T. Chareyre victorious in Latina

A full summer Saturday for FIM Supermoto World Championship riders who had to face an entire very hot day of races from the second free practice until the last second races. The International Circuit “il Sagittario” was the big scenario of fantastic races; in S1 class a very scrappy Thomas Chareyre came back on the first place of the podium. TM Racing Factory Team Thomas Chareyre was the winner of this Saturday Latina Grand Prix; he was very happy because he has not won a Grand Prix since last year in Croatia and, moreover, it was a great satisfaction to win with a broken hand. The defending Champion had a good time practice this afternoon, finishing second. Starting from the first row, in race one he managed to overtook his brother in the second lap then he was consistent, jumping Hermunen in the off-road part and passing him but, the Finnish came faster from behind and caught the French easily; then, after changing position another time with Hermunen, he finished second in the first heat. In the second heat the French took the opportunity from a Hermunen’s mistake and overtook him; then he also overtook his brother, changing position with him several times, but finally he found a good rhythm finishing first and got the first step of the podium. APRILIA Fast Wheels Adrien Chareyre did his best race of the season, reaching the second step of the podium finishing 3-2 after overtaking Hermunen in the off-road part, fighting with his brother and achieving his goal to catch up the third position in the Overall Standings. Third step of the podium this afternoon for TM Shr Mauno Hermunen who took the pole with the best lap of 1:10.088. In the first race the Finnish took the holeshot and won the heat; in the second race he had a very good start as well, taking the holeshot but in the off road part he made a mistake and was passed by Chareyre’s brother, Thierry Van Den Bosch and Ivan Lazzarini finishing fifth. However Mauno feels safe he was able to maintain the Red Plate on his bike with 225 comfortable points and admitted: “ this season was perfect for me, I won everything and now I have two months to train and do my best in the next SMGP”. Fourth position for TM Racing Factory Team Thierry Van Den Bosch who is improving the feeling with his bike race by race. The former SM Champion had a good qualifying today and started closing the first row; in the first heat, he managed to overtook Ivan Lazzarini finishing fourth, while in the second heat he passed Mauno Hermunen at the seventh lap first and then also Ivan Lazzarini, finishing third. HM L30 Racing Ivan Lazzarini missed once again the podium this week-end: “ Now that Van Den Bosch has back and with another TM, the competition is more difficult and closing in the top five is a good result. I enjoyed the format of the today race, even if it was just a little bit stressful; however it was similar to the last season, when we had three races” . This afternoon the Italian Champion opened the second row and closed the top five in the Overall Standings after finishing 5-4. The sixth overall position was for HONDA Luc1 Owatrol Sylvan Bydart who was consistent, finishing sixth in both heats after having passed HM Christian Ravaglia - who was very close to him in both races - and finished seventh followed by another home rider SUZUKI Brt Andrea Occhini who had a good recovery; then we find his countryman Fabrizio Bartolini - who had his best performance of the season - and HONDA Tds Uros Nastran, who closed the top ten. S1 Race 1 Top Ten: 1. Mauno Hermunen (FIN-TM) 19:11.035; 2. Thomas Chareyre (FRA-TM) +0:00.340; 3. Adrien Chareyre (FRA-Aprilia) +0:01.780; 4. Thierry Van Den Bosch (FRA-TM) +0:03.625; 5. Ivan Lazzarini (ITA-Honda) +0:05.483; 6. Sylvain Bidart (FRA-Honda) +0:17.999; 7. Christian Ravaglia (ITA-Honda) +0:19.131; 8. Fabrizio Bartolini (ITA-Honda) +0:20.099; 9. Andrea Occhini (ITA-Suzuki) +0:20.121; 10. Uros Nastran (SLO-Honda) +0:28.018. S1 Race 2 Top Ten: 1. Thomas Chareyre (FRA-TM) 19:05.672; 2. Adrien Chareyre (FRA-Aprilia) 19:08.202; 3. Thierry Van Den Bosch (FRA-TM) 19:11.176; 4. Ivan Lazzarini (ITA-Honda) 19:13.725; 5. Mauno Hermunen (FIN-TM) 19:17.879; 6. Sylvain Bidart (FRA-Honda) 19:19.404; 7. Christian Ravaglia (ITA-Honda) 19:20.317; 8. Andrea Occhini (ITA-Suzuki) 19:20.484; 9. Fabrizio Bartolini (ITA-Honda) 19:25.637; 10. Uros Nastran (SLO-Honda) 19:29.949. S1 Overall Top Ten: 1. Thomas Chareyre (FRA-TM) punti 47; 2. Adrien Chareyre (FRA-Aprilia) p. 42; 3. Mauno Hermunen (FIN-TM) p. 41; 4. Thierry Van Den Bosch (FRA-TM) p. 38; 5. Ivan Lazzarini (ITA-Honda) p. 34; 6. Sylvain Bidart (FRA-Honda) p. 30; 7. Christian Ravaglia (ITA-Honda) p. 28; 8. Andrea Occhini (ITA-Suzuki) p. 25; 9. Fabrizio Bartolini (ITA-Honda) p. 25; 10. Uros Nastran (SLO-Honda) p. 22. S1 Championship Top Ten: 1. Mauno Hermunen (FIN-TM) 225 points; 2. Thomas Chareyre (FRA-TM) 194 p.; 3. Adrien Chareyre (FRA-Aprilia) 160 p.; 4. Ivan Lazzarini (ITA-Honda) 158 p.; 5. Sylvain Bidart (FRA-Honda) 142 p.; 6. Christian Ravaglia (ITA-Honda) 113 p.; 7. Aurelien Grelier (FRA-Yamaha) 99 p.; 8. Andrea Occhini (ITA-Suzuki) 99 p.; 9. Uros Nastran (SLO-Honda) 93 p.; 10. Petr Vorlicek (CZE-TM), 91 p. S1 Manufacturers: 1 TM points 250; 2. Aprilia p. 182; 3. Honda p. 181; 4. Yamaha p. 113; 5. Suzuki p. 112; 6. KTM p. 82.