FIM World Super mot o Championship Series
Thierry van den Basch landed
his third S 1 win of the year
and taok over the World
Supermato Championship
Series points lead at the South
Milano Karting Track in
Ottobiano, Italy. Van den
Bosch was fastest when it
counted, in the Super Final.
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World Supermoto Champio nship adde d the O ttabiano
ve nue fo r the first time, nam ing t he eve nt t he G P of
Eu ro pe. T his new locat io n
feat ured good attendance, a big boo st fo r
t he ser ies, and it also marked the re turn
to power of fo rmer Wo rld Supe rmo to
Champio n Thierry van den Bosch.
Van den Bosch, w ho won the
inaugural World title in 2002 , was
in pe rfect form in Italy. O nce again
aboard KTM's SXS mod el after riding the
bigge r LC4 at the prev ious ro und in
Ge rmany, he put together a consist ent day
and was at his best in th e lo ng 5 I main
event, where he won the race and more
impo rtantly co llect ed the leadership of t he
stand ings. Husqvarna's Gerald Dele pine
and Eddy Seel finished second and third,
respectively.
In the 52 division Aprilia's Fred Bolley
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scored another vict ory, but Ame rican
Trampas Parker was seco nd in his FIM
World Supe rmoto de but . Husqvar na's
Davide Gozzini was third, while Italian Max
Verderosa rod e a safe race to finish fourth ,
still leading the 52 sta ndings.
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Saturday's qualifying sess io n produc ed a
clear indication of the possible results of the
GP as van den Bosch and the Husqvarnas of
Delepine and Seel basically occupied the
top three places for the enti re week en d. In
timed qualifying, "VDB" was simply perfect.
running quicker than previous GP winner
Delepine, and ahead of Seel and Lazzarini.
But the next day the French man didn't take
co mplet e advantage of his first-row starting
spot in moto one , and reigning World
Champ io n See l took the lead and the win.
Seel then won moto two very easily as well.
He showed impressive spee d in both
