Aron Canet won in Moto3, Xavi Vierge reduced the distance with Edgar Pons in Moto2 and, in Superbikes, Ivan Silva achieved his first victory of the season in the first race while Morales won the second.
After the fifth FIM CEV Repsol round held today at the renewed Albacete track, the Championship starts the last part of the season with only three racing weekends left before the end of the season. This morning, the track conditions were not ideal, as the rain kept the tarmac wet during the whole day. Today’s races started after a minute of silence that the paddock of the FIM CEV Repsol kept in memory of Dani Rivas, Bernat Martinez and Joan Garriga.
The winner of the Moto3 race was Aron Canet, who achieved his third victory of the season and increased his lead of the championship over Joan Mir, who crashed in the fifth lap. This is the third time the rider from Majorca does not get points this season, although with four wins this year he keeps the second place overall. In Motor2 the first place was for Xavi Vierge, who reduced by 5 points the advantage of the leader, Edgar Pons, in the championship battle. In Superbike, Ivan Silva and Carmelo Morales shared the wins in the two races held today.
The next round of the FIM CEV Repsol will take place at the Navarra circuit next October 4th.
Moto3 Junior World Championship
Davide Pizzoli led the Moto3 race during the first laps, until he completed a ride through for starting before the light went out, which handled the first place to Joan Mir, followed by Aron Canet. But in lap 5, the rider from Majorca crashed and Canet took the lead. Five laps later, Nicolo Bulega overtook the rider from Valencia, but the Italian had a scare that made him lose the position to Canet, who then rode his way to his third win of the season.
With this result, Aron Canet increases again his lead in the Moto3 classification, followed by Mir, 31 points behind, and Nicolo Bulega, at 36.
Moto2 European Championship
At the start of the Moto2 race, Xavi Vierge and Edgar Pons kept the first and second place and escaped from the rest of the grid, while behind them, Odendaal, Marini and Techer fought for the third place. Only a few tenths separated the two leading Spanish riders until, five laps before the end, they started to overtake each other. It was a very exciting duel which Xavi Vierge won, crossing the Finish line in first place and achieving his second victory of the year. South African Steven Odendaal completed the podium.
After this race, Edgar Pons keeps the overall lead with Xavi Vierge second, 34 points behind, and Steven Odendaal third, at 59 points.
Superbike European Championship
In the first Superbike race Ivan Silva had a good start that allowed him to take the lead from the first lap. Carmelo Morales, who started from the pole position, was down to third, although he quickly recovered and took the second position. At that moment, both riders built a good advantage over the rest until Morales crashed. The current Championship leader was able to go back to the race in fifteenth and recovered until finishing in fourth.
After Morales’ crash, Silva was able to take the victory without any opposition and was accompanied on the podium by Adrian Bonastre and the Qatar rider Mashel Al Naimi.
The star of the second race was Carmelo Morales, who was unbeatable from the first corner, setting a difference of up to three seconds from the beginning of the race. The rider from Barcelona took his fourth win of the year and keeps his place as the main contender for the title, as he leads the classification with an advantage of 26 points over the second, Ivan Silva and 61 ver the third, Adrian Bonastre.