Gercar makes magic in Maggiora

After a great day’s racing yesterday the riders of the FIM Motocross MX3 World Championship lined up again this morning for race two. With the sun burning bright and temperatures averaging around 28 degrees Celsius the MX3 world championship heated up in more ways than one with Klemen Gercar scoring a consistent two times second place finish to take the overall victory here in magnificent Maggiora. Fired up for race two was none other than the current MX3 world champion Matthias Walkner, after his fifth place result in race one Walkner responded with a massive holeshot in race two and then went on to lead the race unchallenged. Following Walkner around turn one was Martin Michek, Petr Smitka and Klemen Gercar. Whilst in second Michek made a costly mistake on the opening lap which saw him drop outside the top ten handing the top positions over to Smitka and Gercar. Around lap three Klemen Gercar started charging for the second place, after two laps of nail biting action the red plate of Gercar eventually found a way around Smitka to finish second and take the MX3 round of Italy victory. Meanwhile Frantisek Smola rode a comfortable race in fourth oblivious of the action that went on behind him as Gert Krestinov, Christian Brokel and a recovering Martin Michek engaged in a huge three way battle for fifth. While the racing remained close all the way to the flag, it was Gert Krestinov who held on for fifth followed by race one winner Martin Michek leaving Christian Brockel to finish seventh. Taking his second consecutive overall victory Klemen Gercar stood top of the podium here at round five in Italy followed by Matthias Walkner in second and Martin Michek in third. Klemen Gercar will hold onto the red plate, eight points ahead of the defending champion Matthias Walkner in second. MX3 Race 1 top ten: 1. Martin Michek (CZE, KTM), 34:50.576; 2. Klemen Gercar (SLO, Honda), +0:05.574; 3. Petr Smitka (CZE, Kawasaki), +0:08.783; 4. Christian Brockel (GER, KTM), +0:16.816; 5. Matthias Walkner (AUT, KTM), +0:21.903; 6. Frantisek Smola (CZE, KTM), +0:26.163; 7. Gert Krestinov (EST, Kawasaki), +0:33.915; 8. Ludvig Söderberg (FIN, Honda), +0:54.465; 9. Petr Bartos (CZE, KTM), +0:58.812; 10. Alain Schafer (SUI, Kawasaki), +1:00.484 MX3 Race 2 top ten: 1. Matthias Walkner (AUT, KTM), 34:13.488; 2. Klemen Gercar (SLO, Honda), +0:12.648; 3. Petr Smitka (CZE, Kawasaki), +0:17.212; 4. Frantisek Smola (CZE, KTM), +0:21.204; 5. Martin Michek (CZE, KTM), +0:24.707; 6. Gert Krestinov (EST, Kawasaki), +0:29.288; 7. Christian Brockel (GER, KTM), +0:45.174; 8. Petr Bartos (CZE, KTM), +0:56.311; 9. Alessandro Albertoni (ITA, Kawasaki), +1:01.195; 10. Alain Schafer (SUI, Kawasaki), +1:06.392 MX3 Overall top ten: 1. Klemen Gercar (SLO, Honda), 44 points; 2. Matthias Walkner (AUT, KTM), 41 p.; 3. Martin Michek (CZE, KTM), 41 p.; 4. Petr Smitka (CZE, Kawasaki), 40 p.; 5. Frantisek Smola (CZE, KTM), 33 p.; 6. Christian Brockel (GER, KTM), 32 p.; 7. Gert Krestinov (EST, Kawasaki), 29 p.; 8. Petr Bartos (CZE, KTM), 25 p.; 9. Ludvig Söderberg (FIN, Honda), 23 p.; 10. Alain Schafer (SUI, Kawasaki), 22 p MX3 Championship top ten: 1. Klemen Gercar (SLO, Honda), 199 points; 2. Matthias Walkner (AUT, KTM), 191 p.; 3. Martin Michek (CZE, KTM), 182 p.; 4. Gert Krestinov (EST, Kawasaki), 172 p.; 5. Christian Brockel (GER, KTM), 118 p.; 6. Frantisek Smola (CZE, KTM), 107 p.; 7. Ludvig Söderberg (FIN, Honda), 100 p.; 8. Timur Muratov (RUS, KTM), 95 p.; 9. Pier Filippo Bertuzzo (ITA, Yamaha), 94 p.; 10. Petr Michalec (CZE, Honda), 77 p