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Despite a tight schedule that saw the whole field incur time penalties, Bou kept his cool and did not pick up a single five as he maintained control into the Super Final stage and ran away as win - ner on 12 marks lost, half the total collected by Busto, who took sec- ond on a tie-break with Grattarola. Back in seventh in the open- ing race, Spain's Miquel Gelabert (Honda), riding the sole electric machine in the class, improved to fourth on a total of 29, two ahead of Peace, with Marcelli clearly in pain as he slipped to sixth on 35, three ahead of a disappointed Hemingway. On Sunday, the first serious test came at section four that stopped the full TrialGP field in yesterday's opening race, and not a lot had changed this time around with everyone except Grattarola taking a maximum. The veteran Ital - ian bent the laws of physics to escape with an incredible single mark, but by this point he had already taken five on section two, so rather than hand him the lead, his heroics only brought him back into contention. From here Bou stayed feet-up until section 10, where he needed a two that almost put him within striking distance of Marcelli, but not even a maximum on the final section, where only Marcelli saw the end cards in the opening race, could prevent Bou from tak - ing victory on 13. Struggling with a fractured fin- ger, Marcelli claimed second on 15, four clear of Busto, with Grat- tarola a further five off the pace as Hemingway slotted into fifth on 30 after winning a tie-break with Gelabert and Peace. After topping Super Pole to de - cide the starting order for the Fi- nal, Bou locked horns with Busto and Marcelli as the Spanish trio distanced themselves from the chasing pack, and it was Busto who seized the initial advantage with a one on section four that once again took maximums from the rest of the field. Tied on five with Busto heading into the Super Final stage with Marcelli on seven, Bou added just one more mark to his score to win by two marks from Busto with Marcelli third on 10 before an 11- mark gap to Hemingway in fourth, who in turn was just one ahead of Gelabert. CN Saturday (Top 5) 1. Toni Bou (Mon) 18-12 2. Jaime Busto (Bet) 29-24 3. Matteo Grattarola (Bet) 33-24 4. Harry Hemingway (Bet) 29-38 5. Gabriel Marcelli (Mon) 33-35 Sunday (Top 5) 1. Toni Bou (Mon) 13-6 2. Gabriel Marcelli (Mon) 15-10 3. Jaime Busto (Bet) 19-8 4. Harry Hemingway (Bet) 30-21 5. Matteo Grattarola (Bet) 24-28 WIND IN THE P48 Bou's Repsol Honda teammate Gabriel Marcelli struggled with a broken finger but still took second on Sunday. Bou (center), Marcelli (left) and Jaime Busto completed Sunday's podium.