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FI M S u p erm o t o World Championship S e r ie s R o u n d 6 : GP of R oman ia S T O RY AND P HOT O S By MOTO ONE Th e next day SeeI appeared all set to make a lo ne ly race of it in th e lead, but th e decis ion to tr y some different eng ine settings d idn 't help him at all, and he com p lete ly m is sed the st art , yielding t o Chambo n. T he Frenchman wa s u sing a co m p le te ly ne w KT M , and o n t he n ew m ach in e Ch ambo n sh o w ed m u ch h igh er co ntrol a nd co mfo r t thr ou gh th e d i r t sec t io n, wh er e usuall y he suffer s m o re th an the rest of the to p rid er s. Th e sta ndings leader took th e lea d wi thout hesitati o n , a nd he t r i e d t o ge t some ground to p ut between himself and th e others guided by Max Manzo, Ivan Lazzarin i and See!. T he tw o Ital ians battled hard in the first half before Lazzari ni t oo k off t o t ry t o c at ch Ch am bon , b ut h is bike suffe red some pro blems , and he had to settle for sec on d pla c e. Manzo wa s pass ed by See l also and th en we nt down , los ing the front wh eel and als o taking down Fabri ce Gu yot . M O T O TWO Aware he needed his m echanic to pu t h an d s ba ck o n his e ngi n e , Seel return ed into the pit s wit h th e m ot o t wo hol es ho t o n h is mind . Once o n the gate . th e Belg ian didn 't m ake a mistake th is time , bu t he also d idn 't M A RIO M A RINI BUCHAREST, ROMANIA, SEPT. 6-7 need too bad to stop and rec ov er" U is what Ed d y See I l a st told us when he wa s leaving , with the GP win under his bel t at th e Czech ro un d of th e FIM World Su perm ot o , " an d th e o ne -m onth st op in August is j ust wh at I nee d to come back competitive: In fact , th e Hu sq va rn a ace went into th e pr evious ro und at the end of Jul y st ill recoveri ng fro m a serio us intestina l proble m , but as he said one m on th later , he was perfectly ready to race bac k and compete the way he likes. In Romania See l c ould n ot be sto p ped from taking another GP win . He showed that w he n he has c onfi de nce with t he c i rc u it an d gets a good st art , it's a bi g mission for th e ot hers try ing to ca tc h him. In the Satu rday sessio ns Ivan Lazzarini scored the bes t lap in fi rst free practice , but as soon as everyone was ready to push a little m ore in the second free session , Seel set the best ti me, taki ng th e po le after completi ng o nly 13 laps w hi le t he re st of t h e g roup was do ing th e doubl e. Seco nd fas t t i me we nt t o B o ri s Ch amb o n , w ith Lazzarini an d Max Manzo follow ing . OOn 36 SEPTEMBER 24, 2003' cue I e n e vv s count o n the fa ct that Kunzel woul d co me on st ronger. In fac t . o n l ap number two the KTM rider took the lea d and we nt on to w in, w ith See l behind him. Lazzar ini started th is race (a nd the Supe rFi na l) on hi s bac k -up b ik e, and wi thout th e proper setup he could only survive and let his hop es for a GP w in carryover to the ne xt rou nd. IAbove) Husqvama's Eddy Seel won his third race of the season and sits fourth in the championship standings. IBe low ) Husaberg's Ivan Lazzarini was fast all weekend with a second in moto one, a second in Superpole and a second In the Superfinal.