.749; 7. DERIDDER Lionel (BEL, KTM) +45.441; 8. BAILO Gerard (ESP, Suzuki) +01:04.450; 9. KINGELIN Asseri (FIN, Aprilia) +1 Lap; 10. HERNANDEZ Jose Luis (ESP, Suzuki) +1 Lap
S1GP Overall Top Ten: 1. CHAREYRE Thomas (FRA, TM) Pts. 50 (25+25); 2. HOLLBACHER Lukas (AUT, Husqvarna) Pts. 42 (22+20); 3. SCHMIDT Marc Reiner (GER, TM) Pts. 40 (18+22); 4. KEJMAR Pavel (CZE, KTM) Pts. 38 (20+18); 5. GIMENEZ David (ESP, Suzuki) Pts. 32 (16+16); 6. ESCALERA SANCHIS Israel (ESP, Suzuki) Pts. 29 (14+15); 7. DERIDDER Lionel (BEL, KTM) Pts. 29 (15+14); 8. BAILO Gerard (ESP, Suzuki) Pts. 26 (13+13); 9. KINGELIN Asseri (FIN, Aprilia) Pts. 24 (12+12); 10. HERNANDEZ Jose Luis (ESP, Suzuki) Pts. 22 (11+11)
S1GP Championship Top Ten: 1. CHAREYRE Thomas (FRA-TM) points 100; 2. SCHMIDT Marc Reiner (GER, TM) p.82; 3. HOLLBACHER Lukas (AUT, Husqvarna) p. 80; 4. KEJMAR Pavel (CZE-Husqvarna) p.76; 5. GIMENEZ David (ESP, Suzuki) p.60; 6. KINGELIN Asseri (FIN-Aprilia) p 55; 7. HERNANDEZ Jose Luis (ESP, Suzuki) p 51; 8. LITA Marius (ROU, Suzuki) 42; 9. ESCALERA SANCHIS Israel (ESP, Suzuki) p.29; 10. DERIDDER Lionel (BEL, KTM) p. 29
S1GP Manufacturers: 1. TM 100 points; 2. Husqvarna 80 p.; 3. KTM 77 p.; 4. Suzuki 63 p.; 5. Aprilia 55 p.; 6. Husaberg 20 p.
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